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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
I've come to prefer the visitor gate not only for safety due to not changing lanes as in the OP, but also for convenience.
It lifts just the same as the resident gate with the electronic card, and...
the visitor electronic eye is usually farther from the gate itself than is the eye on the resident side.
This allows me to arrive at the eye quicker, gives me lead time to roll while the gate opens, does not force another lane merge after entry (as does the resident side)...
and I'm usually not in line as are more folks using the resident side. It expedites traffic all over TV if people use whichever gate is not backed up.
(My guess is the visitor gate is straighter and more direct because construction and trades traffic uses it for big vehicles.)
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I agree with most of what you say, except that... if you are in the inside lane, no matter which entrance you use, you have to cross over that outside lane to get to the gate. And there are so many people who don't yield when entering the roundabout because they think they don't have to if their lane is clear. That puts them frequently in the outside lane when you are crossing over.
If someone's at the yield sign as I pass it on the inside lane, I really keep an eye on them to see where they're going to end up vis-a-vis where I am when crossing over. That means I have to be looking at two places at once.
Roundabouts stink, IMO.