When I returned from my holiday up to Auckland and saw the Police's top cop on the telly news seriously warning motorists to behave during the extended Easter-to-Anzac break I had to smirk.

Here I was, returning to the Bay of Plenty on Easter Monday, driving off the Auckland Motorway at the Coromandel exit – and this is what happened…

Driving south, there was a police car on the left-hand side of the road with a police officer scanning for speedsters.

The police officer waited for the car in front of me to whizz past, then kept waiting until it had gone into the 90km/h zone (from a 100km/h zone) before pulling out in front me to pull the vehicle over.

To stop my vehicle crashing into the back of the police car, I had to brake fast, which put vehicles behind me in danger of kissing my rear.

It was a risky tactic to other derivers, just to ensure they charged someone a small $80 fine for heading into an 90km/h zone. It seems if the 4km/h threshold wasn't in place, it would have made the road safer in this case.

But, yes, let's listen to the stern, wise advice of the Police, who love to trawl the highways ticketing vehicle owners for slightly-dangerous driving tactics, and to drive on a law unto their own.

Let me now ask you, are they trying to restore driving safety to our roads, or just raising revenue for the Government? Hmm?

K Morland, Katikati.