Most of us have enjoyed leaving smart alec comments about this thread, me included, but I was quite seriously thinking of the stress this woman must have been feeling when she took out the gate. I cannot imagine the tension in that vehicle at the time of the accident. It could be that they are fairly new to TV making the gate system more difficult, plus the gates are not all exactly alike, you come into my village through a single line traffic with no golf cart lane, the golf carts have a dedicated lane.
Bottom line - it's so easy to make fun when yu are not involved or do not know the whole story. I will add I think she was kind of smart to drive off the dividing area and onto the side of the road, I think I would have been stuck there in shock.