Somethng that irritates me

[TEaaron]

So I was driving down a 60km road, tram lines in the middle, can be considered two lanes, anywho, a line of six cars were driving at 40km, i pulled out to the left lane to overtake only to see a cop car hogging the right lane doing 20km under!!

I continued along at 60km in the left lane over taking the row of cars and the police car who's driver had a completely blank expression, I didn't get pulled over, not even a second look.


So I ask this question..

Why?

Why do people freak out when they see a police car on the road and drive ridiculously cautiously?

It may seem unnecessary to rant over something like this considering it only took up 30 seconds of my journey, seeing six cars all afraid to overtake a car painted blue and white doing 20km under the limit really made me think how much these scare tactics are impacting the Australian roads and the motorists afraid to exercise their rights as Australian citizens to use them freely within a law abiding manner.