Driving home to Whakamarama on Tuesday night, I was struck by the colossal amount of cones lining the road.

Not literally struck, of course, but it wouldn't have surprised me considering how many of the pointy orange soldiers were standing guard of the shoulder.

Do we really need one cone every metre for people to know not to drive there? Perhaps – some drivers do struggle to know where their indicator stick is – but it seems like overkill to me.

Fay McGrath, Whakamarama.