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Old 07-22-2017, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
The ropes are there to discourage people from driving their golf carts over those areas. There is always an opening in the ropes for people to walk through. You are not going to trip over the ropes if you use the walk through the opening.
You are right in general. But the ropes in question are protecting places that cart traffic or nothing else but maintenance could fix. No additional harm could be done. I have observed closely how much damage is done by carts and believe it or not most are places caused by the "funneling" effect of ropes. Check it out.