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Implementation of new gate regulations without sufficient research and input would create a bigger problem than whatever it is proponents and uninformed bureaucrats are trying to solve. The Bridgeport Lake Sumter gate comes to mind. Because of the design of the gate, a poor one at that, golf cart traffic would have to exit the cart path, go out to Buena Vista where operators without street legal status would be breaking the law, and re-enter through the access on the island which extends to Buena Vistaa. You see, the gate access reader is between the cart path and Buena Vista while the gate is between the path and the village. This maneuver or any shortcut to circumvent it, would be extremely dangerous as two way cart traffic co-mingles with fast traffic coming off Buena Vista and would compete to enter the same access amd gate. I can hear the crunching of metal on fiberglass already. I know that there must be other gates with similar design issues.

Of course the Sumter County Sheriff can set up a manned booth and write summones for all those gate violators who break one law to satisfy another. Great revenue stream for the county.

I wonder if the people who create these dictates considered the cost implications of the redesign efforts necessary to implement the new restrictions safely? Who will pick up the redesign tab? Heck.....on the plus side it will create jobs for someone.