For students and faculty who commute to Ohio State’s campus, the parking garages are a luxury. However, the wooden parking gates outside the garages are not convenient for everyone.David Meyer, a construction systems management major, was leaving a garage recently when the gate arm slammed down too early and broke the antenna off of his car. “I felt responsible because it was not my car, but it was not my fault because the arm shut early,” he said. “I did not say anything to Ohio State because, with such a large community, one person’s problem wouldn’t matter.”Meyer and others in similar predicaments can take action. According to Sarah Blouch, director of Transportation and Parking Services, students can file grievances in the form of accident reports. Blouch said if a vehicle is damaged by one of the gate arms, Transportation and Parking will send out an enforcement officer to determine if the accident involved a gate malfunction or if it was an operator error. The accident should be filed through the driver’s insurance and, if it was the fault of university property, OSU would pay the deductible.The gate arms, which serve as garage revenue measures, are made out of wood so they can break without much effort in cases where emergency vehicles may need to get though, Blouch said.One garage booth attendant, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that within one year, he has seen about four gates get busted by non-emergency vehicles.”Usually when they break they just say sorry and go, but if their car gets scratched or something then they want to file a report,” he said.Blouch said gate damage is not a big problem. People do break them off but it is not a reoccurring problem.”Some people move barricades and cones, so some will run the gates down,” she said.