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Old 12-11-2021, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI View Post
When a car stops at the gate to wave their card the gate arm can't be more than 8 feet in front of the car's windshield. If a driver can't see a gate bar at 8 feet they have absolutely no business operating a motor vehcile.
But if they haven't seen the arm, they wouldn't know the gate was there, so why would they be stopping?

Many gates are staggered, such that the entrance gate is not always alongside the exit gate.