Gate card access and monitoring seems ridiculous for a non-gated community. Programming a slightly longer delay in opening the entry gates in 'automatic' mode would have just as significant an impact as waving a gate card. The exit gates which are in automatic mode actually impede traffic flow if you think about it. At the exit gates vehicles positioned to trigger the automatic gate are directly in the golf cart lane whereas vehicles at the entry gates wait outside the golf cart lane. Think of a constant flow of traffic both in and out of the gates simultaneously and you can envision stoppage of the golf cart lane at the exit gate. With a constant flow of traffic through an exit gate golf cart traffic is stopped until the constant flow of exit traffic is interrupted. Many, if not all, manned gates have no bearing on traffic flow other than merging two lanes of traffic to a single lane. There is no golf cart traffic at most of these gates. There are many gates that are in 'no golf carts allowed' areas. One would have to assume these exist to give the impression of a gated, restricted access community rather than to aid traffic flow.
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