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Originally Posted by Bonanza
Yes, "right!" I have enough golf cart experience to be able to speak effectively about them. Don't second guess me.
No one needs to own a golf cart to feel "enlightened" regarding what the gates do or don't do! Everyone knows that. I have been through the gates thousands of times as have many others. In addition, there are no gates located right at a busy street.
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But since you don't own a cart, or use a cart, you, of course, see no benefit in the gates. Most residents of TV do use golf carts, and use them a lot. So those of us who do use golf carts a lot see everyday the value of having a gate arm come down and stop traffic in order to let at least one car across. During busy times, the carts would be backed up a long way waiting for a natural break in the stream of traffic. That's a fact.
I'm not "second guessing " you. I'm telling you you are just plain wrong in saying they don't help.
As far as the expense, using Two Plane Kid's numbers from the District site, of $3Million/year, and dividing it by the estimated 130,000 people who live in TV, that comes to about $23/year per person, or $46 per household.
Most of us are more than happy to pay that amount in order to have the cart traffic moving along, and don't mind the moment of inconvenience it causes us when we are in our cars.