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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I think people slow down on those because they have no clue what it is. You kinda can see through it, so they are concerned there's a hole, or it's like a speed bump or something. I don't think the vast majority of people are thinking about aiming at the horizontal bars or driving over washboard at speed at all.
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So those drivers that are scared are on par with the livestock that the gates are designed to scare from crossing?
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
If you know your vehicle well enough, you can align your wheels with straps keeping the bars together and you don't even get that; it's basically like driving over any other piece of smooth roadway.
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Sure. Unless the straps are missing. Stupid eastbound gate #1 on HWY 66 west of HWY 22.
That and the kind of driver that slows down for a Texas Gate certainly can't hit those straps at speed.