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Originally Posted by CarlR33
You forgot to add the gate cards to the discussion, LOL. I do not see the good of spending money on the gate guard (person), the card access thing and so on. Yes, in some places they stop the speed demons against the speeding golf carts at those dangerous intersections, supposedly. The security cameras should (in theory) take care of the above if monitored from an operations center by the same people with access to the gate arms (being replaced often, LOL)?
Do we really need Gate Cards? |
There are two lanes for many gated entries; a visitor's and a resident's lane. Each lane has a gate. Visitors enter to the left, residents to the right. Sometimes they switch it up but that's what the paintmark indicates on the road as you approach the gate, so most people will comply.
The problem lies when a car arrives at the gate to their lane at the same time. If the person on the right wants to turn left on a side-street after the gate, OR the person on the left wants to turn right on a side-street after the gate, OR the two lanes merge into one after the gate, SOMETHING has to happen to ensure that the two cars don't collide when their gates go up.
And so - gate guards, and gate passes.