Oh, and "The end of the Villages as we know it..." sounds like a new hit for R.E.M.

& I am completely against uglifying the Villages. The gates, landscaping, & signs stay.

I bought a resale (last year) & was given two gate cards for free. They also took a very nice photo, also for free, which they then used for my ID. Ooh, & they gave me a key chain, a telephone book, a reusable shopping bag, some brochures, golf info, & probably other things which I have now forgotten, all for a smile.


But I do have a very charming smile :evil6:

Don’t forget about biker’s :a040:

And you would probably be the first to complain about the cost to maintain all of the hundreds of miles of roads if TV owned them LOL.

Like the Morse gate? Some of those attendants forget it’s also a golf cart crossing. They open that visitors gate and the cars just zip thru like the start of the Kentucky Derby. It’s unbelievable. Can’t someone train them better to close the visitors gate after every car? That will slow them down and give the carts a chance to get across. That is a real pet peeve of mine. The attendants don’t seem to ever consider the golf carts trying to cross.

What’s a telephone book?! ;)

What about the entrances that do not have golf cart crossings anywhere nearby? The entrance to DeLuna off of 301 for example? Or the entrance from Pinellas Plaza?

Seriously???
 

Concur
 

Yes, by happenstance they CAN be useful, at other times they are of no value what so ever. Case and point, the exit from Ezel Recreation near Meggison that goes onto St. Catherine which has a gate.

One collision is a blip on the long list of all other accidents that happen. Statistically insignificant. And if one considers to significant, what are the details? Why did that happen? Did it have anything to do with blocked sight lines? Anything to do with those ground level temp stop signs - that are not DOT legal?

The only "near misses" I have witnessed have been caused by golf cart drivers who are too impatient to wait for cars to pass by on the road. Carts dart out in front of the cars to enter the road (to cross it or turn onto it) when they should be yielding. Hoping cars will stop for carts is dangerous and stupid.

I am confused - do we need the cards or not.
You did not need a card at the Citrus Grove gate on Meggison Road near Sawgrass, the gate opened automatically - BUT the neighbors complained that traffic went too fast, the gates didn’t control traffic, so they are re activating the requirement for a card or button push.

So let’s disable the cards, so we can get more TOTV posts about how fast cars are going through the intersections with golf carts.

Your experiences are different than mine. Your opinions seem to be somewhat biased against carts, almost as if you don't drive one. Any intersection is hazardous but what I and several others have pointed out is the gates make them less hazardous.

Maybe TV should build Tunnels at every Cart crossing. Then we would not need gates. That would be expensive but solve the issue.
Gates do discourage outsiders from entering until they learn that you just have to push the "Magic" button....

Not the case
 

That gate is in “construction mode” which makes it open automatically by passing in front of a sensor. it was card activated, but the builder fought to have it placed back in “construction mode” till he was done. It’s been that way on and off for a little over 2 years.

We enjoyed the gate when it was card activated and cars slowed down. There was a promise it would return to card after they were done. It’s a very dangerous place for carts. It probably is time to turn that gate back into card activated.