TO THE POINT

Now I know why extra prison beds are needed. They are for all the naughty old ladies caught with illegal stuff for their own demise.

VIOLA PALMER, Waikanae

Why the complaints from citizens about the massive profits going overseas from our trading banks? The solution is simple: We have four New Zealand-owned trading banks that provide identical services – just change your bank. HELEN LAMBERT, Paraparaumu

Does Meryn Jefcoate of Mt Cook know the New Zealand Rode Code. It states if an emergency vehicle is coming towards you or behind you and has flashing lights and sirens you must pull over and if necessary stop. I was taught this aeons ago when I took my test and nothing has changed. PAULA YEATES, Napier

Strange, but in Parliament Question Time Phil Twyford asks the Government why there is a shortage of builders in New

Zealand. Hang on, is it not Twyford’s party that is demanding that immigration be scaled back, and does he not know that with immigration we can select trades, and building is one of those. Political rubbish.

JAMES HIBBS, Upper Hutt

Clive Matthew-Wilson claims there is no such thing as a safe or unsafe driving speed, yet the police message is, ‘‘the faster you go the bigger the mess’’. I’ve never arrived late to anything keeping to 100kmh or under. Perhaps he and similarminded people need to take the lead out of their boots and realise the horrors and devastation wreaked on families caused by impatient and selfish driving.

HANS WESTON, Karori

Who exactly is asking for a faster speed limit? As a road user who regularly gets overtaken, I was under the impression that was the speed limit already.

SUE CAMPBELL, Paraparaumu Beach