By Jason Morrison

A teenage P-Plate driver was picked up yesterday doing 182km/h on Sydney's M4 Western Freeway - putting him 92km/h over the limit on one of the busiest stretches in NSW.

A senior highway patrol officer spotted him flying through the traffic yesterday afternoon and gave chase.

It took the Superintendent several minutes to catch up to the imbecile.

In NSW, first year provisional drivers are limited to 90 - and the speed limit for the stretch is 100. 

So, 92 over would have to be worth more than a ticket wouldn't you think? Arrest? Cuffing? A trip in the paddy wagon?

Here's where commonsense, police experience, and the notoriously soft Courts collide. 

The idiot was fined by the officer $2197 on the spot and had his licence immediately cancelled for 6 months.

Police know that’s not enough, but here’s the problem: If the officer had arrested him, taken him back to the station and hit him with a higher charge - when he faced court, he might well have end up with a far softer punishment.

Police tell me, in 2013, courts typically handed out fines less than $1400 for such convictions and rarely ever issued greater suspensions.

So once again, police have to work around out of touch magistrates and the community is less safe.

Sick system.