I want to share with you the horrific experience I had today (Tuesday) when I was traveling towards Tauranga on SH2.

I had just gone over Wainui River and was climbing the slight hill ahead when I saw a tractor towing a car coming towards me on the other side of the road. One second later a truck overtook the tractor half way over the double yellow lines on my side of the road.

I swerved quickly, just staying on the road surface, and managed to pass the oncoming truck. Had I been a truck there would have been a terrible accident with many people injured as I was traveling about 75km per hour; the traffic coming towards me even faster.

If you need proof that SH2 needs upgrading very quickly we have it here. We need basic improvements to the width of the road and having a flat road surface, even if that means slow tractors are not allowed to use the highway until the improvements are completed.

M Houghton, Katikati.