Over a year after implementation, controversy surrounds Ohio’s Amish buggy light law amidst questions of effectiveness and reli

It has been a year since a law requiring flashing electric lights to be installed on Amish buggies.

The law was supposedly enacted on fears of buggy crashes, but some Amish communities have opted not to abide by it and has led at least one Amish scholar to “wonder what really underlies this law.”

Knox County has one of the highest concentrations of Amish families in the nation with around 3,000 community members, which is nearly a one-third increase in community size since 2010.