Drivers in the Tauranga area need a serious wake-up call. As a recent refugee from Auckland I have travelled a number of times back and forth and I can only agree with P Kelly, who recently wrote to state that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the engineering quality of SH2 to Katikati, the basic problem is how badly some people drive on it. It is not a good look.

In the same vein, I am appalled at the general driving standards in the Tauranga area, in particular the ignoring of Give Way signs, Stop signs and a disregard of roundabout rules. Drivers pulling out in front of others is a constant worry.

It is quite a disgrace and something I never experienced during 25 years of city and country driving in the Auckland area – now it can happen here several times on even short journeys. Just today a young woman on a scooter overtook me when I was slowing to a halt at a Stop sign and she went straight through the sign without even slowing down. Utterly crazy. Enough! Drivers in Tauranga, please wake up, far too many of you are a menace on our roads!

P Hickling, Papamoa Beach.