As someone who drives from the Bayfair area to central Tauranga every day for work, I'm seriously concerned about the amount of people who seemingly think it is okay to take queueing traffic as a sign to pick up their phone.

I'm naturally pleased that police are making a concerted effort to crackdown on this senseless habit, but judging by the amount of guilty drivers, they really have their work cut out.

As an example, I descended down the fly-over recently and indicated left to join the lane where State Highway 2 meets Maunganui Road.

I looked up to the cabin of the truck next to me, to see if he was going to let me in, only to find the driver staring at his phone whilst in crawling traffic and completely oblivious to my presence.

This is just one example, and it is a habit I find both mindless and irresponsible. What's so important? Is it really worth replying to a text when it could come to such an irritating and expensive end.

Nose-to-tail crashes are an everyday occurrence, and it doesn't take a genius to work out why.

J Lawson, Tauranga