I meant that the milkman, UPS man, Fireman Sam, Miss Spinster's
dry-cleaning
and Dr Pox will drive up to the barrier and not be able to get in, simply
because it's there and closed.

Now the milkman could have his own code to get in, like the residents.
Probably the firemen could as well, or their own special over-ride key
(I'm
sure there are arrangements for this). But that's no good for the other,
occasional yet legitimate visitors.

So we would have to wire up an entryphone system at huge expense so Miss
Spinster could let the dry-cleaning van in remotely. But Miss Spinster
doesn't have a car herself, so how much should she contribute to the
installation and maintenance of this whole automatic gate thing? She isn'y
even remotely inconvenienced by non-residents parking in the car park, but
she is now inconvenienced because she has to be in every time her
dry-cleaning is delivered.

I think my idea of a barrier that opens when any vehicle approaches it is a
good idea. It would be combined with a CCTV system, and activate the CCTV
system to record the movements of each and every vehicle that enters the
premises, for the sole purpose of ascertaining whether or not they are
actually entering the block of flats or using it to park all day whilst at
work. I can't imagine this costing much more than £3-4k tops, but that's a
vague guess!

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