If you're going to break the law, it's probably best not to do it in front of police officers.

But – in a classic case of picking the wrong targets – Thomas Harris did just that at the weekend, when he unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at two cyclists on a Jamberoo road.

Thomas Harris filmed himself driving along a shared cycleway and footpath while abusing two cyclists on the road - who turned out to be cops.

Harris wouldn’t have known at the time that he was venting his anger at two boys in blue, but the Lycra-clad duo were in fact off-duty officers.

Mobile phone vision of the encounter, filmed by Harris, showed the 27-year-old hurling abuse at the pair as they rode two abreast on Swamp Road and he drove along a shared path next to them.