On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:39:20 -0000 (UTC)
Ian Smith wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:03:40 +0100, Bod wrote:
A lorry driver has become one of the first people to be prosecuted
for driving too close to cyclists after being caught by a
plain-clothed police biker.

Officers posed as cyclists in Birmingham and the black country to
try and catch drivers putting bikers lives at risk.

In what way is a policeman on a bicycle 'posed as' a cyclist, rather
than being a cyclist?

That's what I thought. I imagine the officers chosen for this duty were
already cyclists, and might even have been riding their own bikes.