Exit gates Duh !!
 

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??

They allow time for carts to cross without getting crushed by cars and trucks.

Slowing down traffic and for the reason previously posted.

Perhaps to insure that vehicles are at least slowed down before entering the roadway they intend to travel once outside the area? We have all read the stories here about some driver's failure to stop at stop signs.

In most cases it's to slow you down before entering a roundabout (rotary).

To slow you down so carts can cross. With the number of broken gates I have seen you would think they would put better reflectors on the gates.

:agree: :beer3:


Do you mean like so many communities that have
installed the L.E.D. rope lights the full length of the gate arm....:wave:
.......(simply using Stainless Steel Ties.)
The electric is already in place to power the lights. :doh:

We see RED ones on EXIT Gate arms.... and .....
...............White (clear) L.E.D.'s on Entrance Gate arms.

They are lit up 24/7.

I was under the impression the exit gates control the flow of traffic coming out on to the main roads like 27/441, 446, and 446A .

And onto Morse Blvd and Buena Vista Blvd as well!

Don't the entrance gates control incoming traffic so as to slow cars for crossing golf carts? I thought carts crossed to the inside of the exit gates.

Although I agree with you, not all gates have cart crossings inside them, some are on the outside. And not all gates enter into round-a-bouts.

Could it be the exit gate prevent drivers from entering in the wrong lane and causing a head on accident?

All I can say is thank goodness for the exit gates...slows traffic so carts have a chance to cross!

Duh,were they here when you moved here?

I hate the exit gates going south on Morse just before 466. They should leave them up during the day.

[QUOTE=Bonanza;851868][B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][CENTER][SIZE="4"]The answer to your question is a big fat NO!

There is no rational reason to have gates and guards period.
Of course, there are those who will give you reasons, many of which are lame.
The streets are public which means that anyone can come and go and cannot be stopped.

We still have break-ins and burglaries.

It costs us over a million dollrs a year to have guards there, pay for repairs,

The gates have little to do with security and everything to do with safety. They are simply a choice for traffic control and no different than a stop sign meaning one must stop or a traffic light when red meaning one must stop or a speed limit sign meaning that is the MAXIMUM speed allowed or a yield sign meaning one must yield or a crosswalk meaning a pedistrian can expect traffic to stop so they may cross a street safely or a flashing yellow light meaning to use caution or a speed limit of 20 MPH before a roundabout to slow traffic to safely negotiate the roundabout.
Maybe several large speed bumps would be a better choice to slow things down!

Security, license plates are photographed at exit gates. A car may enter TV and drive around for a while but in most cases exit quickly if they are involved in a burglary.

I think those gates are to slow people down so that golf carts can cross to go south on Morse.

The official purpose of exit gates is to prevent suspicious looking people from entering TV by means of by-passing the actual entrance gate lanes.

The gates are part of the communist conspiracy to overthrow our great nation.

How many burglaries have been solved using this security method in the last 6 months? Zero?

Am I wrong, but isn't it true that in most cases there are no golf cart crossings on the outside of exit gates??

I thought the gates were there to provide amusement on the district government website by watching folks going through them to see how many times they could be run into.

Most cases you are correct but there are some... Santiago gate and the Polo Ridge gate near the polo fields are just 2 that come to mind where the crossing is outside the gate.

Maybe there's something wrong with me but I don't mind the gates. They slow traffic and allow carts to cross the streets. What is wrong with slowing down a few seconds? I have never thought of them as an inconvenience. Traffic lights are unsightly and stop signs are viewed as a suggestion.

ha ha.....I think you might be on to something :icon_wink:

Boy Howdy.

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn: Gee, we haven't had Popcorn in a long time!!!

I think one should live here for at least a year and see a bunch of two for one happy hour incidents before deciding on this issue. It slows people down and inconveniences them...but....... I think they are a good thing, the gates.


Smile. You're on candid camera.


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I do not know where the claims of $1,000,000 to operate gates comes from, heck it may be more or it may be less? I also do not know who has had the opportunity to be privy to police investigative reports to be able to boldly state that zero burglaries solved because of security at the gate?

One in my view has to look at the gates for what they are deterrents and an attempt at control entry and exits and lastly an opportunity on the main gates to be properly greeted and for visitors given direction upon request. The only way to be sure is to have a study conducted but then people would just refute the study anyway.

I could see how non-residents would object but why would residents? However, it would seem residents would welcome the gates because they produce more positives than negatives. there is one exception in my view the gate at Paradise. That should not be a gate but a wall.

[QUOTE=graciegirl;852541]I think one should live here for at least a year and see a bunch of two for one happy hour incidents before deciding on this issue. It slows people down and inconveniences them...but....... I think they are a good thing, the gates.


Smile. You're on candid camera.


I agree.

Can you imagine how many golf carts would drive out and get in the circles.

i have no idea what this comment means or how it is in response to the orginal question.

If the Paradise gate was a wall, how would people get in and out of The Villages? By using any gate minus one? How did man survive when it was just a hole in the wall? How has life improved with the gate in place?