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Originally Posted by Laker14
The gate arms do more than just create an illusion (although I doubt the developer and its sales team do little to dissuade potential buyers from believing in the illusion), that they create a visible and predictable break in traffic, in between each automobile, to facilitate golf cart crossings at those intersections.
True for entrance gates but not exit gates. Exit gates have a time delay and typically do not come down after every car when there is a line of cars passing through.
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Coming north on the BV MMP, at the St. Charles gate, during the busy times traffic heading out the exit gates can get a tad backed up. While the gate arm may not come all the way down in between each car, it does slow and sometimes stop the traffic exiting, which makes a convenient opportunity for a nice soul to wave a few carts through before proceeding.
Yes, yes...I know, cars are not "supposed to" wave carts through, but when the automobile traffic is continuous, and the golf carts are backed up in a long line, it is not inappropriate for a car to break that rule and let a few carts go through. Otherwise we'd miss happy hour.
Im not sure what happened with that gate, but my guess is whoever designed that whole part of the development dropped the ball when calculating how much traffic that intersection would get, due to all of the homes that need to use it to get in and out.