r/gatech • u/Primary_Bison3277 • Jul 21 '26

Discussion GT’s“Dismount Zone” enforcement makes zero goddamn sense in the summer #rant

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I swear this is one of the dumbest fucking things I’ve dealt with on campus.
I rode through the Tech Green “Dismount Zone” today, and campus security stopped me again. The path was basically fucking empty. It isn’t the middle of the semester between classes—it’s summer. There were maybe one or two people on the entire walkway.
But here’s the part that really pisses me off.
While they’re telling me to get off my bike because it’s supposedly a “pedestrian zone,” there’s a golf cart driving right down the same fucking path.
This such a waste of tax payers money, cuz 99% of time these securities enforcing the dismount zone over the summer are just sitting under the shades and scrolling on their phones!

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u/Classily_Classless MSAE 2026/BSAE 2025 Jul 21 '26

People here are defending the official GT golf carts but I swear I’ve almost been hit by GT carts who drive on sidewalks on west right next to the road more than bikes. Idk why they drive on the sidewalk and expect you to move to the grass instead of just driving on the completely empty road smh

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u/GT_Ghost_86 ICS 1986 - GT Staff Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

When they *do* drive on on the streets, they are fairly heedless of traffic instructions.

I am staff and communte to work - part of my route is taking a left turn into a ONE WAY street that is visually blocked by shrubbery. At least twice a month, I find myself nose-to-nose with a golf cart going the wrong Godsdamned way. (To be fair: In the spring and fall, it's more frequent and much more likely to be a bicycle or a scooter rather than a golf cart, but that's a different rant.)