You don’t have to wait until it fully closes. Just wait until it starts to come down. You’d back up traffic if everyone waited for the arm to fully come down. And yes, people do it regardless of all the honking to move!!

I've heard (not verified) that to replace an arm costs the driver of the offending vehicle $200. But those things are designed so that when they ARE hit, there are a couple of teflon bolts that just shear off leaving the gate arm itself with no (or minimal) damage. So the "fix" is just to replace the bolts and make sure everything lines up and runs as it should. The money (less the pay for the guy doing the fixing) goes to TV.

And the cart driver will probably get the ticket for failure to yield to an oncoming vehicle (bike).

So how long do you wait for the arm to come back down? ie is there a default timer when the gate arm is up after x seconds its comes back down?

curious safety driving course test question creators want to know!

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This same thing happens with my motorcycle, I scan my card or push the button and pass through the gate and the arm does not go down after I pass the arm.

Did you report it to Community Watch so that it could be addressed?

So, I work at the gates. There are occasions where a motorcycle, bicycle, or even a golf cart may not trip the arm sensor after passing thru the gate.

Yes there are timers on the gate arms, so you should always use your card or the red button when the gate is up.

The other issue can be from extreme humidity or rain which can also mess up the sensors. Caution is your best bet at the raised arms.

When I see a gate arm up, I stop .

The villages could easily solve the broken gate problem by putting the traffic sensor further away from the gate. That way, even if people are in a hurry, the gate will be up before they can get to it. When the sensor is so close people tend to jump the gun. It’s not gonna prevent it, but there will be a lot less

Thanks but who keeps the dollars the developer or the district?

You make a good point. You don't have to wait for it to start coming down. But I wouldn't recommend it on a chat forum.
I usually pull up just short of the gate to trigger the input from the pad. If it stays up then I will go through. After hundreds of times through the gates you should have a good sense of the timing.

Now let the admonishments begin.

So the answer to the problem of drivers not slowing or stopping at the gate is to move the sensors so they don't have to slow or stop at the gate? Isn't the proposed modification just a more costly method of removing the gates altogether?

There are pages and pages of thoughts on how to solve the gate-strike problem. All (?) the solutions involve changing the gates rather than changing the behaviors of the inattentive or impatient drivers. Most of the solutions make the areas even more dangerous for those walkers, bikers, or cart drivers using the MMP simply to accommodate bad habits.

Fix the problem - fix the bad habits of the drivers. The gates serve their purpose well, leave the gates as they are.

Are we talking entrance gates or exit gates?

On an entrance gate I'll use my card (or the button) every time and I'll take care to let the car in front trigger the close first. I've seen too many times when an entrance gate that seemed to be stuck open decided to close or when the card was presented to open the gate before the preceding vehicle triggered the gate to close.

On an exit gate I do exactly as you wrote. If it is open then I'll pull up to it and pause for a second. If it stays up then I'm good.

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