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All of the above! Golf carts need to be identifiable.
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Adding manpower....are you willing to pay? Writing down everybody would create a nightmare, don't ya think? Adding bar code & readers.....are you willing to pay"? What is the non sense you refer to, broken gates or something else? |
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Not much common sense in America anymore
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The local police do get involved when requested. I believe The Villages has a very high % rate on nailing the individuals. Bottom line Slow Down, or else. Learn the Easy Way...….. or The Hard Way. :shocked: |
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I don’t understand statement from Vietnam vet what has Vietnam got to do with gate or fixing stupid of course when you use the word Vietnam so many times in a day as many do you can’t help yourself and before anyone gets all riled up . I’m a multi toured Vietnam combat vet that if I ever talk about it at all
I tell some funny story . . I have no hat, no vest and I didn’t need a parade |
Stupid is stupid. Watched a lady at an entrance with no gate hold out her card for the gate to open. I think she might still be there:oops:
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Gates and golf carts
Twice this week I was "honked at" and almost hit by cars in my golf cart at gates where I was stopped between lanes, waited for a car to pass and then went to cross. In both cases the following car flashed their pass before the gate closed and the gate stopped and opened. Is this the way they all are and I'm having a "senior moment"? I agree the the car has the right of way, right or wrong but if there is no pause between cars the chances of getting hit by a car goes up greatly. Is this a response to the gates getting knocked down?
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The gates are to slow down traffic and offer a margin of safety for golf carts to cross the road at those intersections. They don't need security guards. The gate people are customer service reps, not security guards. |
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The gates are simply a sham. Put there by The Villages to sell the idea that this is like all the other over 55 restricted, private communities. The roads in The Villages are public everywhere (except the Marion county portion and the villa sections.)
The Villages needs to take down the gates. They do not have the right to control the traffic or the speed on the public streets. And that would solve the problem with broken gates=a waste of money. |
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All gates get knocked down from time to time.
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Follow The Money
Somebody is making a lot of money by replacing/repairing gates that are hit. I continue to suggest they be put on "springs" so if they are hit they spring back and do not break. Second, there should be something more to highlight they are there. We
have lived in the villages for a number of years and I still have to look twice at times to see the gates. A simple hanging chain like material to better indicate they are there would stop some of the damages being done. In addition to this I also believe that all Golf Carts in the villages should be required to have ID stickers on them. Given the swarm of new people in the area now and coming from Apts, Condo's etc. there should be away of identifying if the carts are residents or not. :ohdear: |
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As Gracie correctly said, the gates slow down and help manage car traffic so golf carts can also navigate around. Also, the gates slow down cars so cameras can get pictures of license plates just in case the Identy of a vehicle is required. As someone who almost exclusively travels the Villages via golf cart, I greatly appreciate the way gates help golf carts and cars co-exist.
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Finally, a thread where all the gateologists can have their say. :icon_wink:
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Yes, the gates are difficult to see at certain times of the day. The dark red and white bands do not stand out well during the daylight hours. Changing them to fluorescent green and orange would make them much more visible. That’s why those colors are used for the vests that workers and emergency personnel wear.
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