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Old 02-15-2013, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Regor View Post
I use my card all the time and if I am following a car, I roll up to the scanner, it beeps and the gate, which is usually just starting to descend, reverses direction. I never come to a stop. I maybe tailgating but the gate system 'told' me to proceed! I guess if my front end meets your rear end because you hit the breaks, we would have to let the law or insurance companies decide who was in the wrong.
You are missing the point of the gates. They are there to regulate traffic and by you not letting the gate come completely down you are not giving the golf carts a chance to cross. It's not a race to see who can get through the gate the fastest. Like those construction signs say on the highway "Give the workers a brake" well....."Give the golf carts a brake"