[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Very true. That's [security] what they [gates] are intended to be for. They do help more than nothing being there but with fast growing shrubbery blocking the driver's view of golfcarts crossing at MANY gates as well as the golfcart driver's view of vehicles coming through mainly the "guest" (inside) side of the gates it's still very dangerous and gives a false sense of safety. Also at the guarded gates the guards pay little or no attention to letting a car go flying through when there are carts "in the way." I have only seen one gate that had a "GOLF CART CROSSING" sign in front of it (I'm sure there are more but that's all we've noticed) which MIGHT make drivers at least think before speeding through. Point is, all they really do is break up the flow of traffic but the "safety" benefit is limited.

Originally Posted by CWGUY

Yeah right! Like the STOP sign that is in front of every gate.

We can blame signage, shrubbery, Gate guards, the Morse family and a thousand other things..... or the people who are always in a hurry for some reason. SLOW DOWN folks.

Not quite sure how that has anything to do with view blocking shrubbery or "guards" who don't guard but just put their arm up and down before every car without noticing any carts in front. That's just setting blame and not trying to solve the problem.

Any little preventative thing that could prevent someone in a golf cart OR a car from being injured as ROTFL funny as you think it might sound could only be a plus. Just blaming the drivers doesn't prevent injury from accidents. Since you imply the stop signs are useless and/or ignored should they be removed? NO. They shouldn't trim the hedges because it won't matter ? NO. If someone driving a GC THINKS the guard (or the gate) protects them they are under a false sense of security which was my point. Just setting blame doesn't prevent people from possible injury.