Unique collection of police Porsches in Louwman Museum in The Hague – Omroep West

 
 Thursday, July 7th, 2016, 16:18
 
 

 
 
 
 

  THE HAGUE –
 Thirteen different Porsche models wore the National Police between 1962 and 1996. From Friday, they can be admired at the exhibition ‘National Police Porsches’ in Louwman Museum in The Hague. It is the first time that all thirteen Rijkspolitie Porsches are exhibited together.
 

 

A unique exhibition are the National Police Porsche according to Ronald Kooyman, director of the Louwman Museum. In addition to the thirteen Porsche models are also a Range Rover, two BMW motorcycles and uniforms to see the National Police then used. The exhibition runs until September 4, 2016.

Since the first old Porsche in the exhibition of the Museum Louwman the reaction of the audience was included pouring in. Kooyman: “We receive more and more anecdotes and stories. These stories behind the cars are almost more fun than the cars themselves. ”

educate road users from the Porsche


French Zuiderhoek that more than twenty years as an agent in a Porsche drove, explains that the Porsches were purchased in the 60s to reduce the high number of fatalities. “With this car, which drove faster than thirty kilometers per hour than the average car, traffic surveillance has been intensified.”

The traffic supervision from the time of the National Police Porsches varies according to museum director Kooyman traffic monitoring this as we are accustomed today, the function of the traffic police has changed, according to him. “The police did not write notes, but corrected the handling. Issuing vouchers seems to be the goal rather than the means. ”

Previously, many fatalities

French Zuiderhoek stressed that the police function at that time otherwise. He speaks of “an educational task. This was sorely needed according to him, because of the dangerous actions of road users and the resulting number of fatalities.