'Amish Uber' which carries on a carriage instead of a car appeared

"Uber" which can call a car with a smartphone application is popular because it is easy to use and is generally cheaper than a taxi. It can be said that Uber is the first service realized by the latest technology "smartphone" and "Internet", but "Amish Uber" using a carriage rather than a car is running in the United States for some reason.

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Amish people who are living a self-sufficient life by agriculture and pastoralism, protecting old-fashioned daily life are in principle refusing to incorporate modern technology-based equipment into their lives. Timothy Horstedler says that Amish Uber who uses a horse-drawn carriage is also Amish himself. The following movie contains a picture of running passengers on Amish traditional small carriage.


Mr. Horstedler sitting at the cockpit of the horse carriage and having the reins. It looks like a prop for a movie depicting an old age, but it is a revitalized "private car" that Amish who lives in modern day uses.

"Kappo, Kappppo" and a horse pulling a horse-drawn sound of a hooves. Uber's vehicle is first operated by a car that loads engines such as gasoline and diesel, but Amish Uber is a vehicle that runs literally as a "1 horsepower" engine.

Amish Uber offers services in the region of Colon, Michigan, USA. There is Amish community, and many people are living old-fashioned life.

The letter of "UBER" raised on the car body. However, as we will see later, it seems that it has nothing to do with Uber actually.

Horsteredler answers the interview. "Uber is cool, so many new services come out of the world every year, I think Uber is hot among them, so I decided to launch Amish Uber." I will.

Amish Uber running passengers. The usage fee is fixed at only 5 dollars (about 550 yen), and distances are irrelevant patterns.

It seems to be popular among users, and most of the passengers are those who came from the outside, not the residents of Colon. A man who used family Amish Uber said "It was the first time I used Uber and I am the first time to get on a horse-drawn carriage."

The name is "Amish Uber", but as mentioned above, Mr. Horstedler is not a driver who is registered with Uber. As a result, Amish Uber can not be invoked by the application, so you need to go to Colon, Michigan to find a vehicle in order to get on. Amish Uber, who seems to be thinking "I can not call and pay with the application?" On the contrary, perhaps it is that it is the culture of Amish.