Many BOP drivers are so scary and don't know what they do, hooning around the roads and streets frightening the wits out of you.

Some know a few driving basics but little about the road code,and few know of driver courtesy when they are on the road. Driving in heavy peak hour traffic carefully making your way home, you frequently see a local driver talking or texting on their cellphone.

Look, there's a sign ahead. Drivers to ‘merge like a zipper.' Not for me says the local hoon, as he buries his leaden slipper. The locals speed into roundabouts,caring not for vehicles on the right, simply ignoring those drivers who brake petrified with fright.

Driving along Cameron Rd in heavy traffic watching cars pass. An impetuous driver just can't wait. He's overtaking! Driving up on the grass!

‘Get out of the way' the papers say when you hear the sirens wail.

But many Bay of Plenty driversnNever allow that rule to prevail.

So what is it with BOP drivers? Why are so many a hopeless brood?

Why are they so arrogant, ignorant and frequently extremely rude?

Their driving skills don't justify the aggressive attitude they display.

I've seen better driving in Cairo than we see in Tauranga every day.

So visitors if you are driving in this region perhaps just for the day

I wish you good luck with that mate and hope you get safely away!

B Conroy, Otumoetai.