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Originally Posted by Grill Meister
Am I the only one who has experienced approaching the resident gate, stopping, having the crossing arm raise up and almost colliding with another vehicle going through on the visitors side and almost having a collision? As you know, most have fences separating resident entrances from visitor entrances and you are not aware of the vehicle until it's almost too late. And when your gate goes up you instinctively start driving forward.
I would image the first order of business for the crossing guard is to prevent any and all accidents. And the second order would be the orderly movement of vehicles through the gates.
Too many times this has happened to me and the last time was just this morning.
Be careful.....be very, very careful. And guards, wake up. Don't lift that other gate until the coast is clear.....very, very clear.  |
The gated areas with an attendant assisting visitors that I recall treat the activity as merging two lanes into one. The attached photo shows the gates and guard house. The _resident_ lane is merging into the visitor lane. It does not show the visitor lane merging into the resident lane. Is your area reversed?
Merging two lanes into one occurs in many places without gate attendants both inside and outside TV. Who is responsible in the cases without an attendant? Methinks the obligation is with the driver in the lane merging in — the resident lane in this case — and not anyone else. The introduction of a guard house does not shift the responsibility for merging from the resident lane driver to the attendant assisting visitors. It just doesn’t.
Florida Statutes put the responsibility on the driver who is attempting to merge into the destination lane (the visitor lane in this photo).
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