Sydney riders, listen up! This could save your license

We have obtained some info about a covert operation running out of the NSW Police Traffic Services unit at Eastern Creek.

The Boys in Blue have two Honda Blackbirds which are set up with radar and camera for mobile detection of speeding vehicles (spell that m-o-t-o-r-c-y-c-l-e-s. One of the ‘Birds is blue, but we don't know the other colour.

It seems that this is a top secret operation; some of the Highway Patrol blokes we know hadn't even heard of it – and they ride the “proper” stickered-up Police bikes!

Remember when the cops had Mini Coopers? They were frequently accused of “pushing” drivers to speed. Well, from what we’ve been told those days might be back with the advent of these bikes.

“They follow you and sit quite close to you,” says our informant, “which in turn makes you accelerate away from them, which is the time they lock you in on the radar and snap away. [Expletive deleted]”

When you receive the penalty notice it comes with a letter explaining you have been nabbed by a covert unit. Presumably this would come from the State Debt Recovery Office?

Oh, and this “new” method of keeping us all safer is allegedly not restricted to the two Blackbirds. There are some Plain Jane cars out there as well with the same equipment, but we haven't been able to find out what type they are.

“They are only supposed to be patrolling the main roads,” according to our informan, “as in the M4, M7, M5, M2 and the F3, but knowing these [expletive deleteds], they could be anywhere!”

So don’t let anyone hustle you into speeding. Obey the law, the way we know you always do! Right?

Peter “The Bear” Thoeming