You all know the gates are there. STOP !

How many gates do these communities have? Two, three, maybe four gates ? Why should everybody have to pay because a very small percentage of drivers are ignorant of the rules here and take down the gates. The areas around the gates clearly are a big hint that there will be a gate.

Why not add sirens as well ⁉️🙄

Gates in the Villages are on public roads. The District and the lawyers have claimed that due to this, the gates must follow the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. You want a more visible gate? Find a way to do that while staying in compliance with that manual then bring the suggestion to a PWAC meeting.

The gates are designed to break off at the bolts when they are impacted with enough force. This reduces damage to the vehicle impacting it and reduces damage to the gate and the mechanism that lifts it. When you find an approach to increasing the visibility of the gate, make sure it does not add weight. If weight is added to the gates then the whole system would need to be strengthened which could be costly to install, more costly to repair, and more damaging to vehicles.

OR, drivers could slow down and pay more attention at areas where they already know gates exist.

Please name the communities that have placed flashing lights on their gates. I want to stay far far away from them.

Bill,
If you continue to use common sense, logic, and facts, you may get banned from this thread...

Gate Arms
 

I've also thought that perhaps using the newer more visible fluorescent lime green (like the school signs elsewhere) would be a better choice... and yes, the arms come off all the time because people knock them out...but they now have to pay for doing that...so be careful!

The gates are often in the shade of large trees and therefore hard to see, so orange paint plus reflectors at night should help. And I can't stand the idea that we can't fix this because we have ALWAYS done it this was, and regulations don't allow us to try new things. Damn the stupid regulations, lives are being lost, fix the DAMN things
. ......Are WE in charge of our lives in the Villages or are we controlled by stupid, useless regulation.
......It's a PROBLEM. So, TRY A new approach. Is that so radical?

I DO agree. We've lived in TV for nine years now, and well aware of the gates...

But there ARE times, esp at dusk - and shady areas - when it IS difficult to see the slim gate pole. We ARE all aging as well, and better safe than sorry. Anything to assist making gate arms a bit simpler to see under less-than-perfect conditions would be helpful.

This is why I agree.

Yeah! Or flashing lights like at RR crossings, that start flashing when a sensor detects an approaching vehicle.

I have heard people complaining for years, I never really understood how people could miss them... until the morning I went to pick up a friend near the Sea-breeze rec center and even with the visor and tinted window.... I did not see a thing, gate, gate arm, etc. Previous to that, I would have thought the problem was a bit hyped. I found out when the summer sun is straight on early in the a.m., everything is blotted out. Some have mentioned any kind of "fluttering" like fringe would help but maybe nothing is made that would actually stick on for long ?

Not being able to see a gate has happened to me on several occasions. The blaring sun is usually the culprit. But, as other posters have stated common sense tells you they are there. Slow down when entering, take the time to view your surroundings, (I find it easy to look for the red button), then proceed with caution.

Having trouble seeing the gates makes you forget that they are there. Is that it????? I'm having trouble understanding the issue.

For those who have trouble seeing the gates, do you have thes same trouble out on the roads with stop signs ? or even red lights ? Asking for a friend.

If you cannot see the gate arms just the way they are, you should not be driving.