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Originally Posted by rsetterlund
Many individuals are suggesting ways to reduce the number of auto gate stricks. My recommendation is to replace the gates with aggressive speed bumps, which will slow down the cars to allow time for golf carts to cross the auto roads. Let's face it The Villages is not a gated community, it is a community of gates.
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Have any of those many individuals admitted hitting the gates? Has anyone who has hit a gate explained what caused them to hit it?
Based on what I have observed, more entrance gates get hit than exit gates. The same number of cars go through each so why the preference for hitting the entrance gates? Could it be the problem has less to do with gate visibility and more to do with the entrance gates coming down after each vehicle?
The problem with speed bumps is visibility, vehicle damage, and emergency vehicles. This has all been discussed on these forums before so to make this short:
- As others have pointed out, if you can't see a gate you won't see a speed bump either
- Going over an obstacle like a speed bump causes extra wear on vehicle suspension parts
- Speed bumps will slow emergency vehicle response times
We don't need to be a gated community but for the safety of the golf carts, bicyclists, and pedestrians, we do need the gates.