American Reacts to Amazing Dutch Police Escort for Ambulance

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  @LoudLin86 · 2 years ago

  As a German living in the Netherlands I can tell you that everything here is just next level organised! From public transport, cycling to emergency response! I love it here ❤

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• OD

  @odohamster · 2 years ago

  At the end, the officer calmly says: &quot;just go around the little blue car, they look a little stressed.&quot;<br>So funny and wholesome.

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• OL

  @oldman3319 · 2 years ago

  A few years back i had a stroke while i was at work sitting at my desk. I worked at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport and within 5 minutes the police were there and after 7 minutes the ambulance. The police escorted the ambulance to the hospital and within 30 minutes a CT scan was made. That saved my life. They escort the ambulance in life threatening situations. So again, thanks to the police and ambulance guys. Greetings from the Netherlands.

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• CO

  @corriehonicke · 2 years ago (edited)

  Proud to be Dutch 🇳🇱 respect and compliments to the police and ambulance workers out there doing everything they can to keep us safe ❣️

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• MA

  @marcos4521-n2l · 2 years ago

  What helps in these kind of situations is that Dutch people generally follow the traffic laws. They know they should give way to emergency services, like ambulances, fire engines and police. Of course this does not always work. It&apos;s not easy to make room for an ambulance if streets are narrow and there&apos;s little room to give. Whenever I&apos;m in my car and I hear a sirene, I always look where it&apos;s coming from and take necessary action to make room (if possible). Lives may depend on it and I always think: what if it was me in that ambulance.

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• OT

  @ottowijnen · 2 years ago

  One major difference might also be, that here in The Netherlands, the ambulance services are not privately owend companies and not profit-oriented. So they get to train and work close with all other emergency services such as police and firefighters.

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• LO

  @lolalilolily · 2 years ago

  My friends 3 year old got a police escort when he had to be transferred from The Hague to Amsterdam. <br>It really was a life or death situation. They survived the ride but succumbed to their illness eventually a few months later. Those few months extra were a gift to the family - all thanks to our wonderful emergency services❤

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• JA

  @jaapvandersneppen2177 · 2 years ago

  These guys have balls of steel. I live near this hospital and have seen the escort reaching speeds up to around 200 km/h. They really risk their limbs for someone they don&apos;t know.

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• BL

  @Blindbrick2 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=188">3:08</a> &apos;There is someone laying on the ground&apos; . . . &quot;Yes I saw it&quot;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=195">3:15</a> &apos;You will have to ride around it&apos;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=200">3:20</a> &apos;I will ask my colleague to send an other car&apos;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=222">3:42</a> &apos;There is someone laying on the ground, You handle that?<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=236">3:56</a> &apos;I just notified a colleague, he&apos;s going to take care of that&apos; &nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=339">5:39</a> &apos;Take the right turn lane to go straight ahead&apos;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=439">7:19</a> &apos;I like to hear what the plan is&apos; . . .&apos;Take here the bus lane&apos; . . . &apos;Straight on, straight on, and than onto the tram way&apos;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220e_ifyjhs&amp;t=473">7:53</a> &apos;We&apos;re on the tram line&apos;

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• VE

  @veramaan485 · 2 years ago

  This happens standardly here in the Netherlands when an organ is transported for transplantation. time is precious

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• IE

  @IesKorpershoek · 2 years ago (edited)

  This is a normal escort in severe trauma/medical cases. &nbsp;Coordination is superb. ( retired police officer )

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• ME

  @medpack · 2 years ago

  Just a little background on these guys (And gals) on the bikes. They are &nbsp;technically normal cops but most of them have years of experience on the force and its actually quite a tough discipline to get into.<br><br>1st you have to become an officer (2 years study at the police academy in the Netherlands)<br>You have to have your (big) motorcycle license. (unrestricted A license)<br>Then you can follow the 3 week training to become a basic motorcycle surveillant. (motorcycle cop :P)<br>You then have to work as a motorcycle Surveillant in order to qualify for the extra training you need.<br>And before the next training, you have to do an assessment, where they will judge if you posses the pre-requisite knowledge and experience to start traffic management and escort training<br>If you qualify you can then do the VTB training, a 3 week course on learning how to escort like this. (And VIP escorts and other types of escorts)<br><br>there are 3 roles.... the &quot;Spitser&quot; (guy in front) &nbsp;&quot;Sluiter&quot; (guy in the back) and the commander (person in charge) and the spitser and sluiter role changes on where you are in the line and the commander is usualy with the object being escorted. (there can be more people involved, but at least 3 roles sometimes its 5 people if the intersections are really close to each other). You can hear them communicate to each other and the ambulance by saying &quot;going left to go straight&quot; etc in order to instruct the commander and ambulance to take the left turning lane, in order to go straight ahead for instance. <br><br>Long story short, yeaaahhhh they are &quot;normal&quot; cops but also literally some of the best we have. And ofcourse they are completely nuts, going breakneck speeds on really heavy RT1200 motorcycles in inner city&apos;s :P And yes, i&apos;m jealous of their jobs ^^<br><br>Also, these escorts are not the norm &nbsp;:P Its pretty much in life or death situations, or if ICU patients need to be moved to another hospital, stuff like that. <br><br>Say what you want about cops in general, as 1st responders to accidents, we have it very good in the Netherlands with our cops/ambulances and fire brigades.

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