I woke up this morning and pulled out of my driveway in rural Katikati to be greeted with three rows of cones and a speed limit of 30km/h.

Maybe 50 metres down the road, the speed limit changed to 50km/h, then another 100 metres, 80km/h.

I understand the need for slower speeds around road works and I'm very happy to oblige, but I don't understand this staggered approach. Why not lower the speed limit where it needs to be lowered, then allow drivers to return to the normal limit?

Not 100 metres after the 80km/h sign, there was a 100km/h sign, but the cones continued. I'm not sure any sane driver would drive 100km/h on a windy country road with a row of cones on either side of them narrowing the road.

Funny thing was, there was nobody around, and no obvious reason for the cones or the speed limit changes.

I'm not mad, just very, very confused.

Fay Sheen, Katikati.