[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Perhaps gate visibility may be part of the problem.

I am sure that is the problem with the crashes involving vehicles. Thai problem KEEPS happening......Einstein stated that insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. So, The Villages should try a NEW solution. maybe paint the gates dayglow orange. Maybe put flashing led lights on all gates. I hate speed bumps, but maybe put those before the gates. Maybe warning lights along the side of the road heading toward the gates. Maybe design the gate to break at a spot that is easy to remove and repair thus keeping down replacement costs.

[OhioBuckeye]

Is TV getting that bad!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by defrey12

Nope, it isn’t. I see “two” trying to make it through all the time. Never works out well. What’s the hurry, people. You’re retired. Oh, you’re late you say. Leave earlier. If you find the gates but a nuisance? Too bad. You moved here.

The driver of 2nd car through must be thinking, " I am so COOL that I outsmarted the SYSTEM". They are special and play by their own rules!

[harby]

I did make some suggestions of installing very visible gates or better gates several times, but TV seems not to accept them or just ignore...just wants to keep what it has...will TV reply my comment?

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

Is TV getting that bad!

Absolutely horrible! Grrrrr!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Thanks TwoPlane

Gates really do malfunction almost as much as gate strikes, sometimes it’s good to know people,

Thank, by all means. Interesting is that after ten years the only malfunctions I ever personally witnessed was the arm not coming back down, either after the vehicle ahead of me went through or after I went through.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I heard that as well, from several folks. At $250 a pop, seems like a money maker for TV: those arms are held on the mechanism by shear-away bolts so that, when hit, the arm suffers no (or very little) damage. A guy with a wrench and some new bolts could put things back in order pretty quickly, one would think.

That number per week unfortunately seems all too believable. Our gate seems to be down about twice a month, but one week recently saw no fewer than three such events. Another poster mentioned visibility and IMO this could be an issue. Those arms are painted red and white, which is very visible when the arm is up but when it is down it is at precisely the level of automobile taillights so that red striping, especially when traffic is heavy, might be doing more harm than good.

Is that why people don't stop at stop signs? Because they're red and white? Y'know, like the stop signs present at all the gates?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by harby

I did make some suggestions of installing very visible gates or better gates several times, but TV seems not to accept them or just ignore...just wants to keep what it has...will TV reply my comment?

This isn't an official Villages website. If you want The Villages to reply to your comment, you have to comment to The Villages.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

I played golf last week, with someone who works for Community Watch. He told me that we average 10 "gate crashes" per day.

I went to a dog park today. Of the 3 gates I went through (or around), 2 were under repair. There's a gate in front of the Mallory Club House, that seems to get broken at least 3 times/week.

I assume the "crashers" get billed? I assume their insurance pays? Are there really 10 per day? How much does the crasher get charged? How much does an average repair really cost?

I assume this has been going on since The Villages began? Maybe it's time for a different solution?

Perhaps equipping the Guard Shack attendants with Paint Ball guns?

I think there lot of assuming going on…

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by harby

I did make some suggestions of installing very visible gates or better gates several times, but TV seems not to accept them or just ignore...just wants to keep what it has...will TV reply my comment?

Don’t we all know there are gates? So why don’t some stop and wait?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I am sure that is the problem with the crashes involving vehicles. Thai problem KEEPS happening......Einstein stated that insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. So, The Villages should try a NEW solution. maybe paint the gates dayglow orange. Maybe put flashing led lights on all gates. I hate speed bumps, but maybe put those before the gates. Maybe warning lights along the side of the road heading toward the gates. Maybe design the gate to break at a spot that is easy to remove and repair thus keeping down replacement costs.

Don’t we all know there age gates? What’s easier than two plastic bolts?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I heard that as well, from several folks. At $250 a pop, seems like a money maker for TV: those arms are held on the mechanism by shear-away bolts so that, when hit, the arm suffers no (or very little) damage. A guy with a wrench and some new bolts could put things back in order pretty quickly, one would think.

That number per week unfortunately seems all too believable. Our gate seems to be down about twice a month, but one week recently saw no fewer than three such events. Another poster mentioned visibility and IMO this could be an issue. Those arms are painted red and white, which is very visible when the arm is up but when it is down it is at precisely the level of automobile taillights so that red striping, especially when traffic is heavy, might be doing more harm than good.

5 dollars for two plastic bolts? and 245 for labor?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

No, that's not it.

Maybe some glasses and turn off I phone?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Every gate has a camera

Every gate had crasher.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Oneiric

One thing of note I have observed several times. In the visitor lane, only, in which there is some distance between the card and the gate arm, one must wait until the car ahead goes completely through the gate BEFORE you swipe your card. Several times I have seen cars stuck in the middle that swiped their cards before the preceding car had TOTALLY gone through, only to get stuck in the middle or worse, the arm coming down on their car.

Where is there visiting gate entry without guard in shack?