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Old 09-04-2024, 12:59 PM   #100
kevman
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Originally Posted by DoubleF View Post
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.
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 View Post
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.
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.

Last edited by kevman; 09-04-2024 at 01:01 PM.
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