Entry to work Car Park

[dannyboy2]

Hi I'm new and posting mainly as I wonder if anyone has experienced a similar situation.

I commute to work (in a college ) everyday on my 98 Hornet!

There is a staff car park with a small motorbike parking spot (busy in the summer,less so in winter)

There are barriers to the entry and exit of the carpark and you need to swipe a card to raise them. There are also gaps next top the barrier just right for motorbikes!

The gap by the entrance is always blocked by a car parked in a spot but so I always ride to the exit barrier and enter the carpark via the gap next to that.

It saves stopping, taking my gloves off, removing a pass from my pocket, buzzing, returning the pass to my pocket, putting my gloves back on and entering the carpark before the barrier comes down.

I've done this for 3 years but yesterday the facilities team taped off the gap i normally use, prob because there is a one way system which i do normally follow. it could be a health and safety thing.

Do other bikers think i'm being a Kn~b for not using the barrier card system? Does anyone have a similar system at their work?

Are those gaps in the carpark made so bikers can get through easily and safely? I cant think of anyother reason for them,i dont think their designed/suitable for wheelchair access.

all replies/comment appreciated. you can say if you think i'm being unreasonable or selfish!

[totalllama82]

Same setup at my work. Someone has actually sawn off the end of the barrier meaning bikes can get in. Exit barrier automatically raises when your near it

I've never swiped in on my bike before. Our swipe system works as magnets, rather than swiping. I keep my pass in my wallet and would put it in my jacket pocket. Then I just stop and lean into the receiver pad thing.

Sounds like a pain in the ass tho....
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[Bezzer]

Have you considered having the chip or magnet implanted in your hand so you could just swipe it as you pull up

There's a bloke on the Max Suzuki Bandit forum that's had a RFID chip surgically implanted in the back of his hand so he could activate his keyless ignition .
https://www.maximum-suzuki.com/forums/index.php?topic=84004.0


edit...just realised you have to be a member to view, he also posted on YouTube, did it for his R6 and was going to have another for his Bandit
https://youtu.be/6hwyVdmYOaM
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[nickGT]

We have a similar system at my work. Thankfully there is enough space on both sides to slide right through. I would suggest talking to whoever administers the carpark and seeing if they can sort something out for you. However the chances are they are just going to say you need to 'bleep' in.

A guy I work with slots his security pass in his gloves so he can just put his hand to the 'thing' and enter.

[Rogerborg]

[dannyboy2]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[iooi]

Personally I swipe my card on the way in and out.

How hard is it to get your pass out and swipe. Mine sits in my pocket and gets pulled out just before barrier and after clearing shoved into a plastic pouch behine screen. Or if you don't have a screen, simply sit on it.

I look on that as a security measure. Should anyone attempt to ride out on my bike without swiping a card. then it gets reported straight away.
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[.....]

I just put my pass up my jacket sleeve and wave that at the reader - the gloves stop the pass from falling out.

[fatjames]

My car park is simular, I just mount the pavement, beep my horn and speed up. If it's dark, I sometimes go full beam too.

Bur seriously, I go through between the barriers (in and out are next to each other). Security have told me not to do this, but due to their shift changes, and the odd 'tail gate entry' I haven't really listened to them.

[willis1337]

What you mean you can't slide under it?!
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[ms51ves3]

They have a barrier at college that won't raise because it doesn't sense my bike. I just ride in the pedestrian entrance.

[TheSmiler]

They have one at university I was thinking of getting one of these below to stick on my arm, however now the guards just let me through so I don't have to stop.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200486951277?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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[HD]

For school I just keep mine in my wallet. Don't need my gloves off to get my wallet out of my pocket so it is unzip pocket, put wallet to reader, stick wallet back in pocket then ride up the road and park. I dont zip it up as I get off literally 20m up the road and get changed anyway. Takes 2 secs!

HTH
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Alex A]

Same arrangement at my office. When I go on the bike, I usually mount the pavement and take the pathway around the gate. Far too much faffing about trying to get a fob to swipe when in bike clobber. Tried once and nearly got taken out by the barrier coming back down on me because I hadn't put everything back fast enough and moved through.

[Paris2]

[iooi]

[metalangel]

You're not a knob. Our gate is at the top of a moderately steep slope and is ten feet high so it's impossible to get past unless you can fly.

The only good side is there's a keypad that also accepts passes, so if you know the code (everyone does) we just punch that in and it opens. Still a pain.
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[nant]

Ive got my pass on an extenable cord thing, like one of those ski pass things. Have it attached to my belt loop

[mistergixer]

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[LuckyDip23]

I just have my pass round my neck on a lanyard thingie.
open your jacket and away you go - just park close to the sensor so it reaches
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[BG5067]

when i was working on the railway they had a massive gate that nothing could get through. i hung my pass around my neck with a pass holder, then unzipped my jacket a bit and lent forward and it dangled infront and then it opened. can be a pain sometimes

[janner_10]

You didn't notice the big fuck off spiders web then?
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