Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Gate Strikes
According to today's rag (page C4), there were 130 gate strikes in January.
Is this a prediction, or very late reporting? |
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Probably a typo. Maybe they meant to say since January?
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Perhaps someone needs to set up a database that tracks gate strikes on a monthly basis and set up an over/under line to give people another thing to gamble on? The caveat being that you automatically lose your wager if you strike a gate.
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and your point,with this thead
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I still can't fathom why people hit the gate arms. If you have only lived in TV for a week you know there are gate arms at the entrances to the individual villages. Maybe these drivers need to be reported to the state motor vehicle department to be called in for testing of their vision, physical and mental ability to drive a car. Maybe the next time instead of a gate arm it might be a pedestrian.
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LOL. I like that idea!
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I can understand it IF a commercial vehicle with a trailer busts the gate. However, when the gate strikes the impatient folks that attempt to slip past along with someone that opened the gate and it hits the gate, then I sincerely hope that it causes enough damage to the vehicle to make them think twice about doing it again. Had a beat up old car sneak in behind me just this week. For crying out loud, push the da*n red button if you don't have a card. How hard is that?
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I have noticed that depending on lighting conditions and the background that gate arms can be hard to see. I would like the villages to try an experiment, take the top 5 or 6 locations for gate strikes, and paint these arms bright yellow or orange, and then see if the number of strikes drops.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell. “Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain |
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That is why we do those things, and that is why VillageTinker's suggestion to make the gate arms more visible is a good one. Last edited by Arctic Fox; 12-11-2021 at 02:35 PM. |
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It really shouldn't be that difficult to set them up so that you have a similar experience at all gates. Why set traps for people? |
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.......and as a very 'helpful' poster pointed out on a previous thread about gates, the things often move to another location without warning
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