Yet another serious truck crash near Tauranga on October 13. Nearly every time we go out we see an incident with a truck. I know there are many reports about how good and careful truck drivers are, yet these crashes continue. Time after time at the Moffat Rd roundabout in Bethlehem we have to brake sharply to avoid a head on with a truck that teams straight through the roundabout without a glance.

Another horror was when a double wheel and axle came off a truck-and-trailer unit and bounced over the roof of our car - and the driver of the truck never noticed the loss and kept going. I was in too much of a shock to turn and chase the bugger. When is something going to be done about the standard of driving of these monsters on our narrow roads?

A Bourne, Bethlehem.