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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer
Can anyone give me a rational reason why we have exit gates in the Villages??? We all know that the entrance gates are not authorized to prevent anyone from coming into the community, so does it make any sense for someone leaving the Villages to have to wait for a gate to raise to continue on their way??
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I think it is time The Villages did away with the gates period. They serve no purpose at all. One in particular that is dangerous in the one at Del Mar Drive and Avenida Central! The cars going through the gate back up into the intersection, the cars coming from the direction of the square toward the gate, pull forward blocking the intersection so that cars can not proceed on Avenida Central. Accidents waiting to happen, as is the same with the round abouts. People do not know how to drive them, people make right turns from the inside lane. We were hit broadside, the officer said it was definitely the other drivers fault, but he could not write her a citation because the circles were considered confusing. Another time, I was forced to swerve quickly toward the curb damaging my rim, because of another person making the same sort of wrong move. If The Villages feel the need for circles, then they should all be one lane.