A lame-brained horse and carriage driver may have thought he was pulling a fast one on cops when he scratched an F-bomb into a car with “NYP” plates.

But the ride actually belonged to CBS medical correspondent Dr. Max Gomez — a member of the “New York Press.”

Peter Fayolle, 57 — who’s apparently so acronym-challenged he forgot about the “D” in NYPD — carved “F U” into the door of Gomez’s new gray Mercedes-Benz C300 on East 90th Street near York Avenue on Dec. 29, cops said.

“There had just been [anti-cop] demonstrations around the corner at Gracie Mansion… It seemed like he was trying to send a message,” Gomez told the Post.

Fayolle was charged with criminal mischief Saturday. The gone-buggy carriage driver claimed he was arrested because Mayor de Blasio doesn’t like horse and carriage drivers, according to police.

He didn’t return calls by press time.

Cops said he also targeted another car in the neighborhood and may have just been angry over parking spaces.