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 ❤

These police escorts happen in severe trauma/medical situations when it is imperative the patient gets treatment in the hospital and not the ambulance, especially when kids are involved. Usually there is also a doctor flown in with trauma helicopter and rides in the ambulance with the paramedics to start the treatment (it is a doctor) even before they get to the hospital. The emergency response in the Netherlands is something to be proud of in my opinion. Paramedics for example are not only trained in first response, before they get on the ambulace they have to have at least 2 years experience in an ICU or emergency department before they can even start training as ambulance paramedic. By the way, yes they are regular police but ofcourse have special training in these escorts, most of the motor police have this training i believe.

At the end, the officer calmly says: "just go around the little blue car, they look a little stressed." So funny and wholesome.

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.

My friends 3 year old got a police escort when he had to be transferred from The Hague to Amsterdam. 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❤

3:08 'There is someone laying on the ground' . . . "Yes I saw it" 3:15 'You will have to ride around it' 3:20 'I will ask my colleague to send an other car' 3:42 'There is someone laying on the ground, You handle that? 3:56 'I just notified a colleague, he's going to take care of that' 5:39 'Take the right turn lane to go straight ahead' 7:19 'I like to hear what the plan is' . . .'Take here the bus lane' . . . 'Straight on, straight on, and than onto the tram way' 7:53 'We're on the tram line'

As an ex police officer in Den Haag I recognize this and indeed these motorcycle guys are amazing. They get very good training that takes months. At 08:15 in the video they are on the busiest road intersection of the city where 7 roads come together. Good work!

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

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's not easy to make room for an ambulance if streets are narrow and there's little room to give. Whenever I'm in my car and I hear a sirene, I always look where it'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.

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.

I used to participate in the Nijmegen 4 day marches. Those roads are crammed full with people walking their route and onlookers. But once, when we heard a siren approaching, everyone moved to the sides of the road. It looked a lot like the coordinated movement of a shoal of sardines. That was for one singular ambulance without motor escorts and I kid you not when I tell you it could move at close to full speed without any trouble at all. On a dirt road that wasn't wide enough for two cars to pass. Nobody seemed to think much of it. After it passed, the walkers and spectators simply resumed what they'd been doing beforehand without any comment. It was awesome.

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't know.

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

To answer some of your questions; yes, these are regular police officers, but they get extra training and are then qualified to perform this kind of operation. It usually involves between 3 to 5 motorcycles, with one officer in charge (usually riding in front of the ambulance) and the rest of the officers are basically leapfrogging intersections to keep them clear. A transport like this isn't common and is only used if the person in the ambulance can't be transported in any other way, whether it's due to health or because they need as smooth a ride as possible.

I love the Netherlands, i visit the netherlands regulary from germany. The Dutch are so nice, they are our bros man. We learn a lot from each other and ceep together.

How the motorcycle officers communicate with each other is really next level. They remain so calm during this high-speed action. Very impressive.

An escort consists of a commander (in front of the ambulance) and two front runners who clear the path. The ambulance driver follows the commander, and obeys orders out of the back (slow for emergency treatment, etc.) The commander constantly checks whether the ambulance can follow. It's a well oiled machine, and sometimes the emergency isn't 100%, but with this training they will be prepared when every second truly counts.

Seeing this (again) I'm proud to be Dutch. Our police is very good in doing this. (beside many other things, despite sometimes they make errors.) I do like our ambulance system. Been in an ambulance two times, last time last year due to a heart attack. I survived and I'm still kicking and running.

It always tears me up when I see everyone on the road stopping and moving to give way for the ambulance or police or fire fighters. For me that shows respect for each other

Gives me goose bumps every time. I live near a tunnel highway on the route from Rotterdam Airport to Erasmus Medical Center. The first time I saw it I was so in awe. It was during rush hour at the end of my working day, walking home. Normally it's very busy on the roads, but suddenly I heard the traffic noise silencing. I noticed all traffic came to a stop, because policemen in cars, on motors were blocking all the streets. Policemen on foot were arranging the pedestrians and cyclists. Everyone was looking „What's going on?" After a couple of minutes we heard sirens coming from the distance.....and there an ambulance escorted by two police motors came by high speed. They cut through the crowded intercity on the way to the hospital. I realised it was an organ transport. On the airport a plane had landed with a coolbox with organs, while in the Erasmus Medical Center someone or some people in the operation room(s) was/were waiting for it. Everytime I see it now, I am overwhelmed since I know this highly organised organ transport is connecting on the one hand grieving relatives, on the other hand relatives and patients who hope for the best. So many people are dedicated to the saving of human lives 🥰✌🏼👊🏼

More people in the US should watch these videos from Europe and maybe then they'd stop bragging about being the best at well... anything.

"You see this in the united states for like when the president has to go out for dinner" EPIC, cracked me up 😂😂😂

The secret ingredient is proper understanding that emergency is an emergency. When we hear wailing siren, we make way - no one is screaming "But muh freedoms!!!".

As a Dutchie, this made me very proud. We do pay a lot of health care, so this is what you expect to receive for it!

Understanding the dutch, the level of communication for each obstacle and crossing is quite amazing too 'left for right', asin take the left exit to turn right. The ambulance is aware of all obstacles and how to deal with them.

We have the same Tone in Germany. On my Rescue Unit i have this one, than i can switch to a higher tone and i can switch to the airhorn (Martinshorn). Explanation why it is different in Tone: The two electric tones (High and Low - what you hear at the beginning when he switched) up to 109.5 decibels The "City" signal is lower than the "Country" signal. For blue light bars with rear loudspeaker, this is switched on for the "city" signal, but not for the "Country" signal (but this also depends on the model). The lower frequencies should refract better on buildings etc. and therefore be "diffuse" (= audible everywhere). It is also often said that the signal radiates "into the width" - which is not entirely correct, however, as the loudspeakers do not change loudspeakers do not change (exception see above) and therefore there are no "narrow" or "wide" loudspeaker funnels. Especially in (inner-city) intersection area, a "wide" radiating signal has advantages. It must be audible to the left and right and of course also to the front. The higher "land" signal is better perceived at a straight line distance. It is therefore better for straight country roads and highways. It is not quieter or louder than the "city" signal. The Airhorn (Martinshorn) is the loudest. The compressed air horn spreads the sound differently and works better at distances. The frequencies of the horns must be between 360 Hz and 630 Hz. A volume of up to 126 decibels can be generated here. For comparison: 100 dB: Jackhammer 110 dB: Rock/pop concert (at some distance from the stage) 125 dB: jet taking off at a distance of 100 m 130 dB: Pain threshold 140 dB: Jet engine at a distance of 25 meters best regards

I'm Dutch, so I get to witness police escorts for ambulances every now and then. They're spectacular, noisy, efficient, and precise. It's the utter importance of human care, that they express, that'll sometimes render me just a tad emotional :).

Just a little background on these guys (And gals) on the bikes. They are technically normal cops but most of them have years of experience on the force and its actually quite a tough discipline to get into. 1st you have to become an officer (2 years study at the police academy in the Netherlands) You have to have your (big) motorcycle license. (unrestricted A license) Then you can follow the 3 week training to become a basic motorcycle surveillant. (motorcycle cop :P) You then have to work as a motorcycle Surveillant in order to qualify for the extra training you need. 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 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) there are 3 roles.... the "Spitser" (guy in front) "Sluiter" (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 "going left to go straight" etc in order to instruct the commander and ambulance to take the left turning lane, in order to go straight ahead for instance. Long story short, yeaaahhhh they are "normal" 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's :P And yes, i'm jealous of their jobs ^^ Also, these escorts are not the norm :P Its pretty much in life or death situations, or if ICU patients need to be moved to another hospital, stuff like that. 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.

Yes, a big difference with the US. In Neth (or Norway, Sweden, UK, etc), the king normally has a single chase car and an outrider. The Prime Minister sometimes walks or cycles. Ambulances on code blue journeys have multiple outriders and close escorts. The US is entirely opposite in its priorities.

The Netherlands has also a very good air ambulance system, they also cooperate with their neighbours Germany and Belgium, so if one sees a German ambulance helicopter landing in the Netherlands, they are there to help and of course, the other way around. speaking of germany, you might want to check out a video about the german T.H.W. 😉

I live right next to this hospital, and see a lot of these escorts happening. The roads over here can be very crowded, but the people living in this area are well experienced with regular ambulances. It's impressive to see how well the police co-ordinated, and how calm they were in their communication. To get to this hospital they have to cross a really difficult intersection "Zevensprong" where 7 roads intersect, they've executed this perfect. This makes me proud to be Dutch :)

Streets are much narrower in Dutch cities than they appear on this wide angle lense. Sirens are amplified as they echo off the buildings. The Netherlands also has bikes everywhere in heavy city traffic. Drivers and pedestrians are trained from childhood to respect their right of way, and if you don't you will hear it. When you go: visit Utrecht.

Glad to see a reaction channel that actually reads about the subjects beforehand and adds something to the original video. You seem genuine and i liked seing your reaction to the differences between the USA and the Netherlands

3:10 while escorting one ambulance, they encounter a person on the ground. The advice to ride around that person in a wide arc, and call in another ambulance for that person.

This really made me proud of our Dutch boys and girls in blue keep it up guys

They start out in the city center, right by the houses of parliament and then take the shortest route which goes right through the busyest shopping streets like Grote Marktstraat, straight down to the end of Prinsegracht, past Westeinde hospital and then all the way almost to the other end of the Hague via Loosduinseweg and left at Thorbeckelaan onto Leyweg and the HAGA ziekehuis (hospital), formerly known as Leyenburg. They do a twenty / twenty five minute car ride in about seven minutes at breakneck speeds. Kudos.

Many years ago I remember watching a TV programme about an event in the UK in which a heart was being transported c.200 miles across the country for use in a transplant operation. It had limited time to stay viable, so they had to do the journey at very high speed (more than 100 mph). It was like a major military logistical operation, with roads being kept wide open (and side roads being blocked off) by the police for miles ahead.

In the late 70's early 80's I was a full time fireman in the UK & had professional driver training. I now live in the Netherlands & find this very impressive. I do remember that you have to keep calm.

The training and integrity of our police officers is so high, i love it

I've had to be in an ambulance before in a (luckily) non-critical situation when I missed the last step of the stairs in a stone staircase and compound fractured my right leg, shin and calf bones broken and bleeding because bone was sticking out (still in recovery after 6 months, but I can walk again!), and like, Dutch EMTs are so great. But furthermore, even before that (hopefully singular) ambulance experience, I've always been incredibly vigilant of sirens in traffic, especially ambulances. They don't run sirens for non-critical cases, they didn't run sirens for me, because as severe as my fracture was, I was conscious, calm, and while I was bleeding, it wasn't so severe that I was in life-threatening danger. When there are sirens, I will abruptly move to an unobtrusive area in traffic, as I've seen many other people do, because I know if I hold up that ambulance, I will have blood on my hands, and I don't want anyone's death on my conscience just because I wasn't paying attention in traffic (you should pay attention in traffic period, but yeah).

The Hague is where the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court happens to be.

The most normal thing in the world here when it comes to trauma cases (and of course the ''standard'' cases), of course there is always 1 who doesn't care and thinks he is above the law, but in general everyone here understands that when you hear sirens, you have to be vigilant. Why oppose, it could also be a family member of yours who is in it, right?.... And then you notice how important the emergency services are.

Hi, as an civilin who lived in The Hague (Den Haag) for 33 years I can explain you some stuff. The hospital named “HAGA Ziekenhuis” is the biggest in The Hague. Funny tho, in the centrum (yes it was our main city center shopping area) there was also an other hospital, its the area were they change camera angle, but not many are going there. Theese kinds of transports like this aint every week, its only if the highest prio is needed, we call it something like PRIO 0) life trettening. Also is this done with regular motorbike agence(cops) but with special training under there belts. And the communications between them is highly skilled. Btw in The Hague center there was also an person who felt on the ground and the interaction with the cop car was to inform them to go there, so yes, multi tasking they must the whole way…. Btw no, not all places in The Netherlands has canals🤣🤣 Happy to give you some recommendaitions were to go for nice places. Just send me an note, cheers

Born and raised in the city of this video, The Hague. Where you pauze at 2:25, the street in front used to be a very busy street with bicycles, cars, busses and trams. they dug a tunnel underneath where the trams now run and all other traffic has to go around. At 4:12 is the point where the tramtunnel starts/finish. Where he looks back just after talking to the officers in the police car is the entrance of a underground parking. At 5:41, on the right hand side, they pass another big, 14 storey high hospital, on it's parking lot used to be the old building where I was born in 65. I love my city!

The way the two leading motorcycles basicly leapfrog eachother to get to the next intersection, then the other one catches up and goes ahead, very efficient!

I highly recommand to go visit the Dutch. It is a beautiful country, but when I was there I liked it everywhere better than in Amsterdam. Go check out the cozy Delft and the modern Rotterdam. Visit the mills at the Kinderdijk and get used to pronounce any ij as an "I". Cheers from Austria!

The videos from this channel are amazing and really helpful. They do a lot of ambulance escorts in the The Hague area. That area has relatively many hospitals and is one of the busiest areas in the country. These guys are very well trained to cope with all that. The communication mainly comes from the ambulance, they tell the escorting motorbikes where they are while the guys on the motorbikes tell the ambulance what lane to take. Something like: "take the rightmost lane to turn left", just because the right lane is free that is the best choice. The speed limit is 50 km/h (30 mph) in most areas you see, the officers on the bike are trained to drive over 100 km/h there (60+ mph). We learn how traffic rules work at a young age in primary school, just because we are used to go to school by cycling. Then, you have to know the rules. I learned most traffic signs, rules for yielding and default speed limits when I was about 8 years old. This also included understanding signs given by a police officer, like the ones you see here! When you go for your driver's licence at age 18, you have to learn all the rules there are, the book contains some 100 pages to explain it all. And there is a theory exam. The part with the blue car in the end is quite comical: the officer reluctantly says: "just go around the little blue car, he is stressed out". Poor driver who did not know what to do...

underway 2 the hospital and then u come across another person on the ground , calling for a second ambulance . its in dutch so u probably missed that.

And the best thing of all: it will cost you nothing when you're in an ambulance being escorted to a hospital.

There's a video here on YT with a Belgian ambulance going to a children's hospital in Paris. The small child couldn't be flown there so they had to go by road. As soon as they pass the border French police are there escorting them all the way.

These motor escort teams of the The Hague Police are one of the best and experienced in the country due to the fact that they provide services not only to critical emergy ambulances ( all forces do) , but due to the fact that The Hague is the city where government resides; Parliament and PM ; all foreign embassies ; the hometown of the dutch king and several UN courts all receiving almost on a daily base lots of VIP and heads of state .

The police sirene is the same across europe, it uses the doppler effect so you can hear where it's coming from.

Haven't checked all the other comments, and I don't see a link to the original video (to check the description) but this seems be what is called a "rolling transport" which means the ambulance has to keep rolling at all times. For some traumas any kind of shock or bump is more harmful than a slight delay in transport. So the police clear all the roads so the ambulance can keep rolling instead of braking and accelerating all the time. It's not the fastest way to get a patient to its destination, but it's the most comfortable way.

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

Motto/slogan of Dutch police is "vigilant and subservient". We are not always happy with our police, I think that is imperitive with their job, but especially in these situations I am very proud we have them. Also proud at how the public responds to these things. There are always a-holes that think they don't need to listen, but the majority understands the emergency. btw most of the communication you hear is route discussions. Things like "straight ahead", "go left/right" etc

Dutch police gets way more training than US police. Take deescalation of situations, rather than pulling guns, or in this case collaboration. And motor police gets additional training.

Well coordinated! Here in Melbourne all emergency vehicles use the tram tracks in the central business district for unobstructed way. It did seem that the Dutch drivers all knew what to do.

This is topsport next level. Extremely professional police motorcyclists, taking their turn in the lead, securing intersections, the speed in which everything takes place is mindblowing. The ambulance gets a smooth ride. It saves lives in a community where every life matters. Of course this can only work in a country in which people get very proper driving lessons and education before allowed to participate in traffic. In the Netherlands all matters regarding traffic are organised to the max. The result is a joy to watch. Not when you are the pour guy or girl in that ambulence. But it might save your life. I love that system.

These are highly trained motor traffic police and indeed very impressive . A younger brother of mine is ambulance driver , that takes alot of learning and testing diverent situations .

Whoever this was for i hope they're doing alright.

Hello Joel. Very impressive. My former work head office was in Rotterdam and I got to visit from UK. They are not so big on rules as Germany, but very efficient with such high population density. I gave a reference for someone to join the police. He became a traffic officer. Later I caught a car thief hiding in my garden and handed him in to police after rugby tackling him. I spoke to the traffic cop with the crashed stolen car. He said he was going to London for training with the officer I knew. They are intensively trained to do all this.

When my husband had his accident at work with severe hand trauma (crushed middle finger and thumb off his hand), he also had a police escort. There were 6 policecars involved in the escort. That saved his life because he did lose so much blood.

Yes, they are the ‘regular’ police officers. I love how it’s so good organised in here, mostly when it’s really needed. Keep up the good work verkeerspolitie, and the ambulanceteam!

The (Canadian) channel Not Just Bikes is pretty popular. The short, oldest one is a great appetizer for more

Just move to central europe. Im living at the eastsea coast area of germany. In 3-5 hours, I can be in denmark, sweden, poland, the netherlands, belgium. And every country is so different. I love it do much!

As a Dutch I guess I took this for granted. But it is very special. Respect to all this Police and ambulance people.

I think it has to do with training. Driving tests in the Netherlands are quite strict. People need to takes dozens of hours of driving lessons to pass. I think police officers here are also well trained, especially motorcycle police. Even non-drivers get traffic training. All Dutch kids get traffic lessons in school and participate in a practical test, riding on their bikes through traffic.

If you want to see what the average day is like for a dutch police officer (while working ofcourse). I recommend watching a video from Politievlogger Jan-Willem.

Sirens are I think more serious in Europe then in the US. Using a siren is bound to the urgency of actions. Certainly when there is an escort too. Someone driving too fast isn't immediately an emergency for instance. Normally only blue and/or red lights are used to inform people to be cautious or go to the side of the road or make room. o if we hear a siren, we know it's definetely urgent and so for instance traffic immediately slows down and will make an extra lane. You can get a fine if you don't repond properly btw.

Sometimes we complain about our country (a national sport) but actually we live in the best organised country in the world 🇳🇱❤

So beautifully choreographed . Really professional.

This looks like a new mission in GTA6 ... damn! *respect

That's one of the reasons why driving licences are 2 Grand plus... 'Imagine he had drugs in his car' there is your 'Murican mindset showing... 🙄

Je kunt de liefde voelen voor hun optreden en thans for sharing ❤❤❤ 😊

The 2 motorbikes are taking turns in blocking off crossings. It is a good system to make sure the ambulance can go drive through smoothly.

Such missions are part of the business of the police motorcycle squadrons and are trained accordingly on a regular basis.

This is how a society looks where people are encouraged and taught to look after others. It's not perfect but way better than a 'me first and only me first' attitude. They were fortunate that this wasn't a busy time of day but even so, that was impressive co-ordination. The rider had four bands on his epaulette, which for me (not Dutch, not police) would suggest a captain or similar. Also given that I don't speak Dutch, I would guess he was the co-ordinator. I would recommend visiting Netherlands and Belgium as well as France. Each country different from the next and I love them all. There are videos of French and Belgian police doing similar work but in busier traffic - one is on the Périphérique in Paris.

As a person from the netherlands, ill just say i loved to see how you reacted, this was just amazing

I am from The Hague, actually and I know this area and the route very well. The policeman sees another person on the ground in the city center, at the height of De Bijenkorf, and he alerts the rest of the motorbikes riding with him. Then he comes across colleagues in the police car, and sends them over to go check on the person on the ground. He then reports that he alerted the colleagues already himself. All whilst escorting two ambulances. Seeing this I am actually proud of the police and their performance here..... Pretty cool! :-)

Wow! So cool and co-ordinated. I wonder if the lack of such response in the US is due to the cultural antipathy towards "loosers" , with sick people being perceived as such. I am grateful to the 45th for this thought

You should watch the video where other police officers around the world hear about US police, how long it takes to become a police officer and so on. Very interesting video. It's called "Cops from around the world react to U.S. policing"

The reason why the Dutch are so good at this is that they value human life very highly. They will do everything they can to save it no matter what it costs. That is why I am so grateful that I live in the Netherlands.

I am really glad you love our country and protocols of our emergency services! I loved the video and I would love to see you react more to these!

When you’re coming over, I’d highly recommend visiting The Hague, it’s one of the largest Dutch cities, the seat of the Dutch Government, it has lots of history, great museums, and is just a very interesting city

Glad you liked it. Also, do visit The Netherlands!

So impressive, great teamwork.

Giving birth at home is relatively common in the Netherlands. One of the reasons people can do this without increasing infant mortality is that if things do go wrong, you can get an escorted ambulance to take you to hospital in half the time it would take you on a normal car journey. The ambulance will also be equipped with high end medical equipment and staff to keep baby and mum safe (for example cooled beds for babies to prevent brain damage if they suspect lack of oxygen during birth). Of course it also helps that because of the geography of the country and infrastructure there is almost always a hospital within reasonable distance.

And how much did these patients pay for the ambulance? 0€. That's how it should be.

these escorts are done for 2 reasons 1 if the patient needs a fast transport or as smooth as possible or 2 if an organ for transplantation needs to get from one hospital to the other. they have special teams for this kind of escorts. the blue car probably is going to the hospital themselfs. about the person on the ground. he couldnt help but immediately reported it to hq and when he stopped at the policecar he told them there was someone who needed help. you should indeed come to the netherlands but dedicate the entire trip here not going to another country and also come for one or two days. and yes visit Amsterdam for example at the start and/or end of your trip. like arrive there by plane stay 1.5 days go on to travel around and before flying home again stay about 1.5 days in amsterdam and when youre here carefull bikelaines are actually everywhere. and if you want to visit well known museums (especially in Amsterdam) as the Van Gogh museum and the Anne Franck house you need to make a reservation online months ahead

Amazing how many people and how much is involved to try to save one single life.

Watching that video gives me confidence when I need emergency help, I will get it and I will get it fast. Gives me the space to worry about other things, like making sure I won't need it any time soon.

I like the way they blow the whistle occasionally, as if people will notice the whistle more than the siren.

I've heard that americans sometimes don't react to emergency vehicles because of the sirens you have... Here in many European countries, we use the siren you can hear in the video and it's way more effective.

As a Dutchmen I'm pretty sure every motor policeman here is properly trained in emergency escorts and I think they practice them regularly.

Great that you show this... it starts with educating people to pay attention when sirenes and blue light flashes (they have right off way above all other traffic!) Our country is really, but really, tight and thus adhering to rules and sounds help save lives. Being Dutch I never realized we are so disciplined but I'm glad we are.

Notice the absence of traffic.

Impressive!! Those Dutch motorcycles are surprisingly smooth for having wooden wheels!! Seriously though Joel, yes, you should consider visiting The Netherlands. My last trips were to Brunssum and Bergen Op Zoom. Some of my maternal ancestors went from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (now NYC) in the early 1600's. Canada enjoys close ties with The Netherlands stemming from its Liberation from the Nazis 1944-45. At Bergen Op Zoom, I was visiting Canadian war graves of soldiers from my regiment killed-in-action there during WW II. I'm pleased to say that in Ontario, drivers respond to emergency vehicles much like in The Netherlands. I've experienced the Metro Toronto Police doing the "rolling barricade/road block" with motorcycles like in this video - truly impressive and efficient. Nice choice of video. John in Canada

I live in the Netherlands and this isn't the normal ambu. This is the ambu that needs to transport high risk patients to a different hospital for other treatment and because the patients are high risk they want to do this really fast because these patients need medical attention almost the whole time to survive. Just trust me if I say that Dutch people move over if they hear sirens, like you learn that in your driving lessons.

This happened in the city i was born and still live. I drive these roads everyday. The police escort are regularly police motorcycles, but have special driving training. They are being used by special ambulance transports with high priority. You will see these escorts all over the Netherlands, and i see one every week. In this clip at the beginning i can tell you that when we did see the two ambulances for the first time the passed a other hospital called "Westeinde hospital". This escort went to the main hospital of the city with is more specialist. This city is called "Den Haag" and is in between Rotterdam and Amsterdam. It has over more then 500.000 inhabitants and its also the city where you can find the "Peace Palace and International Court of Justice".

Hire a bike and spend a few weeks bicycle touring the Netherlands👍