Horse And Buggy Research Paper

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Kayla Sauer Period: E 11-24-11 Ever think of what it would be like to go back to horse and buggy transportation? Well when you think about it, it might seem cool to ride around with a horse pulling you, but then again think about the dangers. At first I thought that it would be fun to be pulled around by a horse until I really went into a deep thought about it and then I realized that cars can stop a lot faster than a horse could. Some things to think about horse and buggy are that if a horse is tied up to the buggy to tight and works hard then the horse could colic (when the intestines twist up form not digesting). If a horse colics they could die or be in a lot of pain for a while and it’s a real pain to get them feeling better. So instead of going through this trouble why not just stick with cars they don’t get sick but they do break…show more content…
What if it gets dark and you are driving your horse and buggy? Even though there are street lamps everywhere it still would not give off enough light to drive in the dark, so either you have a time limit to driving or we stick to cars. Some people I have talked to say “Well if we go back to horse and buggy it will save money”, well that’s not exactly true if you think about it you would have to pay for food and water for your horse and that’s more than gas costs. Also you have to pay for vet bills for your horse to make sure your horse is ok, you would have to pay for shoes to be put on your horse every six months, it’s a lot of work to keep a horse going without hurting or killing the horse. A lot of horses get scared easily just like us humans, so it wouldn’t really be safe to the people to be on a buggy that might tip over at any moment. When a horse gets scared it usually will turn around, buck, and rear to, there a lot of dangers to horse and buggy and we want to make sure that every animal and human does not get

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