Cars
Police Cars Extravaganza - Part 1: The Fierce Dutch Porsches
The Dutch Rijkspolitie used Porsche 356 Cabriolets and later 911 Targas to patrol highways before speed limits were introduced. From 1962 to 1996, these high-performance vehicles played a key role.
Starting today and for the next few weeks, Roarington takes you around the world to discover the most extravagant and unusual police cars that have patrolled highways in an era before speed cameras and surveillance existed.
In this first episode, we find ourselves in the Netherlands in the early 1960s, when speed limits had not yet been introduced on highways. The Rijkspolitie realized the need for a high-performance vehicle to ensure a rapid response to emergency calls and to catch reckless drivers engaging in dangerous maneuvers. For an unusual reason, these vehicles had to be open-top so that an officer could, if necessary, stand up and direct traffic without exiting the vehicle. Thus, in 1962, the Porsche 356 Cabriolet entered service for the first time.
