I'm a liberal at heart, but a big part of traffic accidents/injuries/deaths come from being distracted by your phone I completely agree with that law. Off course they do it in an unmarked police car. The difference between a marked and unmarked car on the road in combination with how people act on the road is huge. If someone experiences a long lasting mental illness for a minor fine like this, says more about someone's weak mental state than the way this situation is handled. If a person somehow escalates a situation like this it says more about that person weak communication skills than how 99% of our cops are. Work on yourself, instead of getting pissed off on a situation like this and calling a country fucked up. For an adult man you have a lot of growing up to do.
@Martin Andersson You're still so salty about it even though it was your fault, lol. You can have navigation, but you can't HOLD your phone while driving. It's not that hard to understand.
@@FO0TMinecraftPVP Oh really? I never understood that part 😂Hahaha sorry, just had to 😉 Well, if it wasn't evident already, the problem I had and still have is using unmarked police vehicles to hijack poor motorhomes off the highway and give them a huge fine for..... navigating, essentially. With power comes great responsibility.
@Martin Andersson You're still not getting it and "simplifying" it in your favor what actually happened. Yes, you are using the navigation, but it's not the correct way. You need something that holds the phone for you, and it can't be your hand. And why do you think they get undercover? People only care if there are cops around, if they don't see any, they are more likely to not care about rules. And by the way you phrase it ("poor motorhomes", "harassment", "can't look at gps") you're still clearly not understanding it. But maybe you never will, that's up to you.
@@themartinandersson unmarked police car stopped you from killing a biker so im so glad you think our country is fucked up we dont need people who dont follow rules, and when they get caught blame my beautiful country where rules is a way of living. And you can be safe and free. Youre just a little kid that wants it his way.
They are. You can have a nice chat with them. To be a cop on the street, it will take several years on a police school. They are highly trained in de-escalating. Very professional. You can walk next to them and smoke your cannabis. You are allowed to hold a phone in your hand in the car when the car is not moving. A fine for bumper hugging/sticking on the highway would be about 630 Euro or $700....Regards from the Netherlands
Pretty ironic that you're blaming them for using an unmarked car and accuse them of harassment, whilst it's your own actions that got you in that situation in the first place. Drive safely, don't break the law and you'll be fine. Your fault, not theirs. There's plenty of accidents that happen because of holding/looking on a phone. If anything, you're creating a dangerous traffic situation, not them.
Unfortunately the police are right on this one and you're not being harrassed. They were polite and fair and spoke excellent English - maybe a different story in France, but you'll still have to pay. I keep thinking of the guy texting in a lorry in the UK who smashed into other drivers and killed people on the motorway - the point is fair, but you probably know that. Looking forward to the Scandinavian leg of your trip 👍
Thank you for your comment! ❤ Well it's hard to argue the police "are wrong" hahaha, of course. And I don't object to the law, either. Although I think we ought to refine it a little bit. Me and probably 5 billion more people are using the phone for navigation and we will keep using the phone for navigation for all eternity no matter how much they criminalize said behavior. Hence, I would also like to see the police be more prudent and not use undercover police in unmarked vehicles to create dangerous traffic situations and pull off "normal" people off the highway. I'm having like a hundred different issues with that to be honest hahahaha Traffic controls I would be completely okay with, even undercover police intercepting normal people if they are talking to the phone, using it texting or anything else that is seemingly a prolonged mobile phone use. I am very happy that they did ticket me after having pulled me over. The fact that they didn't make an exception and even told me about the guy they ticketed on his birthday, was a demonstration of equality before the law. Well, at least us peasants are treated equally. The holy king is above the law lol. Again, I am very happy for your comment! I expected a whole lot more heat to be honest, basically to have this video completely trashed. According to TH-cam analytics it is one of the most approved videos lol. My intention - or call it desire - is to vlog and show my life just as it is, no filters, no censorship, no "angles". This includes including myself even in moments where I am "in the wrong", unhappy and/or unpleasant et cetera. For example this video, I am not at all happy with how I treated the police. I was overly grumpy and could have dealt with the situation differently. Indeed, I could have edited the video differently like not including the "why do you harass people" comment, which I understood full and well was going to be interpreted by many as being overly criticizing or negative against two very pleasant police officers. But hopefully, this transparency will also invite people like yourself to object and discuss these aspects even when they go against the video's narrative. For your info, we stood there maybe upwards of a whole hour (the payment machine needed to be called in) and we had a very very good talk. Although the video makes it out to sound like I was the one harassing the police officers with my negative "harass" comment, I can assure you it was meant as a more general statement and wasn't putting them down. We were only "arguing" a little bit during the first ten minutes of the stop while I was still inside my car. Outside we were talking about loads of stuff, making jokes and just hanging out in a very friendly atmosphere to be honest. SO... I guess what I wanted to say with all of that is simply just a big thank you for your "disagreeing" comment. I hope you will voice your opinion again, the next time! You know "conflict" drives human development and me personally, I do not fear people disagreeing. I find those conversations to be the most exciting and fruitful. But when I see a whole herd of people nodding their heads to everything that is said from a podium, that's when it is time to run hahahaha
@@themartinandersson No worries, just get a holder on the windscreen, cheap and effective and legal at the time of writing 😉 In other news, a hello from our two to you and your cat in our latest video 👍😁
Be sure to never use your phone for navigation then. Or accept all the detours and auto-prompts the navigation software comes up with. Always let the phone ring 20 times because you can't touch the phone to dismiss the call. Et cetera. He who be without sin cast the first stone.
@@gerhard6105 I have one of those. It is very rare that I hold the hand in the phone. But once in a while that is necessary to get directions. Take US for example, I think similarly in some states it's illegal to hold the phone in your hand, unless it is for getting directions. We simply have to be real here. Yes, people should mostly not hold a phone in their hand, or a bottle of water. But sometimes that's what we do, it's human nature. And it's always going to be that way. Have you never held an object in your hand whilst driving?
@@gerhard6105 Eh, my original response got lost without a trace (great software quality). Basically, I was saying I have one of those holders, and of course most of the time I don't hold the phone in my hand. Occasionally that happens for navigation. Just as I occasionally pick up a bottle of water to drink. I am pretty sure this has happened to you as well, and anyone else driving a significant distance. Let's keep it real. There is no law in the world that will ever make natural human behavior go away. So if there is a law that automagically makes all of us a criminal, then obviously this is nothing short of tyranny. The law must be updated to permit a temporary and short-lived use of objects, given the circumstantial traffic situation and individual needs. In the U.S. I think, one is not even allowed to touch a phone screen even if it is mounted and one is at a traffic stop. This is just ridiculous.
@@themartinandersson sporadically I take a sip from a drink in my car. But I do have a carkit in my car. When I went to Russia, Ukraine and other countries in that corner, i read about their road rules. Last month I wanted to know about the road rules in Croatia because of going there for a holiday.
In 2 seconds, you cross half a football field when going 90 km an hour. Lots can happen. You are visiting another country, YOU must follow the rules. Being so selfish and coming up with BS excuses. You’re in no way oppressed.
More than 40 countries throughout the world have a rule of not using a mobile device while driving with fines of €200. In fact, in Oman you can get jail time.
I know. I'm not against the law per se, what I am against is using undercover police to create very dangerous situations on the highway and long-lasting mental health issues for the people they hijack off the road. And, I think we ought to hash out some more details concerning the matter, people like myself who use the phone for navigation will keep using the phone for navigation.
I read that in Greece one can get jailtime for "wild camping" or parking a motorhome where one isn't allowed, which apparently is most of the country. Imagine that, being an older tourist sleeping peacefully only to wake up to two policemen making an arrest. It's no laughing matter to be honest, this is simply brutal oppression and must be changed. The ones who should go to jail is the idiot politicians who even come up with such a crud and barbaric punishment for what 99% of the world population would deem is just normal behavior.
@@themartinanderssonsorry, but unmarked Police cars exist to see what people really do when they think Police is not around. It also offers stealth that could be required to follow suspects and arrive to a burglary without being seen. Most people do not have trauma with unmarked Police cars and the use of them saves a lot of dangerous situations to unnecessary risk, which is more important than the 1 in 100.000 chance you stop someone with a trauma of kidnapping or of some sorts. It just feels like you are trying to use excuses to create a sense that it is the Police who is at fault, without legitimate reason.
@@samjones545 What I did learn is to hold the phone very low, below window height, potentially drawing away my focus from the traffic even more. I don't actually have an opinion whether or not the law banning mobile phone use is good or bad, for that I need scientific research. But it's probably a good one. What I am against is the use of undercover police creating dangerous traffic situations for the purpose of non-judiciously ticketing a tourist briefly looking at the phone for navigation. Just like the "war on drugs", law enforcement ought to recognize what is normal human behavior and instead go after real criminals.
@@themartinandersson What an annoying little man you are, if you want to know the rules of a country you can look them up. Do you know how many accidents happen because people look at their phone for 2 seconds, do you know how many people die because of that? And what if everyone goes to sleep along the road? We don't want everyone to do that, we are a small country. I hope you don't drive through the Netherlands anymore. Good luck on your journey.
Everybody is salty when getting a ticket for holding their phone, but dont forget, you are driving a 3-ton brick of steel at 80-100 km/h, those things carry a lot of potential damage.
So you are having your phone in your hand they give you a fine for it and then the Netherlands is a bad country do not get an oppion from 1 person and you are at fault there are so many traffic deaths and accidents because you are distracted
I absolutely do think that using an unmarked police car and de facto create a dangerous traffic situation and induce mental health issues on ordinary citizens for the crime of "holding a phone in the hand" is excessive and inexcusable to be frank. However, this isn't why I think the Netherlands sucks. Well, I don't really think the Netherlands sucks lol, it's a top-ranked country for many obvious reasons. But I personally stay away primarily because it is illegal to sleep in a car in said country. I hope that clarifies this a little bit.
@@themartinandersson If you do nothing wrong there is no need for undercover police and what is dangerous about it he puts a sign up with Police follow or Police stop in dutch there is nothing dangerous about it. and there is a reason that you can not sleep in your car otherwise people are gonna buy a van put it in a expensive shopping street and live there but there are places you can sleep in your car like a free and open caming there are many of them and every local goverment decides if you can sleep there or not
Sounds like you need to work on your hospitality. And be sure to comply with laws and regulation wherever you go 👍 What could possibly go wrong with blindfolded people en masse happily bending over for authority 😂
@@themartinandersson Respect our own values. We elect our governors and they make our laws, we demand our freedom but also order and good laws with good consequences. That's just the way our society is. You're always welcome, but don't make a mess. I adore your life, my respect, sir.
@@Dennis-J-Vandennouweland Okay, the deal is I had no idea holding a phone in the hand is illegal in the Netherlands. And I paid the fine, even though I would like to argue that policemen have a responsibility to exercise prudence and give "first time offenders" a warning, not a fine. So I don't really see how exactly I was "disrespecting" said country's laws. Anyways, I appreciate your feedback! Disagreement I think is many times more fruitful and beneficial to the public discourse rather than agreement lol.
@@therealdutchidiot According to what I just googled it takes three years to get a law degree in the Netherlands. Maybe you are one of the lucky few who was miraculously born with knowledge of every law of every country? Or, you spend three years googling and reading about every law in a country before you visit the country? Please keep it real.
your not welcome back in the Netherlands. where exactly strict on phone use while driving first of all will driving you don't have to look at your phone because your already doing something (driving) second are road conditions are completely different then any other. we have smaller and bizarre roads with a lot of cyclists and pedestrians with makes are driving more difficult and extremely dangerous if your on your phone. and last point I work as a cop in the US and there everyone is on there phone while driving and almost every accident I've responded to where caused by a someone how was on his phone (I'm a park ranger so the where making photo's of the park). so those officers are really respectful and reasonable, you broke a law so don't be the morron by playing the victim.
Oh no! Actions have consequences... who could've thought! If you know it's illegal to hold your phone, then why are you holding it? Oh, yeah, because you didn't see any marked police cars. Why do you think they use unmarked cars? But cry more about it, salty rage tears are delicious!
They keep arresting me and confiscating any type of pen i have to write with after i did some graffiti. It's getting really annoying. I was detained yesterday for simply looking at the local graffiti wall. They then asked me for my I.D, told me to go home ''because it was late'' (we don't have a curfew in the Netherlands...) and asked me to empty my pockets, they found pens and ''confiscated'' them from me, told me i was lucky that's all they were doing. These people were seriously contemplating kidnapping me because i was looking at a wall. This is getting ridiculous and i should record their behaviour.
They also said they will fine me for any graffiti that has the same colour of pen that they confiscated from my pockets. The thing is i have like hundreds of different colours and some of them are bound to match the local graffiti that other people did. This is gut wrenching. I'm sorry but i'm not the guy who invented the colour purple and it's not a crime to possess colours or art supplies.
@@jpb6 Currently 51 likes and 65 dislikes. I couldn't get more info than that. Would be cool to see more data pertaining to who (gender, geography, et cetera) and when (after how much watch time) someone reacted. If you know if there's a global setting I could activate to permanently show dislikes for all videos let me know!
Hej,jag vet inte om det var längesen du var till Sverige men det är böter här med nu för tiden om du håller eller pratar i telefon. Men så höga böter tror jag inte att det är som i Holland. Hoppas att det inte blir lika dyrt att fixa det som trasslar med din bil. Kör försiktigt och var rädd om dig och katten. Mvh Annika och Niska😊🐶
Tack så mycket för dina lyckönskningar!! ❤❤ Men är det inte så att för att få böter i Sverige måste man ock prata i telefon? Vet inte hur det står till med det där men hur som än haver skulle jag bli väldigt chockad om en civilpolis skapar värsta trafiksituationen på motorvägen (som dessa herrar gjorde) och tar mig åt sidag för att jag höll en telefon i handen 😂
@@annikastrom1124 Jo men håller helt med, det är ju dumt att göra någonting annat än att hålla full uppmärksamhet på trafiken när man kör. Men tyvärr använder jag ju navigeringsmjukvara och det kommer jag inte sluta med. Stundom måste man fiffla med telefon för att hitta sin väg 😂
Lmfao 🤣 you freaking crack me up!! OMG I love these videos! By the way these guys make all this money off of frivolous tickets and can't even afford to buy a real police car with lights on top of it? WTH?
hahahaha thank you Mia!!! ❤❤❤❤ Yeah you would think they could afford to put some stickers on their car hahaha. We were standing there for upwards of 40-45 minutes I believe if not a whole hour, (they didn't have the card payment machine so they had to arrange for another car to come and drop it off hahaha) so lots of details had to be cut out from the video. But one of the things they said is that they had been running a special operation for a week or two were lots of unmarked police cars patrol the highway for the purpose of fining people holding their phone and he said they have managed to write 120-150 tickets so far (can't remember the exact number). Which kind of goes to show that they are making "criminals" out of plain ordinary people just going about living their normal life, such as holding/watching the phone for navigation lol.
@@themartinandersson idiots! I'm not a fan of police or government officials at all. I'd like to live in the middle of nowhere...no people, just animals.
First of all the Dutch police certainly have proper marked police cars with lights, but this was a UNDERCOVER car which does have lights it can turn on in case of an emergency situation where they need to go somewhere. They don’t just turn them on for no reason. Second of all I don’t think anyone on the planet likes getting a ticket. I know I don’t but if you just think about how many traffic accidents happen due to people being distracted on their phone even if they are only using it for navigation it would shock you. Also you can just buy a holder for five bucks for your phone and then it’s perfectly fine and you won’t get a ticket. You don’t have to agree with me but I’m just telling you the reality of the situation.
kul att se dig igen👍 folks avundsjuka blir ett stort problem för dig o andra som lever ett liv i frihet, bra att du står på dig o inte viker ner dig och även vet dina rättigheter., ha en fortsatt härlig resa dit vägen leder dig
Tack så mycket!! Jo jag vet, "frihet" och ett "inkluderande" samhälle är bara ett par av många fina ord vi på samhällelig nivå gärna stoltserar med, men i praktiken bygger vi samhällen och kulturer som många gånger fungerar på motsatt sätt. Det är tråkigt förstås. Utmaningen blir att kunna låta negativa erfarenheter passera en utan att skapa för stor emotionell skada, det arbetar jag på 😂
In the Netherlands you cannot hold a phone in your hands while driving, it makes sure people don't use them in a car, because the distraction of it have put a lot of people in serious risk of accidents. Buying a phone holder is an easy, safer and less costly option than holding your phone yourself. Just learn traffic laws first when you enter an unknown country to you. And yes, everyone who holds their phone gets an expensive ticket (360 + 11 euros ish if I am correct).
Getting a ticket is frustrating and make a driver less focus on the road. Isn't it ironic? It's easy money from the sheep. So many dumb comments. You all will follow to the death if your authority say so.
Indeed. This is something I contemplate a lot Just how far would the average sheep be willing to go in their obedience before they stop and have a think? Kind of scary lol.
Uneffing believable. Real criminals can just go along their business as the police are afraid of them but harassing good people is their kick these days. They should check people several times before giving them such a ridiculous ticket. If a person is watching their phone several times while driving, which you can easily see if driving behind someone using their phone as they start swerving, then they should intervene. Not because you looked on google maps for a couple of seconds. The Netherlands used to be such a relaxed country, lately it has turned into an extremist police country.
I can only agree! By the end of the day, it's not like I am going to stop or even CAN stop using my phone for navigation after all. In particular what I am against is the fact that they were patrolling the highway in an unmarked car and didn't mind creating a MORE dangerous traffic situation than what was. When will they start using undercover police to ticket people jaywalking?? We have to let normal people be normal and use our tax money and police force to solve real crime instead.
@@themartinandersson People messing with their phone in traffic is one the biggest irritations on the roads and the cause of so many stupid and tragic accidents. You are really acting childish here.
@@themartinanderssonPolice and especially traffic police are trained to chase you or drive at high speed safely. Also it's your own responsibility to check the laws of the country you're visiting.
hahaha yeah, looks like it. I knew better than to stop and sleep in the Netherlands, now I am painfully aware that Netherlands can't even be used for transit. One must circle around the entire country lol
@@themartinandersson They're also the rudest people I ever met and believe me I been to many countries. They say it is being 'direct' but it's just plain rudeness.
@@ramatgan1 Stop lying, if you just obey the rules nothing's wrong. The Netherlands is a wonderful country and you talking about some kind of "police state" is absolutely ridiculous. But by reading your comment I already know what kind of person you are and why you talk like this, it's funny to see how obvious it is.
@@ramatgan1 Most common misconception where the directness is felt as rudeness, but that is totally up to you to perceive yourself. You have to understand that a different culture is just gonna be an eyeopener and is getting used to. I went to the middle east and noticed people were really nice, just to then later hear that they weren't being totally honest with their compliments and or opinions, but that's their culture and it's not a normal thing to give out your true opinion compared to what we Dutch people have. It can be felt as hurtful, but atleast you know they are being themselves and not having a seperate persona.
I'm a liberal at heart, but a big part of traffic accidents/injuries/deaths come from being distracted by your phone I completely agree with that law.
Off course they do it in an unmarked police car. The difference between a marked and unmarked car on the road in combination with how people act on the road is huge.
If someone experiences a long lasting mental illness for a minor fine like this, says more about someone's weak mental state than the way this situation is handled. If a person somehow escalates a situation like this it says more about that person weak communication skills than how 99% of our cops are.
Work on yourself, instead of getting pissed off on a situation like this and calling a country fucked up. For an adult man you have a lot of growing up to do.
Love your comment! I do not object to your factual statements. Just be sure to never look on the GPS when navigating, okay? 😂👍
@Martin Andersson You're still so salty about it even though it was your fault, lol. You can have navigation, but you can't HOLD your phone while driving. It's not that hard to understand.
@@FO0TMinecraftPVP Oh really? I never understood that part 😂Hahaha sorry, just had to 😉
Well, if it wasn't evident already, the problem I had and still have is using unmarked police vehicles to hijack poor motorhomes off the highway and give them a huge fine for..... navigating, essentially. With power comes great responsibility.
@Martin Andersson You're still not getting it and "simplifying" it in your favor what actually happened. Yes, you are using the navigation, but it's not the correct way. You need something that holds the phone for you, and it can't be your hand. And why do you think they get undercover? People only care if there are cops around, if they don't see any, they are more likely to not care about rules.
And by the way you phrase it ("poor motorhomes", "harassment", "can't look at gps") you're still clearly not understanding it. But maybe you never will, that's up to you.
@@themartinandersson unmarked police car stopped you from killing a biker so im so glad you think our country is fucked up we dont need people who dont follow rules, and when they get caught blame my beautiful country where rules is a way of living. And you can be safe and free. Youre just a little kid that wants it his way.
They are absolutely right for giving you a ticket.
So many dumb accidents happen because of drivers messing with their phone.
Holding your phone while driving is forbidden in most countries because people being disctracted whil driving causes accidents
I have never seen cops being so friendly.
I know! They were very friendly and professional.
@@themartinandersson then why still acting like a dickhead?
They are. You can have a nice chat with them. To be a cop on the street, it will take several years on a police school. They are highly trained in de-escalating. Very professional. You can walk next to them and smoke your cannabis. You are allowed to hold a phone in your hand in the car when the car is not moving. A fine for bumper hugging/sticking on the highway would be about 630 Euro or $700....Regards from the Netherlands
Pretty common in europe since the have 4 years of training
wait until he gets pulled over in germany…
By holding your phone, you're endangering others. So ticket well deserved. And don't behave like a child.
Yes daddy.
Wij Niederländer zijn nou eenmaal direct. We Dutch are just being direct, not brutal.
Pretty ironic that you're blaming them for using an unmarked car and accuse them of harassment, whilst it's your own actions that got you in that situation in the first place.
Drive safely, don't break the law and you'll be fine. Your fault, not theirs.
There's plenty of accidents that happen because of holding/looking on a phone. If anything, you're creating a dangerous traffic situation, not them.
Unfortunately the police are right on this one and you're not being harrassed. They were polite and fair and spoke excellent English - maybe a different story in France, but you'll still have to pay. I keep thinking of the guy texting in a lorry in the UK who smashed into other drivers and killed people on the motorway - the point is fair, but you probably know that. Looking forward to the Scandinavian leg of your trip 👍
Thank you for your comment! ❤
Well it's hard to argue the police "are wrong" hahaha, of course. And I don't object to the law, either.
Although I think we ought to refine it a little bit. Me and probably 5 billion more people are using the phone for navigation and we will keep using the phone for navigation for all eternity no matter how much they criminalize said behavior. Hence, I would also like to see the police be more prudent and not use undercover police in unmarked vehicles to create dangerous traffic situations and pull off "normal" people off the highway. I'm having like a hundred different issues with that to be honest hahahaha
Traffic controls I would be completely okay with, even undercover police intercepting normal people if they are talking to the phone, using it texting or anything else that is seemingly a prolonged mobile phone use.
I am very happy that they did ticket me after having pulled me over. The fact that they didn't make an exception and even told me about the guy they ticketed on his birthday, was a demonstration of equality before the law. Well, at least us peasants are treated equally. The holy king is above the law lol.
Again, I am very happy for your comment! I expected a whole lot more heat to be honest, basically to have this video completely trashed. According to TH-cam analytics it is one of the most approved videos lol. My intention - or call it desire - is to vlog and show my life just as it is, no filters, no censorship, no "angles". This includes including myself even in moments where I am "in the wrong", unhappy and/or unpleasant et cetera.
For example this video, I am not at all happy with how I treated the police. I was overly grumpy and could have dealt with the situation differently. Indeed, I could have edited the video differently like not including the "why do you harass people" comment, which I understood full and well was going to be interpreted by many as being overly criticizing or negative against two very pleasant police officers. But hopefully, this transparency will also invite people like yourself to object and discuss these aspects even when they go against the video's narrative.
For your info, we stood there maybe upwards of a whole hour (the payment machine needed to be called in) and we had a very very good talk. Although the video makes it out to sound like I was the one harassing the police officers with my negative "harass" comment, I can assure you it was meant as a more general statement and wasn't putting them down. We were only "arguing" a little bit during the first ten minutes of the stop while I was still inside my car. Outside we were talking about loads of stuff, making jokes and just hanging out in a very friendly atmosphere to be honest.
SO... I guess what I wanted to say with all of that is simply just a big thank you for your "disagreeing" comment. I hope you will voice your opinion again, the next time! You know "conflict" drives human development and me personally, I do not fear people disagreeing. I find those conversations to be the most exciting and fruitful. But when I see a whole herd of people nodding their heads to everything that is said from a podium, that's when it is time to run hahahaha
@@themartinandersson No worries, just get a holder on the windscreen, cheap and effective and legal at the time of writing 😉 In other news, a hello from our two to you and your cat in our latest video 👍😁
You deserved that ticket
Thanx!! Wish you the best too lol.
You deserved this. And it looks like you still didn’t learn from this. You put others and yourself in danger while driving and looking on your phone.
Be sure to never use your phone for navigation then. Or accept all the detours and auto-prompts the navigation software comes up with. Always let the phone ring 20 times because you can't touch the phone to dismiss the call. Et cetera.
He who be without sin cast the first stone.
@@themartinanderssonbuy a carkit or phone holder. Is cheaper then a fine.
@@gerhard6105 I have one of those. It is very rare that I hold the hand in the phone. But once in a while that is necessary to get directions. Take US for example, I think similarly in some states it's illegal to hold the phone in your hand, unless it is for getting directions.
We simply have to be real here. Yes, people should mostly not hold a phone in their hand, or a bottle of water. But sometimes that's what we do, it's human nature. And it's always going to be that way.
Have you never held an object in your hand whilst driving?
@@gerhard6105 Eh, my original response got lost without a trace (great software quality).
Basically, I was saying I have one of those holders, and of course most of the time I don't hold the phone in my hand. Occasionally that happens for navigation. Just as I occasionally pick up a bottle of water to drink. I am pretty sure this has happened to you as well, and anyone else driving a significant distance.
Let's keep it real. There is no law in the world that will ever make natural human behavior go away. So if there is a law that automagically makes all of us a criminal, then obviously this is nothing short of tyranny. The law must be updated to permit a temporary and short-lived use of objects, given the circumstantial traffic situation and individual needs.
In the U.S. I think, one is not even allowed to touch a phone screen even if it is mounted and one is at a traffic stop. This is just ridiculous.
@@themartinandersson sporadically I take a sip from a drink in my car. But I do have a carkit in my car. When I went to Russia, Ukraine and other countries in that corner, i read about their road rules. Last month I wanted to know about the road rules in Croatia because of going there for a holiday.
Well deserved Ticket, i can't count how many times i've seen accidents because of this behaviour.
In 2 seconds, you cross half a football field when going 90 km an hour. Lots can happen. You are visiting another country, YOU must follow the rules. Being so selfish and coming up with BS excuses.
You’re in no way oppressed.
How about the internet police make up a rule "one must be polite"? People like you would have to get offline.
More than 40 countries throughout the world have a rule of not using a mobile device while driving with fines of €200. In fact, in Oman you can get jail time.
I know. I'm not against the law per se, what I am against is using undercover police to create very dangerous situations on the highway and long-lasting mental health issues for the people they hijack off the road.
And, I think we ought to hash out some more details concerning the matter, people like myself who use the phone for navigation will keep using the phone for navigation.
I read that in Greece one can get jailtime for "wild camping" or parking a motorhome where one isn't allowed, which apparently is most of the country. Imagine that, being an older tourist sleeping peacefully only to wake up to two policemen making an arrest. It's no laughing matter to be honest, this is simply brutal oppression and must be changed. The ones who should go to jail is the idiot politicians who even come up with such a crud and barbaric punishment for what 99% of the world population would deem is just normal behavior.
@@themartinandersson I agree tbh
@@themartinanderssonsorry, but unmarked Police cars exist to see what people really do when they think Police is not around. It also offers stealth that could be required to follow suspects and arrive to a burglary without being seen. Most people do not have trauma with unmarked Police cars and the use of them saves a lot of dangerous situations to unnecessary risk, which is more important than the 1 in 100.000 chance you stop someone with a trauma of kidnapping or of some sorts. It just feels like you are trying to use excuses to create a sense that it is the Police who is at fault, without legitimate reason.
Follow the rules and you will be fine.. now you are 350€ poorer.. deal with it!
Im pleased you got a fine maybe you will learn ha ha
I expected a whole lot more comments like this. Happy to have received my first! Go get 'em internet warrior!
@@themartinandersson you got of light in Australia its $1000 fine plus loss of points hope you learnt a lesson
@@samjones545 What I did learn is to hold the phone very low, below window height, potentially drawing away my focus from the traffic even more.
I don't actually have an opinion whether or not the law banning mobile phone use is good or bad, for that I need scientific research. But it's probably a good one.
What I am against is the use of undercover police creating dangerous traffic situations for the purpose of non-judiciously ticketing a tourist briefly looking at the phone for navigation. Just like the "war on drugs", law enforcement ought to recognize what is normal human behavior and instead go after real criminals.
@@themartinandersson What an annoying little man you are, if you want to know the rules of a country you can look them up. Do you know how many accidents happen because people look at their phone for 2 seconds, do you know how many people die because of that? And what if everyone goes to sleep along the road? We don't want everyone to do that, we are a small country. I hope you don't drive through the Netherlands anymore. Good luck on your journey.
@@emintjes4655 Love it. Keep it coming! 👍
Everybody is salty when getting a ticket for holding their phone, but dont forget, you are driving a 3-ton brick of steel at 80-100 km/h, those things carry a lot of potential damage.
I think Sweden is the only country in Europe where it is allowed to have a phone in your hand. Not in The Netherlands.
So you are having your phone in your hand they give you a fine for it and then the Netherlands is a bad country do not get an oppion from 1 person and you are at fault there are so many traffic deaths and accidents because you are distracted
I absolutely do think that using an unmarked police car and de facto create a dangerous traffic situation and induce mental health issues on ordinary citizens for the crime of "holding a phone in the hand" is excessive and inexcusable to be frank. However, this isn't why I think the Netherlands sucks. Well, I don't really think the Netherlands sucks lol, it's a top-ranked country for many obvious reasons. But I personally stay away primarily because it is illegal to sleep in a car in said country. I hope that clarifies this a little bit.
@@themartinandersson If you do nothing wrong there is no need for undercover police and what is dangerous about it he puts a sign up with Police follow or Police stop in dutch there is nothing dangerous about it. and there is a reason that you can not sleep in your car otherwise people are gonna buy a van put it in a expensive shopping street and live there but there are places you can sleep in your car like a free and open caming there are many of them and every local goverment decides if you can sleep there or not
@@Jonydepony That's absolutely rich coming from the illegal drug capital of the entire world
You need to show some respect to the law and order in a foreign country. You are a guest, behave.
Sounds like you need to work on your hospitality. And be sure to comply with laws and regulation wherever you go 👍 What could possibly go wrong with blindfolded people en masse happily bending over for authority 😂
@@themartinandersson Respect our own values. We elect our governors and they make our laws, we demand our freedom but also order and good laws with good consequences. That's just the way our society is. You're always welcome, but don't make a mess. I adore your life, my respect, sir.
@@Dennis-J-Vandennouweland Okay, the deal is I had no idea holding a phone in the hand is illegal in the Netherlands. And I paid the fine, even though I would like to argue that policemen have a responsibility to exercise prudence and give "first time offenders" a warning, not a fine. So I don't really see how exactly I was "disrespecting" said country's laws. Anyways, I appreciate your feedback! Disagreement I think is many times more fruitful and beneficial to the public discourse rather than agreement lol.
@@themartinandersson You not knowing the laws is your problem. The very first law states "everyone is expected to know the law".
@@therealdutchidiot According to what I just googled it takes three years to get a law degree in the Netherlands. Maybe you are one of the lucky few who was miraculously born with knowledge of every law of every country? Or, you spend three years googling and reading about every law in a country before you visit the country? Please keep it real.
yeah .. dutch police and fines are brutal..
your not welcome back in the Netherlands. where exactly strict on phone use while driving first of all will driving you don't have to look at your phone because your already doing something (driving) second are road conditions are completely different then any other. we have smaller and bizarre roads with a lot of cyclists and pedestrians with makes are driving more difficult and extremely dangerous if your on your phone. and last point I work as a cop in the US and there everyone is on there phone while driving and almost every accident I've responded to where caused by a someone how was on his phone (I'm a park ranger so the where making photo's of the park). so those officers are really respectful and reasonable, you broke a law so don't be the morron by playing the victim.
Oh no! Actions have consequences... who could've thought! If you know it's illegal to hold your phone, then why are you holding it? Oh, yeah, because you didn't see any marked police cars. Why do you think they use unmarked cars? But cry more about it, salty rage tears are delicious!
They keep arresting me and confiscating any type of pen i have to write with after i did some graffiti.
It's getting really annoying. I was detained yesterday for simply looking at the local graffiti wall. They then asked me for my I.D, told me to go home ''because it was late'' (we don't have a curfew in the Netherlands...) and asked me to empty my pockets, they found pens and ''confiscated'' them from me, told me i was lucky that's all they were doing.
These people were seriously contemplating kidnapping me because i was looking at a wall. This is getting ridiculous and i should record their behaviour.
They also said they will fine me for any graffiti that has the same colour of pen that they confiscated from my pockets. The thing is i have like hundreds of different colours and some of them are bound to match the local graffiti that other people did. This is gut wrenching. I'm sorry but i'm not the guy who invented the colour purple and it's not a crime to possess colours or art supplies.
could have given him a ticket for being an idiot (:
lol
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@@jpb6 Currently 51 likes and 65 dislikes. I couldn't get more info than that. Would be cool to see more data pertaining to who (gender, geography, et cetera) and when (after how much watch time) someone reacted. If you know if there's a global setting I could activate to permanently show dislikes for all videos let me know!
Wel mooi, het enige wat deze beste man in Nederland gedaan heeft is een boete ophalen.
I also slept with a Dutch woman 👍
@@themartinandersson wel done!
Eigen schuld dikke bult..
Hej,jag vet inte om det var längesen du var till Sverige men det är böter här med nu för tiden om du håller eller pratar i telefon. Men så höga böter tror jag inte att det är som i Holland. Hoppas att det inte blir lika dyrt att fixa det som trasslar med din bil. Kör försiktigt och var rädd om dig och katten. Mvh Annika och Niska😊🐶
Tack så mycket för dina lyckönskningar!! ❤❤
Men är det inte så att för att få böter i Sverige måste man ock prata i telefon? Vet inte hur det står till med det där men hur som än haver skulle jag bli väldigt chockad om en civilpolis skapar värsta trafiksituationen på motorvägen (som dessa herrar gjorde) och tar mig åt sidag för att jag höll en telefon i handen 😂
Jag tror att du inte får hålla i telefon för då misstänker de att du sms,ar, så för att spara pengar låt telefon vara när man kör.👍❤
@@annikastrom1124 Jo men håller helt med, det är ju dumt att göra någonting annat än att hålla full uppmärksamhet på trafiken när man kör. Men tyvärr använder jag ju navigeringsmjukvara och det kommer jag inte sluta med. Stundom måste man fiffla med telefon för att hitta sin väg 😂
Så jädra surt med så höga böter 😢😢
Lmfao 🤣 you freaking crack me up!! OMG I love these videos! By the way these guys make all this money off of frivolous tickets and can't even afford to buy a real police car with lights on top of it? WTH?
hahahaha thank you Mia!!! ❤❤❤❤ Yeah you would think they could afford to put some stickers on their car hahaha. We were standing there for upwards of 40-45 minutes I believe if not a whole hour, (they didn't have the card payment machine so they had to arrange for another car to come and drop it off hahaha) so lots of details had to be cut out from the video. But one of the things they said is that they had been running a special operation for a week or two were lots of unmarked police cars patrol the highway for the purpose of fining people holding their phone and he said they have managed to write 120-150 tickets so far (can't remember the exact number). Which kind of goes to show that they are making "criminals" out of plain ordinary people just going about living their normal life, such as holding/watching the phone for navigation lol.
@@themartinandersson idiots! I'm not a fan of police or government officials at all. I'd like to live in the middle of nowhere...no people, just animals.
First of all the Dutch police certainly have proper marked police cars with lights, but this was a UNDERCOVER car which does have lights it can turn on in case of an emergency situation where they need to go somewhere. They don’t just turn them on for no reason. Second of all I don’t think anyone on the planet likes getting a ticket. I know I don’t but if you just think about how many traffic accidents happen due to people being distracted on their phone even if they are only using it for navigation it would shock you. Also you can just buy a holder for five bucks for your phone and then it’s perfectly fine and you won’t get a ticket. You don’t have to agree with me but I’m just telling you the reality of the situation.
Undercover because when you see a car with stickers you are gonna put your phone away and you do not learn from it
Typical dumb response of someone who never leaves their house apparently
kul att se dig igen👍
folks avundsjuka blir ett stort problem för dig o andra som lever ett liv i frihet, bra att du står på dig o inte viker ner dig och även vet dina rättigheter., ha en fortsatt härlig resa dit vägen leder dig
Tack så mycket!! Jo jag vet, "frihet" och ett "inkluderande" samhälle är bara ett par av många fina ord vi på samhällelig nivå gärna stoltserar med, men i praktiken bygger vi samhällen och kulturer som många gånger fungerar på motsatt sätt. Det är tråkigt förstås. Utmaningen blir att kunna låta negativa erfarenheter passera en utan att skapa för stor emotionell skada, det arbetar jag på 😂
In the Netherlands you cannot hold a phone in your hands while driving, it makes sure people don't use them in a car, because the distraction of it have put a lot of people in serious risk of accidents. Buying a phone holder is an easy, safer and less costly option than holding your phone yourself. Just learn traffic laws first when you enter an unknown country to you. And yes, everyone who holds their phone gets an expensive ticket (360 + 11 euros ish if I am correct).
Getting a ticket is frustrating and make a driver less focus on the road. Isn't it ironic? It's easy money from the sheep.
So many dumb comments. You all will follow to the death if your authority say so.
Indeed. This is something I contemplate a lot Just how far would the average sheep be willing to go in their obedience before they stop and have a think? Kind of scary lol.
Uneffing believable. Real criminals can just go along their business as the police are afraid of them but harassing good people is their kick these days. They should check people several times before giving them such a ridiculous ticket. If a person is watching their phone several times while driving, which you can easily see if driving behind someone using their phone as they start swerving, then they should intervene. Not because you looked on google maps for a couple of seconds. The Netherlands used to be such a relaxed country, lately it has turned into an extremist police country.
I can only agree! By the end of the day, it's not like I am going to stop or even CAN stop using my phone for navigation after all. In particular what I am against is the fact that they were patrolling the highway in an unmarked car and didn't mind creating a MORE dangerous traffic situation than what was. When will they start using undercover police to ticket people jaywalking?? We have to let normal people be normal and use our tax money and police force to solve real crime instead.
@@themartinandersson What your are saying, solving real crime involves working harder. 😉
@@themartinandersson People messing with their phone in traffic is one the biggest irritations on the roads and the cause of so many stupid and tragic accidents. You are really acting childish here.
You can just set up your navigation and place the phone on a holder no?
@@themartinanderssonPolice and especially traffic police are trained to chase you or drive at high speed safely. Also it's your own responsibility to check the laws of the country you're visiting.
Corrupted officers, they know you will never complain about the ticket ☹️
They are just applying the rules. This is the same in most countries. If you are a foreigner you must pay immidiatly.
Lol you're completely ignorant
It's a horrible country and a police state.
hahaha yeah, looks like it. I knew better than to stop and sleep in the Netherlands, now I am painfully aware that Netherlands can't even be used for transit. One must circle around the entire country lol
@@themartinandersson They're also the rudest people I ever met and believe me I been to many countries. They say it is being 'direct' but it's just plain rudeness.
Pretty funny considering the trust in the police is among the highest in the entire world.
@@ramatgan1 Stop lying, if you just obey the rules nothing's wrong. The Netherlands is a wonderful country and you talking about some kind of "police state" is absolutely ridiculous. But by reading your comment I already know what kind of person you are and why you talk like this, it's funny to see how obvious it is.
@@ramatgan1 Most common misconception where the directness is felt as rudeness, but that is totally up to you to perceive yourself. You have to understand that a different culture is just gonna be an eyeopener and is getting used to. I went to the middle east and noticed people were really nice, just to then later hear that they weren't being totally honest with their compliments and or opinions, but that's their culture and it's not a normal thing to give out your true opinion compared to what we Dutch people have. It can be felt as hurtful, but atleast you know they are being themselves and not having a seperate persona.