In the good-old-days the refrain 'why don't you chase some murderers' used to be quite common, but nowadays you really do have to fear getting murdered by the pigs, and that is not just within ear-shot of Paddington Green!
The boys in blue ain't no good at picking on people their own size and under the current corrupt way of doing things they are incapable of getting their own house in order. Armed to the teeth with a lot more than a truncheon they could round up the terrorists, i.e. the politicians and royals that pre-emptively voted/signed off 'T.W.A.T.' - 'The War Against Towel-heads', but do they? Pigs might fly...
Where were thousands of 'pigs' on 11 September 2001? Rounding up fluffy arms-trade protestors outside the DSEi exhibition. Meanwhile, on the BBC, people from the company responsible for aforementioned arms-trade fair were telling the world that 'only Osama bin Laden' had the means, motive and opportunity to take out the Pentagon (arms?) and Twin Towers (trade?). As we all know, no hard evidence has ever been presented to make the case against Osama bin Laden, and even the 'feds' acknowledge this to be the case.
When is the proverbial going to hit the fan? Where did that saying come from anyway? Is that Judgement Day? I guess that the intimidation is somewhat sub-conscious, cyclists just plain irritate the people that just don't get it. Cyclists don't have quite the same eco-baggage that the tin-box fraternity have and neither are (most) cyclists massively risk averse, i.e. sold on insurance and in fear of car-crime, of which there is plenty. Even worse, some cyclists are quite fit, in mind if not body, for the simple reason that cycling gets the heart going. Who knows, maybe it could be the cyclists that first begin to put two and two together regarding the day that took us into this war, and all those plods that were in on 'Operation Calm' are utterly complicit, whether they like it or not.
As a cyclist I always take the train if I have to travel long-distance, so I no longer get to see motorways. If I can remember, seventy miles per hour is the speed limit, not eighty miles an our, or ninety or even one-hundred-and-forty (nowadays 'acceptable' for off-duty traffic-cops). Is it still the norm for motorists (people) to speed on motorways, gridlock permitting? If I remember, under such circumstances it can be difficult to stick to seventy as that 'holds everyone up'. Maybe it is time for the traffic-cops to apply the tactics they have been perfecting on cyclists to the speeding motorway users - they could do with being slowed down a bit because speed kills and motoring kills the air, sucking the life out of it (oxygen) and only putting pollutants back. Every car should come with an 'ASBO'.