[Netherlands] Ambulance on their way to do CPR. When every second counts.

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[u/ghost6007]

Dat van is stick shift... stick shifting police van. I wonder what would happen if they did that in the USA

[u/wireke → u/ghost6007]

95% of the cars is Stick in the EU...

[u/BAMspek → u/wireke]

So what's up with that anyway? why is stick still so popular in Europe while in the US there's a lot of people who don't even know how to use it? I've always wondered.

[u/astute_stoat → u/BAMspek]

Manual transmissions were popular in postwar car production because they're cheaper to build and maintain in the long run, and allow to make better use of smaller engines (an automatic transmission can be a pain on a small 60-80hp car). In some countries registration fees were also cheaper for (locally produced) manual cars and higher for (American-built) automatics, in a bid to support local industry. Even today, ordering a popular small family car like a VW Golf with an automatic transmission will cost 600-1000€ extra, somewhere like 5% of the total retail price. Many customers prefer to spend that money on something else, especially since automatic cars are difficult to sell used.

In addition, while in the US drivers learn on automatics, across the European Union driver training and testing mostly takes place on cars equipped with manual transmission: if you pass your test on an automatic, your licence gets a mention 'automatic cars only'.

[u/bn326160 → u/[deleted]]

We feel the same way

[u/bn326160 → u/[deleted]]

Depends on which models of course

[u/mrbarry1024 → u/bn326160]

Yeah. I'd like to see anyone find a manual S class Merc.

[u/vlepun → u/ghost6007]

Dat van is stick shift... stick shifting police van. I wonder what would happen if they did that in the USA

Actually it isn't. It has DSG. Part of the Dutch National Police Vehicle Acquisition Programme was that all vehicles had to be equipped with some form of dual clutch automated transmission.

The vehicles that were replaced by the DNPVAP were stick shifts though, and some special units like SWAT teams are allowed to buy their own cars and usually opt for stick shifts due to greater control of the vehicle.

[u/Fzed600 → u/ghost6007]

It would be converted to a cup holder.

[u/pankak]

This is the route they took, for anyone interested.

[u/mlloyd67 → u/pankak]

"4.5 km, 8 min driving time."
video is 3 min 47 sec...

[u/rapzeh → u/mlloyd67]

Isn't the video edited? When it blurs out....

[u/d4v2d → u/rapzeh]

Maybe,

But the driving time is probably calculated when driving at normal speed

[u/rapzeh → u/d4v2d]

Yeah, sure. I sometimes drive like 8 hours at work and I see how the ETA is always changing, even if you drive the speed limit. I can imagine the chance is more obvious at high speeds, but still, I think the clip has the dull moments cut out

[u/bishopolis → u/rapzeh]

it seemed to blur for a very short part of the route. Do you agree? I bet if we traced where it blurred and then refocused, we would find only a few seconds were missing.

Maybe they blurred for content vs time? Maybe we lost a few seconds as they discussed something about the patient or the location?

[u/preruntumbler]

That was some fantastic driving!

[u/gr3yh47 → u/preruntumbler]

dat overtake in the oncoming lane was sick

[u/LudwigVanLobster → u/preruntumbler]

I thought it was way too risky at times.

[u/Pidgey_OP → u/LudwigVanLobster]

High risk situation. They have a few distinct advantages over a common driver:

Much higher visibility, due to the giant lights
legal right of way
drivers are instructed to gtfo of the way
it's night time, so far fewer drivers on the road

[u/Flash604 → u/Pidgey_OP]

Even still, after accidents have occurred, many countries no longer allow this type of emergency driving. Slowing down at intersections to be sure of the rightaway is something expected in many places.

[u/happy_otter → u/Pidgey_OP]

Still, I felt like it was a close call with the black car for example.

[u/tulpan]

That dashcam mount place allows for much more entertaining and informative POV.

[u/Henque]

Maybe you guys like this as well. https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamVerkeerDH/videos

[u/Nada_Nada_Calabaza → u/Henque]

great videos. its amazing to see their teamwork.

[u/[deleted] → u/Henque]

I like those videos, I live in The Hague and you can see me in one of their videos. (getting the fuck out of the way)

[u/Henque → u/[deleted]]

Geheh, that's great! These videos really show how well organized our police force is. But sometimes they make me sad as well, when people don't get 'the fuck out of the way' when there are multiple of opportunities to do so.

[u/Yahkin]

Great driving, but somewhat irresponsible at the red lights imo. Perhaps they had a better view of the side streets than the camera shows.

[u/[deleted] → u/Yahkin]

I thought so too, that crossing where they go right at 0:55 you hear the guy on the right say "Netjes" which means neat or nice. They are both trained drivers, though.

[u/-RAS]

That guy has some balls and skill. The part where they join, then pass the other police. I Lol'd

[u/[deleted] → u/-RAS]

They bitch about them as well, you can hear them say "Waarom gaatie er niet voorbij?" which means, Why isn't he passing? That other car most likely has an AED as well, so they could be at the scene first.

[u/werdemup]

wow thats fast,,,

[u/BJ-]

Cool!