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Old 04-03-2017, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore View Post
ALL at just one gate?!


Since the gates are just for show anyway, it seems to me that if the powers-that-be are insistent on keeping them, then at least they could shorten them just enough for a cart to go around the end of them...but not let a standard automobile past.


Flame suit on!
No flame. Fact is that gates used to be cut down so a golf cart could go right through. The State said we couldn't do that. Nope, no way. Not legal. A train might cream the golf cart (I kid you not!). So, full length arms required.

Now the flame -- the gates are there for more than just show. They are a traffic aid. Slows cars down, gives golf carts a chance to cross the street. I really, really hate when people can't see that they do serve a purpose besides just to inconvenience drivers.
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