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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I'm sorry, I wasn't very clear.
There are a few gates that do not provide golf cart bypasses. The gate returning from Spanish Springs and the gate on Pinellas near the Pinellas Plaza are two. However, there is a red button on these gates to allow anyone, car or cart, to get through the gate without a card. You don't "need" a card to get through these gates because the red button is there.
The red button would not be present on a gate intended to allow only Villager carts through. If a red button was present then anyone, Villager or not, could get through which would defeat the purpose of that particular gate. If a Villager forgot his card he would be trapped outside. That is what I tried to describe in my first message. I have heard there is such a gate in the north part of the Villages but I have not used it; there may be signage at that gate alerting Villagers to check for their cards before proceeding.
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You can’t get trapped outside if you forget your card, because you can’t get outside without your card. We use the gate from the Historic section often to go to Lowel’s and one time when I got to the gate I realized I forgot my card and had to go back home to get it. After that one of our cards is always kept hidden in a safe place in my cart so I will never forget it again.