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Originally Posted by Maker
However, having all that hardware, landscaping, and signage blocks visibility of cars and carts seeing each other. That alone makes the area a lot less safer.
Since there are many times a gate arm is missing, or stuck in the up position, the overall safety at those times is extremely worse because carts have become used to the rhythm of crossing, and are not ready for a car to appear so soon. Cart much more likely to be crossing because they cannot see an approaching car, and risks becoming involved in a collision.
Even when those conditions are present, there are not collisions happening often. So without gates, and all the obstructions around them, things would flow freely, quickly, and safely.
That how it happens everywhere else in the country.
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I agree. People in carts and in cars get used to traffic configurations and drive accordingly. If there were stop signs instead of gates, carts would be on the lookout for cars, and vice versa. In Sumter Landing, for the past week or so, the traffic lights by Winn Dixie have not been in operation. It is a high traffic area, with many pedestrians and lots of golf carts and cars. Not a single accident that i'm aware of.