Having awoken to a beautiful day on Sunday 31 July we decided to head out to the Pyes Pa Cemetery to pay respect to family members and to admire the tui in the trees lining the drive way there. As we exited the toll plaza we came up on a group of adult cyclists at around 10.50am (possibly senior citizens) going around the roundabout and heading down the toll road on the wrong side of the roundabout and the road.
We hear so much about how motorists need to take care when cyclists are on the road. Is this one of those occasions or is it the occasion where cyclists are abusing the privilege to ride tax and toll free on the road and help to cause mayhem and road accidents?
The only good thing in their favour was most of them were wearing high visible vests. I was so shocked; all I could do was wave a clinched fist at them. I hope they read this and think twice about venturing out on the road again until reading the road code, which basically states they observe the same rules as motorists.

Noel Wylie, Tauranga.