I never noticed before

Bob Huntress · Dec 13, 2011

I saw a bunch of these last night. I figure they are Amish crossings. They are pretty cool. The Amish around Toone, drive cars and aside from dressing old school, are about the same as everyone else. I saw these out by Selmer Tennessee.

NW Ohio Tim · Dec 13, 2011

Not a crossing necessarily, just a warning that horses/buggies may be on the road ahead. I've seen similar signs in eastern Ohio and NE Indiana.

Tim

old · Dec 13, 2011

There are Amish and then there are Mennonite's and they are to different religions. The Amish at least in my are do not drive cars or truck and do not use tractor but do have stationary engine to run some stuff. The Mennonite's on the other hand use tractors but have steel wheels on them use bikes and house a buggy to get around and a few have cars or truck and wear the older looking type cloth as do the Amish. We have both of those type people in this area and they do things different from each other

Dannie1 · Dec 14, 2011

There are signs like that around Harrisonburg,Virginia.There are a lot of Mennonite's in the area.

gene bender · Dec 14, 2011

There sure seems to be a lot of confusion between the two sects. First OLD ORDER AMISH do use horses and buggies. Tractors are according to the local Bishop, No elect. The Mennonites have cars electricity and look just like anyoue else. I live rite near the largest group of OLD ORDER AMISHwest of the Mississippi. There is also a large group of Mennonites. Their origin comes from the Reformation Perion. The history was studied at the IOWA MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL where i graduated in 53. I have the distinction of being the first graduate to serve in the military which raise a fuss as getting a security clearence the FBI did visit there for info as i was assigned to AFSWP. Look that up sometime some very intresting stuff about our early days of Nuclear and THERMONUCLEAR weapons the amount and size and locations.

Leroy · Dec 14, 2011

Lot here in western Ohio as well. It is to remind you to watch for slow moving buggies on the road.

Nebraska Cowman · Dec 14, 2011

I don't think the signs are for "crossings" as much as to warn you there may be slow moving horse traffic on the road. Be careful out there.

cumminspuller · Dec 14, 2011

Those signs are also in Lawrenceburg TN. Most of the horse and buggys there try to use the shoulder of the road. Its paved just like the road is but just a little less like to get hit by a car.

just another old geezer · Dec 14, 2011

Gene Bender: You are painting the Amish and Minonite with a bold brush. I think it's not that simple. we have old order amish around here and they tell me that there are 72 different splits within the amish church and each one has it's own rules. Most are as you describe, but some use electricity and tractors. A group east of me uses field equptment (choppers, balers etc) in the field powered by engines and pulled by horses. The Minonites have a broader spectrum. In misouri, a group of minonites use all horse power, NOT EVEN A GAS ENGINE. Some around here drive black cars with the chrome painted over and have rubber tired tractors. Another group has rubber tired tractors, but can't have cars and have tractors modifyed with high speed road gears to get around. some even look like us normal people except on sundays. All of the differences make it impossible to disect them all in the small space alotted here.

jm. · Dec 14, 2011

Bob Where are you located..?

thurlow · Dec 14, 2011

I like signs; this is one of my favorites:

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LAA · Dec 14, 2011

Amish and Mennonites are not religions of themselves, they are all Christians, known as Anabaptists, the Amish broke off from the Mennonites. In general, the Amish do not use much modern equipment because they believe to do so would make them less dependent on their families and communities, and consequently, less humble in the eyes of God. They also believe electricity leads to wanting televisions, household appliances and so forth.

Matt in Mich · Dec 14, 2011

Got one right outside my house. Several Amish families living south of me. Means, "Heads up, slow moving horse drawn equipment ahead." More or Less.

JMS/.MN · Dec 14, 2011

A lot of those warning (not crossing) signs in central MN, especially around Long Prairie.

wisbaker · Dec 14, 2011

My mother in law was Mennonite, raised in a small community in SW Minnesota her father owned the John Deere dealer. When we went there to visit you didn't notice much difference other than they didn't have as many taverns as we do in Wisconsin. Three Mennonite churches in town, all a little different, last time we visted wife's uncle he was talking about a new group that moved into town, he called them Haydayt Mennonites but the only thing he knew about them was they all wore the same green old style clothes and raised turkeys

James Williams · Dec 14, 2011

LAA,Thanks,My denomination is a branch of the anabaptist which is Free Will Baptist.

jimmy

old · Dec 14, 2011

All depends on the way you think. To me each branch be it Lutheran or Baptist or Catholic are in fact different religions but all christian. All believe in what the book say but all believe in a different way. Sorry but I turned down being coming a preacher yes many asked me to do so and I said NO and my dad was a Pastor of the Missouri Synod Lutheran church

old · Dec 14, 2011

I think if you checked closer it all depends on the branch of each as to what they do or do not use. I know of a Mennonite that has a computer and uses Dozier to farm with but goes to town in a buggy and that is in the Versailles area

old · Dec 14, 2011

I think if you checked closer it all depends on the branch of each as to what they do or do not use. I know of a Mennonite that has a computer and uses Dozier to farm with but goes to town in a buggy and that is in the Versailles area

donjr · Dec 14, 2011

They're all over the place around our area(southern PA) and becoming more common here in N. Md. Local cidiots still fly past the buggys and hope the horse shies. But they still steer to the left for a road apple.

mkirsch · Dec 14, 2011

The level of technology all depends on the Bishop/elder in charge of the area, from what I've heard. Younger more progressive leaders allow the use of modern equipment.

Can't remember if it was that Anthony Bourdain show, or the other one where the bald guy eats all the weird stuff, but they interviewed an Amish family running some sort of shop in a public market. The shop was modern, and the family even carried cell phones so they could do business.

JOCCO · Dec 14, 2011

So old which sect are you a member of??

old · Dec 14, 2011

Guess you did not read any more of my posts because if you had you would know at least what religion my father was a pastor in so you could pretty much figure it out from that point or at least I would think you could

Bob Huntress · Dec 14, 2011

I am in Hardeman County, TN. I live in Toone, but you probably never heard of it.

buickanddeere · Dec 14, 2011

Around here the Amish believe the more they suffer and do without here. The better their reward in the next life.
The Hutterites, Amish, Mennonites and Brethren are decedents of the Anabaptists

RayP(MI) · Dec 14, 2011

Not exactly the same drawing, but we have those signs around mid-Michigan. Particularly Montcalm and Mecosta counties. Probably many others, but I don't travel rural roads on many other counties. We do have a significant Amish and Menonite populations. Varying levels of modernation, depending on particular group they belong to.

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