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Old 12-27-2023, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Sorry to disagree, but my expectation is that someone driving 70 mph on I-75 can avoid a dead animal or debris on the road that they DON'T KNOW is there. Yet we want to excuse those driving at 5 mph to a well-marked exit with a red and white gate arm at eye level? No sale.
You have misrepresented my position. I did not excuse the crashing of a gate. I supported the statement that they are, at times and in certain locations, difficult to see, and that the argument that "you know it's there" is a silly argument to make when designing traffic controls.