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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 8:03 PM, SJC wrote:

> Gene GeRue wrote:
> > > .During the last forty miles or so on up to Springfield, Missouri  
> > > from
> > > Heartwood along Highway 60 there are many Amish farms. It is  
> > > common to
> > > see their horse buggies rolling along the edge of the highway. The
> > > highway department has even widened the shoulder area to accommodate
> > > them.
> The shoulders have been widened to accommodate whom?  I submit that  
> they
> were very likely widened to accommodate the motored  
> vehicles........it's
> not all THAT much fun to drive a buggy on the shoulder to begin  
> with......

The shoulders of the roadway were specifically widened for the buggy  
drivers.