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Old 12-25-2023, 08:21 AM
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Personally I am so stumped by the tangent of visibility even being discussed!

People aren’t stupid, but they sure can make up excuses!

First of all, they are cognizant of an approaching gate. There is no mystery about where you live. Let alone the fact that there is a large structure (minimum 4 foot pillar) supporting the said gate. Further, some of these gates are close to known building guard house structures.

We are all human, with a vast repertoire of excuses. Not knowing a gate is somewhere around, should be grounds for the loss of a driver’s license.
Well, that's certainly true. But I would think for it to count against a driver's license a LEO would have to ticket the offender for something like reckless driving.
Perhaps a scale of escalating fines---$250, first gate, $500 second, $1,000 third and so forth.