[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Gates are very useful as they help stagger automobile traffic at busy intersections, where both cars and golf carts are required to commingle. That being said, gates that are controlled by gate attendants are only as useful as the gate attendants awareness and responsiveness to the current traffic situation. Below is a picture of a very long and dangerous golf cart traffic backup at the gate on Morse just north of 466. I took the picture from my golf cart a couple days ago and the picture doesn’t show the true scope of the problem as there are about another 20 golf carts backed up behind me. The absolutely clueless gate attendant had their back turned to the very long golf cart backup behind them and had manually overridden the gates keeping them open, allowing a non-stop flow of auto traffic through so no golf carts could cross to the multi modal path. The situation would have been much safer with no gate attendant, so the passing automobile traffic would have had to use either a gate card or the little red button to open the gate, providing an opportunity for cars and golf carts to alternate through the busy intersection. The gate attendant working when that picture was taken should be fired for creating such a dangerous situation. If a gate attendant can’t be aware of the current traffic situation, and act accordingly to mitigate a risky situation, what good are they?

If you haven't already, you might send a note to customer service and/or community watch to make them aware of the situation. I have done this a couple of times for a similar issue at a different gate and it seemed to make a difference... at least for a little while.