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The Huracan while being a police car is actually used for urgent organ transport, not much police work but it does a very important job nonetheless
Yup, it was even in the news recently for just such a transport
Rome to Modena, averaging a speed of 145mph, to deliver kidneys for an urgent procedure
Only specially selected officers are allowed to drive the cars iirc
You're absolutely right my friend, and also the Quadrifoglio version of the Alfa Romeo Giulia is used for the same cause as the Lamborghini Huracan!
I remenber there was once a Gallardo for the same purpose. Do you know many generations they had since then?
@@paraandro I remember that the Gallardo police car was the first of it's kind, but not the very first sport car that police and Carabinieri used... In the 60' Carabinieri had a Ferrari in its fleets for high speed chases
They have on board everything to make accident investigations, traffic stops (they have also the Italian version of the MDT, so they can check plates etc) etc. So if they are in the area (they have 2x Huracan) they can take on pretty much any normal policing duty. Sidenote, they could also be used for pursuits (I think that one time it indeed happened). Same thing for Alfa Romeo Giulia (and also in this case, the Carabinieri have 2x of them in their fleet)
A small recap of how law enforcements in Italy works:
1) Polizia, it's the Police, they have sky blue color car with a white strip with the word "Polizia", they are the national Police force is subordinate to the Interior Minister
2) Carabinieri, it's the Military Police (Gendarmerie), they have a dark blue color with a red strip and the word "Carabinieri", they are part of the Armed Forces and they are subordinate to the Defence Minister but when there isn't a war, they are under the Interior Minister and work like the Police
3) Guardia di Finanza, it's the Financial Guards/Police, they have a grey car with a yellow strip and the word "Guardia di Finanza" they are an Italian police force under military order, and are subordinate to the Financial Minister, they usually do investigation for tax evasion and tax avoidance; recycling and self-laundering; counterfeiting of currency and means of payment, etc....
4) Polizia penitenziaria, it's the Penitentiary Police, they have a dark blue car with a blu strip and the "Polizia Penitenziaria" words, they are subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and operates the Italian prison system as corrections officers
5) Corpo forestale dello Stato, are the State Forestry Corps, the CFS have police powers and acted as a park ranger force, from 2016 they were merged with Carabinieri, but you still find them, with cars that have the same colour of Carabinieri but with the word "Corpo forestale dello Stato".
6) Provincial Police Forces, in this case in the video: Polizia Roma Capitale, Rome Capital Police, they are county police, and they are present only in some big cities and big provinces, their cars have different colours, based on the region, white car with blue strip in central Italy, white car with green strip in the northern, and other colors like blue with white strips etc....
5) Municipal Police Forces, small town police, sometimes they have car with the same scheme of Regional Police Forces, but in the cars they have a strip with "Polizia Locale" (Local Police) or "Polizia Municipale" (Municipal Police), Municipal is used only if the force have jurisdiction in one city, while Locale if more cities makes agreemets and they can operate toghether.
6) Barracellare, is a Police Force in Sardinia, it's a Rural Police Force and cars have same jurisdiction as Local Police.
6) Vigili del Fuoco, Firefighters, red trucks.
7) Ambulanza, Ambulances, here you'll became confused:
The Official Recognised Ambulance service is the CRI: Croce Rossa Italiana, the Italian Red Cross, they are White with a Red strip.
There also unofficial Ambulance Services which covers the whole Italy where the CRI isn't available, those are voluntary organisations that buy ambulances and do the same service that CRI offers, those ambulances have custom wraps: the most widespread is called ANPAS (National Association of Public Assistance) and they have white ambulances with Orange strips. ANPAS is also called Croce Verde (Green Cross), there are also other Crosses, Croce Gialla (Yellow Cross) they have yellow ambulances with orange stripes, Croce Blu (Blue Cross) they have white ambulances and Orange and Blue stripes, etc....
All the categories mentioned have custom license plates, that don't receive tickets while speeding for an emergency, while Ambulances voluntary organisations have regular license plates and they receive every fine done by an autovelox, and they always have to go to a judge to dismiss them.
that's a pretty good summary, thank you!
Italy doesnt have counties
W the barraccelli
Good summary
If I may add some notes to the pretty good summary, it goes within the equipment and the plates on their vehicles::
- The CRI is also used during war or catastrophies;
- Also the CRI has a big voluntary support during normal periods;
- There is a department called Protezione Civile (Civil Protection) that is the 1st respond to natural calamities (such as Volcanos eruption, earthquake, ...);
- The "Carabinieri" and the the "Guardia di Finanza" have different tactical equipment (guns and automatic rifles) and both can be used in war missions;
- All the military forces that during peace period help the "normal forces" (police, local police, etc.) have different regulations also when driving (not only for the tickets) like wearing seatbelts.
- "Guardia di Finanza" and "Carabinieri" also do sport training and compete in the olympics.
- The "Corazzieri" are special Carabinieri corp for the italian President
the huracan police car once made a organ transport from padova to rome during the pandemic with an average speed of 143 mph i think in two hours. normally you need 5 hours to take this trip.
We have a Nissan GT-R but while it can reach 230 mph, I don't think they ever reached it while using it. They seem to drive just a bit over the speed limit and make a 3 hour trip in one and a half, and most blood samples and organs are transported using regular national guard patrol cars as I think Nissan only provided that vehicle :/
Yeah and all that started from a tax debt. As I have heard it Lamborgini had a cash flow problem some years ago, and they asked if they could pay in produce. And after some hard talks Goverment found Police could utilize some fast sport cars in pursuit of road hogs. And after that Italian Goverment have even bought some more too. Some Ferraris too I beleave.
4:50 no, it is a regular city bus but wrapped advertise for a tv show
@@mikkorenvall428 I don't know where you heard that but it isn't true. We only have a few police's Lamborghini and they all were gifted form the company. No Ferrari.
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Only one Ferrari 250 Gte 2+2 Pantera (this is how the Police autos are called) used by Marshal Armando Spatafora of the Police in the 60s
As German I have to say that I really love Italy and the Italians. These smaller police cars are just so suitable for European Cities with a lot of narrow streets.
Regarding the Huracan, what a great purpose!
I know that in Germany we hava some fast cars like Prosche used by the Autobahnpolizei (highway patrol) near sections of the Autobahn where is no speed limit as there are often drivers who drive fast without complying with our rules. The Autobahnpolizei station is located near to an Autobahn entry and is able to respond quite quickly and catch up to speeders. Although I think that some of their regular cars (Mercedes, Audi) used for undercover patrols are fast as well.
well, you guys in Germany have all sorts of really fast cars that look very unassuming, like 400hp Audi and Mercedes station wagons! Here in Italy we don't have those "mid level" high performance normal cars, we go from a stinky Panda all the way to Pagani Zonda with no in-between :D
As Italian I have to say that we love Germans too. You too have some cool cars, like those you've mentioned.
I really appreciated this message. As an Italian we love u too and your amazing culture. I am currently learning German d.h. ich habe jetzt die Prüfung mit den Goethe Institut um B2 zu erreichen. I can't see forward to come in Germany. Which country specifically do u suggest? I was thinking about Köln or Frankfurt or even Berlin too.
@@carloporsenna4533 It depends on your preferences, what you would like to experience/do as well as how long you want to stay and your budget. So, give me some key figures and I will provide some suggestions.
Grüße nach Italien
@@carloporsenna4533 It also depends on the cost of living, and maybe on connections to Italy - so a town with a lot of ties to italian industry or commerce would be a fitting point of starting a career.
7:30 I believe that's an ambulance which belongs to the Vatican's fleet. It is labelled S.C.V. and has an SCV licence plate which all official vehicles in Vatican have (Pope's car being SCV 1). SCV stands for Status Civitatis Vaticanae I think.. excuse my spelling if its wrong but essentially means the State of Vatican City.
Yes, it is, and I guess it's just right before one of the arms of the colonnas, i.e. it's just crossing the border from Vatican City to Italy
I am sure it belongs to the Vatican, however looking at the symbols I think it is used by the Vatican police, so I don’t think it’s an ambulance
@@albertomalinverno3875 Nope. The symbol is the star of life used pretty much everywhere to represent ambulances. In Italy its the same but with the snake in the middle. Also Vatican police doesn't exist. Pope is protected by the Swiss Guards and the Gerdames. Gerdames have a few vehicles but they're all donations and livery is same as Italian police. Public is generally protected by Italian police. The blue and white does make it look a bit like a police vehicle, but can tell from the vehicle itself and the symbol that it is in fact an ambulance.
At 7:03 as this clip starts, the officer walking behind the Vatican Ambulance is a Vatican Gendarme, not an Italian Police or Carabineri officer. You can see an Italian State Police officer stood the other side of the fences in the darker uniform as this appears to be Saint Peter's Square, which is one of "borders" between the countries. Two rare things to see, I wasn't even aware the Vatican State had any ambulances, as there are no hospitals within the Vatican.
@@barni_b the Gendarmeria Vaticana's livery is not the same as the Italian State Police livery
Fellow European from Austria here, I really appreciate your genuine interest in life, culture, etc. of especially European countries! There are few people like you. Very wholesome person and channel/community. Keep it up!
The whole American country is by no means less interesting historically and culturally than Europe
In front of the firefighters station you can see the whole area is paved with rocks called sampietrini. 500 years old and still going strong
Bro for someone that doesnt speak italian, your nailing most of the words! kudos from Milan
First of all, I'm very happy that you have saw a video about my Italy! About the cars: the little Fiat was a Fiat Panda 4x4 and is for local police departement, the light blue police car is an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, the two Jeeps that you talked about are also named Renegade and Cherokee there in Italy as well, the "blank" ambulance was actually an ambulance from Vatican City, which is literally a city inside the city of Rome, and that's where Pope lives, the dark blue bikes are for Carabinieri, which it works like the "Polizia" police, but is related with the italian army as well, thing that the police doesn't; the difference cadence of the sirens are done to distinguish between rescue vehicles suche ambulances and fire trucks, and security vehicles, such Carabinieri, police and also "Guardia di Finanza" ( the Guardia di Finanza is a special Carabinieri's corps specialized in fraud and financial monitoring), and the cherry on the top, the Lamborghini Huracan, isn't a show car only, but it's put on duty for real! It's used for transporting organs for urgent transplants, together with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio of Carabinieri, when is not possible to use an helicopter to reach the hospital
If I'm not wrong they used the lambo quite recently for a organ transport.
Like the "regular" time was like 4h and they made it in 2 or something close
@@VARPYGAMER indeed! They registered an average speed of 250kmh! Not the top speed, but the average speed during the service!
All correct, but Guardia di Finanza is not part of Carabinieri, it's a different institution
I thought the Lamborgini was confiscated one time, and at last they decided not to sell it, but use it as a police vehicle, for rapid transport and interceptions.
@@JaapGinder It's a gift from lamborghini
Just for information: unmarked police cars exist in Italy, they can't give you a ticket tho, that's the law, and they're used mainly for undercover work like escort work or special transport.
As for the traffic ticket side of Italy, it's fairly different from the US: in the US the officer has to personally notify you the moment you commit an infraction, that's a big part of why you have a lot of chases, in Italy they don't need to personally you on the spot, they can send the ticket to you via mail, that's why speed cameras are so widely used, both mobile and fixed, however, they have to be clearly visible from at least 400 meters (1/4 of a mile), signalled and illuminated. Fail any of that, and the resulting ticket is null.
I'm sorry but they can fine you and how, a friend of mine knows something about it and right on the G.R.A in Rome at 2 am, stopped by a Subaru of the traffic police without markings and fined. Here's an example of a taxi traveling at 200 km per hour at the end of the film, the report and therefore "ROME: STOPPED AT OVER 220 KM PER HOUR ON THE GRA" th-cam.com/video/kVJzZdNui9s/w-d-xo.html
Wrong.
In Italy, if you're caught by an officer, you need to be notified on the spot.
Mail in tickets can only be given by fixed (and properly signaled) cameras.
Also, though there are undercover police cars, the unmarked cars in the video are most likely "auto blu", used to chaffeur around politicians and diplomatics along with their personal security staff.
Actually, i think the grey Volkswagen around the 10:30 mark might be Matteo Salvini's (Minister of transportation and infrastructures) "official" car,
while the other car following it might be an undercover police car.
@@giacomoneri1782 absolutely not: speed cameras do not have to be fixed for the fine to come to your mailbox. In fact, Art. 200 of the Codice della Strada says (I'll translate to english): "outside of the cases in art. 201, comma 1-bis (that involve impossibility due to imminent danger), the violation, when possible, must be immediately contested to the transgressor and to the person jointly and severally liable for payment".
When possible, meaning that if the agents don't deem it possible for whichever reason, they can just mail it to you. It's funny that the law states reason to not be immediately contested, but puts no scenario in place where it has to be contested no matter what.
4:41 Military Police "Carabinieri"
7:28 That is the Vatican City State Ambulance
8:25 That is the Fiat Panda 4x4 Local Police
9:11 Fiat Bravo Finance Police
10:49 VolksWagen Passat Ministry of the Interior
11:13 Alfa Romeo Giulietta State Police
min 10:44 those cars without any writing but with flashing lights are cars that carry politicians, judges, magistrates etc etc. Here in Italy we call them AUTO BLU (BLUE CARS)
I'm so happy you're watching more videos about Italia 😉 You should also consider watching emergency responds in Venezia , where almost everything works on boats (couriers, transportations, etc)
That would be a great slogan for Romes tourist agency. "Rome - pretty historic" 😂
Well, I can see that for an American, the idea of a city founded some 2200 years before Columbus set sail can prove a bit disorienting 🙂
That wasn't a tour bus
@@pulidoggy To be precise, today it turns 2777 years old.
@@stevebardella_farm-nature7bis Why "today"? If I remember correctly, the "Dies Natalis Romae" is the 21st of April.
@@Laurelin70 I was born in Rome and have lived there for my entire life, I know that the day Rome was born has been April 21st for more than 27 centuries, and here it is celebrated every year as "Rome's Christmas". Instead, I was simply underlining the chronological longevity of Rome, as said centuries or rather millennia, 2777 years.
8:30 is fiat panda. It might seem funny but it's actually very useful inside rome's traffic since it's easy to move around and to park!
It's a great, indestructible car, perfect for the city and better than many fake off-roaders
The weird ambulance with "S.C.V" stickers is from Vatican City, basically a different country (Soccorso Città del Vaticano)
SCV è "Stato Città del Vaticano" o "Status Civitatis Vaticanae". Ce l'hanno tutte le macchine dei cittadini dello Stato Vaticano, non solo le ambulanze o i mezzi di soccorso.
SCV stand for Stato Città Vaticana or even for the few " se Cristo vedesse "
Fun fact from a italian:
The white and blue anbulance isn't actually italian, it is from the vatican city (which is his own state so they have their own vehicles stiles)
7:04 most italian ambulances have different stiles for the red cross "Croce Rossa Italiana" (the official service) and other unofficial services
1:47 the "Polizia Roma Capitale" is the local police for Rome, in other cities its called "Polizia Locale" or "Polizia Municipale" which is under the Polizia Locale and operates in smaller cities and villages
4:36 the bikes are from the "Carabinieri" a italian military corp that function as normal military corp in wars, as military police, as civilian police, "Comando unità forestali, ambientali e agroalimentari Carabinieri - CUFAA" (for all the nature part, note that we still have park rangers for the national and regional parks), even have a "Comando" (as in department i guess) for the protection of culture, and many other...
the Firefighter are know as "Vigili del fuoco" and "Pompieri" from "pompe" which means "pumps" because before firetrucks they of course used pumps to put out fires
9:14 the "Guardia di finanza" is the financial guard (police)
For more info i reccomed reading yacineBoussoufa's comment, where he explained all the law / emergency forces in italy (you can find it as one of the firsts comments on the video)
The Lamborghini is used for live organs transplant transportation, that is why it is escorted by the bikes
Supercars and hypercars owned by the armed forces are usually either donated to them by the manufacturing company (like the huracàn in that video) or seized from the mafia (or any other organized crime) and converted into a police/carabinieri car. They're usually used for emergency organ transport but some can be used for high-speed chases.
The Guardia di Finanza is responsible for combating the entire spectrum of economic crime (fraud, drug trafficking, counterfeiting, money laundering, illegal gambling, product piracy, smuggling, undeclared work, tax evasion, unfair competition, organized economic crime, usury, copyright infringement, terrorist financing, etc.).
9:29 The Guardia di Finanza (in acronym G. di F. or GdF) is one of the Italian military police forces, with general competence in economic and financial matters. It is directly dependent on the Minister of Economy and Finance and led by the Commander General of the Guardia di Finanza.
My brother-in-law drives an Iveco van and he recently informed me of the latest fad here in the UK when it comes to "clean me" muddy labourers' vans. You write "MASS" in front of IVECO and "CK" after it.
The Fiat Panda 4x4, both the original and modern versions, are cars that I think you would dig Ian. No big displacement or horsepower, but incredibly capable on a shoestring. Your guessing it as a Panda is really impressive if they've never been sold in the States.
Also, the Italians just know style. I've heard stories of the police there celebrating speeding when it's done in an exotic car!
What made the original Panda 4x4 special is that it was very light. Don't need much horsepowers if you don't have to move a lot of weight. And it was perfect for those old towns up in the mountains. You need a 4x4 due to the mountainous and rough terrain, but a regular SUV won't fit inside the town's tiny alleys.
11:24 that's a "panther" ("panther" is the nickname given to flying team patrols). The one used by the gendarmery (Carabinieri) is called a " Gazelle". Remember in case of trouble, if you are in a big city in Italy, call 113 (police) if you are in a small settlement call 112 (Carabinieri)
In any case, if you call the wrong one, no problem. All emergency services are interconnected.
When you see an amulance and Vigili del fuoco,in italy we have always respect and make quick space for them,is not same with carabinieri or polizia locale or municipale. Ambulanza e vigili del fuoco has always space on our heart
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Hi, just some fact about Italian emergency vehicles:
"Polizia Roma Capitale" is the name of the Local Police. In other parts of Italy they are simply called "Polizia Locale" (Local Police), "Polizia municipale" (Municipal Police); older word (now disused) was "Vigili Urbani". Their jurisdition is limited to the municipality they belong to; they don't usually do anti-crime activity (there are "Polizia di Stato" and "Carabinieri" for that): instead their main focus is to keep the public order and regulate the traffic.
IVECO is part if the FIAT group, the name stands for Industrial VEhicles Construction 🙂
Basically they build the "lower part" of the truck (frame, engine, driver's cabin), then third-party builders/assemblers add the desired equipment, so you can see the same vehicle equipped as a long-haul truck, a firefighter vehicle, a motorhome, etc.
From a vehicle's colors you can easily tell which force it belongs to:
- Red & white: Vigili del Fuoco (firefighters)
- White, yellow and orange: Health department (Ambulance, etc). But there's not a unique color schemes: Along with the Red Cross (Croce Rossa Italiana), many private companies operate their ambulances, and their colors may vary (the base is always white, however)
- Blue and white: Polizia di stato (Police)
- Black with red stripes: Carabinieri (same as Polizia, but they are part of the Esercito Italiano, the Italian Army)
- Green: Polizia Forestale (now part of Carabinieri)
- Gray with yellow stripe: Guardia di Finanza ("Finance Police", dealing mainly with frauds)
Also sound schemes of Ambulance, Police and Firefighters are a little different from each other, so if your ear is a little trained (or you've been living in Italy for a while) you can tell what kind of vehicle is approaching just by listening to their sirens.
The "moddings" on the vehicles are usually made in order to have more internal space to store emergency equipment, i.e. defibrillators in an Ambulance, or various tools in a firefighter vehicle
"if you read "AUTOMEDICA" on a car, then that's the car of a doctor. When an emergency call is raised to the 112 (European equivalent of 911) requiring a medical intervention, usually 2 vehicles leave: an Automedica carryng only the doctor and an Ambulance with the rest o the team. The principle is that a car is more mobile than an ambulance and the doctor can arrive on the spot earlier to give first aid to the injured person and start stabilizing him/her.
The police car is an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, ran from 2010 to 2020, basically the equivalent of the VW Golf GTI. Alfa Romeo has a long and rich history of providing Italy's police forces with cars.
Alfas are the absolute favorite cars of the Carabinieri and the Police
@studiocalder818 As a former policeman, I can say that the best police car was the legendary Alfa Romeo 1600! With just a few small jobs in the Police Autocentres they could squeeze out 15 or 20 more horsepower.
@@askallois At the time it was simply the mass production car with the best dynamics and engine ever.
And in fact today it is one of the very few collector's sedans of the time
The southern countries tend to drive smaller cars in general. And it seems their police cars are smaller too. I think they are more practical in those urban areas with narrow medieval streets
Honestly it depends. Italian Polizia di Stato, Carabinieri (military police) and Guardia di Finanza (fiscal police) just received in total more than 2 thousand new Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.0 turbo, which they will use to patrol cities as well. The highway patrol division of the State Police (Polizia Stradale) works with station wagons only (mostly BMW F31s) but has a number of other brand's station wagons on certain highways (long story), such as Audi A4s, Volvo V60s, VW Passat etc.
Now, usually in city historical centers (aka where the really small roads are) you are not going to see big sedans, but you can find a Giulia even in Roma's city center (except than on the smallest roads, of course)
Small sidenote, the Fiat Panda in the video is not a state police car, but a city police car (Polizia Roma Capitale). Now, since in Italy most of the police duties are done by the State Police and the Carabinieri, that Panda is not going to be used to do rapid responses or whatever, but rather they'll use Polizia di Stato / Carabinieri new Giulias, or the Giulietta (present in this video), Fiat Bravo, Seat Leon etc).
Polizia di Stato actually owns some Panda, but they are assigned to the Railway Police detail, and do not have a division inside between the front and rear seats. Also they are not equipped with the bulletproof windshield and all the other stuff that any other patrol car has (in fact they even have a different lightbar and siren system mounted on them)
@@fab8657 Excellent clarification! Thanks, mate. That's quite a variety. It seems they have the right vehicle for each environment. It's a very diverse country in terms of infrastructure. I'd love to visit some day
@@gladiusthrax4941 You're welcome!
The smaller vehicle in the beginning is a Fiat Panda (I even think a 4x4). I have the older 2009 model and I'm really happy with it. My aunt bought it brand new back then and it still holds and I even crashed with a deer once. They are not the fastest (altough there was sporty version with 110 horses min has only 54) but they get the job done taking you from a to b. I think you could even see the older one in the video. I spotted it at the firestation down left in the parking spot. Amazing that these cars get used that way in Italy!
Jeep Renegate is very popular in Europe. This car looks very good :)
I lived in Rome for some years.
I even recognize the roads.
But mostly how my brain reaction to this familiar sounds.
Something click deep inside.
Little note about bus vehicles: in all italian cities there are public buses (you hop in and validate your ticket) that are covered with advertisements the tour buses are usually painted with company colors and logos (and these are often used by tourists, for school trips, community trips and so on). In Rome, for example, public buses used to be of a single color (once they were gray, then green then orange) and barely had a panel on the left side with some ADs. In the early 2000s ATAC (public transport company in Rome) changed model to its buses so now we have spots an ADs all over the vehicles. 😄
You're right about the JEEPs, the Renegade is built in Italy at Melfi along side the FIAT 500x, they share the same architecture and drivetrain, although they retain their own character and identity.
The Alfa hatch was a Giulietta
Lambo cop car being driven properly, only in Italy....
Basically there are 3 police forces with similar law enforcement task in Italy (Carabinieri - Polizia di Stato - Guardia di Finanza) but those 3 also have different peculiar one as well. Carabinieri is a military force with both tasks civilian and military. Guardia di Finanza is focused on everything have to do with financial crimes. And of course there's the Local Police (Polizia Roma Capitale) which is running from the City Council. The 2 (blue) motorbikes at the beginning of the video were Carabinieri (Radiomobile 112 - Quick Response). In Italy Emergency vehicles use the siren called Three-Tonal which is slight different from Law Enforcement units, Ambulances and Fire Brigades. Everyone in Italy hearing an Emergency unit siren coming can tell you what kind of Emergency Response unit is
Just FYI: IVECO stands for "Industrial VEhicles COmpany", a merger between the italian FIAT trucks branch (including Lancia trucks and Alfa Romeo trucks) and OM, french UNIC and german Magirus-Deutz.
Yeah, but it’s an Italian company founded by Gianni Agnelli
IVECO= Industria VEicoli COmmerciali
Industria Veicoli Commerciali (originariamente)
@@dilloinitaliano ma stai scherzando!? La IVECO è stata creata dall' Ingegner Bruno Beccaria, nostro Illustre concittadino e benefattore della mia città : Brescia .
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and your interest in these things is really interesting!
I am Italian, I live in central Italy but not near Rome, and slightly further north. In a small town. Here the ambulances look much more modern than the ones seen in the video, they are mainly white with red bands (a traditional feature here) and have a lot more lights, mainly blue, but also white (they are really cool); perhaps the greater quantity of lights is motivated by the fact that since there are no large cities, they cross less illuminated stretches between one small town and another, and sometimes it is precisely there that they have to stop due to road accidents. I don't know, but they're really cool, they light up everything like a headlight, when there's an ambulance stopping to help someone, you can't help but feel it, even from a long distance away. The sound is the same, perhaps less annoying.
The first ambulance in this video surprised me a lot, it doesn't look Italian at all, it looks English! They make the aesthetics of the emergency vehicles in small squares, I don't know why, this gives a playful aspect to the vehicle, they are strange... I hope that every country in the European Union can maintain its own characteristics in the future.
The ambulances I was talking about before, the ones I see here in my area, are also beautiful because they maintain the usual simple characteristics, while completely distinguishing themselves from any red and white van.
Seeing the ambulance at minute 07:27 I immediately deduced that it was a Vatican City ambulance, because of the colors. I did a quick search online and this is indeed the case. It is an ambulance that the Pope donated to the homeless in the capital. It is entrusted to the Dicastery for the Charity Services, its "garage" is within Vatican City, which is a State within a State... (complicated matter)
At 07:42 the Traser van is for the transport of biological material and organs, blood, plasma, stem cells, veterinary medicine.
Police cars, on the other hand, are obviously very different from each other depending on the sector of expertise and the functions they must perform... the Fiat Panda (08.11) is a means of transport to carry out the simplest functions, and one can understand this also from the side writing "Polizia di Roma Capitale", it is not the PS, State Police, but it is the municipal police of the city in which it is located. He deals with small matters.
The police forces in Italy are perhaps the most varied and assorted in the world.
The Guardia di Finanza is one of the military police forces, with general competence in economic and financial matters. They carry out a very important job in fighting today's mafia, as they specialize in tracing money, discovering frauds, scams and illicit affairs.
Your pronunciation is not far from the exact one and you don't offend anyone, don't worry!
The State Police cars, the ones with which they must carry out operational functions, are Alfa Romeos. The one in the video at 11:13 is the most classic, the one that is most common to see. The Alfa Romeo Tonale in particular is a car equipped with ballistic and shatterproof protection and equipped with the "Mercurio Extended" system which is used to speed up checks during operational interventions.
But there are also BMW, Fiat Bravo, Lancia Delta, Jeep, and of course Lamborghini Huracan.
You can find a list with photos here:
it.motor1.com/news/414652/auto-polizia-di-stato-volanti-pantere-servizio/
And here you will only find foreign ones:
www.auto.it/foto/attualita/2023/08/03-6576670/da_subaru_a_bmw_tutte_le_auto_straniere_della_polizia_di_stato?fotonews=5
I'm very surprised that in this video there isn't even a Carabinieri car, they are the most important and varied law enforcement agencies here in Italy. The most loved, and they are the also more elegant, in my opinion. The only thing you see is a motorcycle at 4:34.
It is not possible for me to understand which bus is the one at 04:56, possible it is a small tourist bus, but the buses of the Roman line (ATAC) are the dark red ones, which are often seen in the video.
04:56 C'è scritto ATAC.
Il colore è diverso per via della pubblicità.
Nei bus turistici in genere non ci sono pubblicità.
@@giacomoneri1782 onestamente non l'ho neanche guardato 😅😂
Hi, I'm Italian to Verona. Minute 1.42: Municipal Police is a type of local police in Italy as a civil system for the protection of urban security, public order, judicial police, traffic police, construction, environmental and annonaria police that can be established and managed by an Italian municipality
Minute: 9.09: The Guardia di Finanza is one of the Italian police forces to military system, with general competence in economic and financial matters.
Minute 10.30: The State Police is a police force with civil system but militarily organized and with a special statute, which is part of the Italian police forces directly dependent on the Department of Public Security. (In bourgeois traffic police car. The traffic police deals with the regional and also municipal territory. It can also be used for the transport of government authorities; in this case they are armored cars.)
11.41: 118 is the European emergency number similar to 911 American.
13.12: The car is used, at the request of the National Transplant Center, when the organs, such as the kidneys, can survive for several hours outside the human body and when transport can be programmed well in advance. ^___^
6:00 Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer and Citroen Jumper are all jointly developed by FCA and PSA. In US it's sold as Ram ProMaster (3rd gen of previous 3)
Third genereation of Opel Movano is also Ducato/Boxer/Jumper with Opel badging. Previously Movano was a rebadged Renault Master (2nd and 3rd gen)
I think the Renault Trafic is also sold with Nissan, Opel/Vauxhall, Mitsubishi and Fiat badges.
8:24 it is a Fiat Panda (yes, like the fluffy black n white bear). A very old and popular model, which is manufactured since 1980 and is also available with 4x4 transmission. This is a newer model.
The Jeep in the Background is in Europe also called Renegade, i learned driving with a car like this in driving school. It shares many parts with the Fiat 500X
For some reason this reminded me of one of my uncle's advice when I was a kid on the farm driving,
He told me to always park rear in front out in the garage or sheds.
Because if it was and emergency it was way faster to jump in and floor it out rather than trying to reverse out.
I hadn't thought about for year's, it's just a habit I've had for year's.
Lol I like this video it sparked a random memory 😁👍👍
The small Fiat is a Panda as well, you were right... In that particular case it's a "Polizia Municipale" or "Metropolitana" or "Locale" and in other cities you might see them white painted with green stripes... The Panda is well used by these police corps because they're so small that is easier to move in city traffic and usually local police officers don't need nothing special, they only assists in traffic jams and makes tickets.
The police car is an Alfa Romeo and the model is the "Giulietta". It's a multi purpose vehicle, because is not so big, it's very sporty, has a very good handling so it's a good choice for several services, even in car chasing.
The two dark motorcycles are the Carabinieri's traffic units, probably BMWs, otherwise they might be Moto Guzzis California also used by other police corps. At least, I confirm that the Jeeps Renegade and a couple of other models are produced at the historic Fiat plant, Mirafiori, in the city of Torino.
In The Netherlands the loudness of the sirenes was raised about 10 yrs ago from 100db to 110db. At the same time all emergency vehicles got the same 2 tone (Martin horn), ambulance used to have a 3 tone (Martin horn variant), really missed my old 3 tone when they were phased out. They raised the db level due to cars being better and better noise insulated. I tell you, when they were fitted above you on the roof instead of in front near the frontbumper, it was LOUD!!.
Thank you IWRocker for the Reaction, I'm so glad you liked it! 🇮🇹
Love your video! And I agree that Iveco is very cool. It also makes main battle tanks, military trucks and armoured vehicles like the Lince very appreciate worldwide for its toughness. Italy deployed them a lot for the overseas missions like Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo (only armoured vehicles).
I'm from Panama and have driven in Panama city, Mexico and New York, but Italian driving is off the scale wild, and I had to learn how to dodge them in my 60's......aya yai!!!!!
Did you see the logo in the firetruck that says Magirus?
That is a company lokated in my hometown Ulm, Germany, that has specialized in producing all the equipment that make firetrucks firetrucks.
There are some documentaries on YT as well.
Magirus basically recieves a pure truck chassis from a truck manufacturer and then equips it with all sorts of customizable modules.
I visited Ulm last year, it's a beautiful city, I love it!
Don't worry about your italian it could Always improve. As an Italian i can say that i appreciated this video. Keep it up ma'am
The two black-red motorbikes are from the carabinieri which is something like a Military organized police, but this is not the MP. The french "Gendarmerie" or the spanish "Guardia Civil" are basically the same.
"Arma dei Carabinieri" it is a military force, it is one of the four branches of the italian armed forces. Till 2000 they were part of italian army (Esercito Italiano).
Funny to see the Magirus name on the Iveco trucks. Magirus was a German manufacturer of trucks and fire fighting equipment. They sold the truck branch to Iveco and stayed with the fire fighting equipment.
Iveco manufactured its first heavy trucks out of the Magirus Deutz models and were branded Iveco Magirus.
8:22 Yes, that's one Fiat Panda 4x4
The Polizia Municipale Pandas are Panda Cross, standard front wheels drive, not 4x4
The different ambulances is from Vatican city states. There was also the Gendarmerie that open the border to allowed the ambulance to go in Italian Hospital.
Italy has are other special emergency vehicles, like the Carabinieri Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio and The Carabinieri Lotus Evora S. Nice to mention the Lamborghini Huracan as Follow Me Car at Bologna Airport!
What I found interesting after being in Spain several times is that they almost always goes 2 police motorcycles together and like never ever you will see them go alone on MCs. Haha, also I found interesting that I saw one eldery sheriff kind of police officer, he was walking alone in to a shop maybe on his lunch - all he had on his belt was one big revolver & one hand held radio, thats it. Not even cuffs on his belt. I found that very unique and kind of gangsta xD :D "All I need is a revolver"! But I only saw him doing that, he must been some kind of high rank commander or something. It was just epic and I loved it. You dont mess with someone who shows up with just one revolver, but someone may will if you have 5 different tools to choose before the revolver :D
The Huracan while being a police car is actually used for urgent organ transport
1:37 If you think that's loud you should hear when the first aid siren is activated. It's less common and used in true emergency circumstances, like a person gonna die. It's so loud you can hear it miles away, so you can prepare yourself to move your car.
Many initial videos are in Via Arenula, going toward Largo di Torre Argentina, city centre. When there is talk about being summer is Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, near the Vatican, still city centre. 7:02 is just outside Piazza San Pietro, you can see Bernini's "colonnato" to the left. The ambulance "without marking" is actually marked S.C.V., Stato della Città del Vaticano. At 8:22 it's a FIAT Panda 3rd series (the current one). 9:50 is Piazza Venezia, the ambulance passes just in front of the Vittoriano.
Man you did a great job showing us this beauty . I was born there in Italy ,I live in USA 30y now . I liked the city bus , sightseeing bus and police bike and of course the ...huracan Lambo police car 🚨🚓😊.
Jeep, and Chrysler at large, after the economic downturn of 2008, were rescued by the Italian carmaker FIAT. So, yes, as far as Jeep you’ve got the same cars (or at least branded with the same name) in Italy and in the US. Now the two companies are more of a merged unit than one having acquired the other.
The car at 8,44 is a Fiat Panda 4x4 . Every emergency agency use it because it's a very reliable and performing off road vehicle .
Loved that you enjoyed the video 👌🏻
At 13:18. I actually learnt that the lamboguni police car in italy is used for transporting I believe hearts/livers to hospitals. You expect them to use them for pursuits but they actually don't.
Also for motorway chases (not a frequent thing though)
Little tip, blue lights are for emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire trucks and police, while orange lights are for service vehicles like tow trucks, highway maintenance vehicles or overload trucks
The Lamborghini Unit is mostly on the High Way on the way for speed contol. When you are driving to fast, when the Police stop you, the officer will showing you the video, how your driving was on the High Way. As well the police use the Lambo also for organ transportation, the reason is goes faster then with the plan.
Ian where you keep finding al this information. And how many posts you do. Impressive. Love watching your channel
10:42 in itay we call them " agenti in borghese" wich is basically undercover agents
The little Police Car is a Fiat Panda 4x4,the white Lite on the roof is a Sensor so that traffic lights turn from red to green, as with in an emergency these vehicle always have right of way.
5:57 The Fiat Ducato you know as Dodge Promaster in the US is/was a cojunction between Fiat (Fiat Ducato), Peugeot (Peugeot Jumper) and Citroen (Citroen Jumper), built in one factory, same chassis, but different engines.
And the plant is not very far from my place (my two uncles both worked there)
The small police car is a Fiat Panda (8:10). It is one of the cars that made Italy great, after the Fiat 500 of course. The Panda is one of the cheapest cars on sale in Europe, but it stills is an economic and practical car accomodating 4 people and some luggage. The police cars look like the 4x4 variant, which can sometimes outperform bigger 4x4 SUVs on rough terrain!
The Jeep Renegade you mention is actually a Fiat 500X with a Jeep front. I had one on loan for a day a while ago, it is a kind of sad thing. It is not a Jeep, looks like a pumped up Fiat 500, it wiggles and does not drive well, yet has (for European standards) quite a high fuel consuption...
Here in Denmark we use VW Passat and Touran as our primary police cars. And unmarked we use VW Passat, VW Touran, VW Golf 7R, M/B A45 AMG, BMW M140i and Audi RS3
At Bologna airport in Italy there is a Lamborghini used as "follow car" for the plane.... it's supplied as advertising by Lamborghini... the plant is 20 miles far from the airport
The Peugeot ambulante at 6:00 it's a Fiat Ducato/RAM pro master van. The promaster van was born as a Ducato/Boxer/Jumper from a joint venture between Fiat and PSA.
So it's the same exact thing with a different brand.
I love the baby/sky blue color of the police cars, so beautiful.
5:7 It is a regilar bus instead. The back part is just used to advertise an event (we use to do it in Italy).
Ciao 😊
3:58 All emergency vehicles in Italy have blue lights, every other kind of vehicle has orange lights, like airport or private security companiey vehicles for example.
Yeah, some of our busses have ads 😊 even in the countryside. Not extremely common, but you may meet some of them
The Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police or Financial Guard) is an Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. It is a militarized police force, forming a part of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. its responsible for dealing with financial crime and smuggling.
Also cunterfeit and illegal immigration.
7:01 the video is shot in St. Peter's Square - Vatican City, the ambulance is certainly from the Papal State also due to the license plate which is different from the Italian one
a couple videos on busses would be so cool!
That odd and silent - white and lite blue - ambulance, you saw getting out of an iron gate, was a Vatican State 🇻🇦vehicle, driven kind of “the holy way” 😊
The 1st ambulance is from San Camillo hospital near my house hehehe. Lots of ambulances used for patient trasportation is "private pay services" not from the hospitals or public service. For example if you have to go to do dialysis from home to hospital or private clinic you can hire a private ambulance for transportation. The "Polizia di Roma Capitale" is known also as "Vigili" is something simila to the "traffic control dep" isn't the police dep. Motorbikes are "carabinieri" is the military police dep, Carabinieri is dark blue livery named "blue pantone". Unmarked vehicles are politics transport o escorts. The light blue car is the "real" police dep... but you have to worry more about the ones with the dark blue car. The police dep pursuit Lamborghini eheheh end the Carabinieri (the dark blue ones) have the Lotus Evora S. Nice video.
Watch a Chris Martin EMS video, from the perspective of an ambulance response in an awesome Skoda Octavia VRS in England. In some videos he talks through everything, which would be really interesting to see you react to. Thanks
Second this, Chris has amazing videos. "getting a move on - 999 response" Is a gem.
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@@sporkfindus4777 🤣good one 🙄 lol
6:08 - It's a "mobile resuscitation unit" - 9:10 - It is a FIAT Bravo model with the colors (grey and yellow) of the Guardia di Finanza, it is a state military corp that has various duties such as fighting drug trafficking, financial crimes, and so on but can also have the duty of regular police. 12:25 - You are right, that's an Alfa Romeo Giulietta model with police colors, unfortunately it is no longer produced.
9:28 in Italy we have 4 police forces.
The Polizia di Stato (State Police)
The Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police, this one is different city to city)
Carabinieri (military police, they're also one of the 4 Armed Forces)
Guardia di Finanza (military police, not an armed force, but they are focused on economic crimes)
0:54 Fiat ducato
8:21 Fiat panda
9:09 Fiat punto and guardia di finanza is the italian IRS
10:40 unmarked vw passat
11:23 alfa romeo giuglietta
*Giulietta 😜
It is actualy FIAT Nuova Bravo
In terms of the ambulances, there has been an overlap with Fiat, Peugeot and Citroën vans for some years. They're basically the same but trim and external styling is different - the unbadged blue one looked to have the Fiat rear lights, which I suppose you'd expect it to be in Italy/Vatican. You can throw Opel and Vauxhall into that mix too with the general trend being to buy from the national company, even if the vans are manufactured elsewhere. There was a time when all companies' vans were unique but that's long gone.
I recently watched some videos of traffic in Paris in the 60s and 70s. That really is fascinating because of all the cars that we no longer see and the way that traffic moved. Similar footage is available for many big cities.
Hi Mate!! You forgot that's there also be in Italy: Lotus Evora (Carabinieri) - Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio (Carabinieri) and a lot of other Alfa Romeo Giulia for Polizia/Carabinieri. About the Polizia Stradale you can also find lot of Subaru, BMW, Skoda, VW, Audi ecc ecc.
3:25 As an italian, hearing this dude talk about the magic engine from the I(Industrial) ve(vehicle) co(corporation) Turbostar 48 (a 17 liters, turbocharger v8 by 420 hp) is pure joy... that semi is hands down a big legend here in europe, hauled in extreme speeds on full load on the climbs. Didn't realize the myth got also seen in america 😂😂
Fun fact, that engine is so huge on displacement, that if it had 4 more cylinder in a v12 configuration, it had literally a Tank engine. That says a lot 😂😂😂
it would be nice to see the historic cars of Italian police, from Giulia of 70s onwards: truly gritty and fascinating cars❤
Sending love from italy🇮🇹🤝🇺🇸
The Italian Police has 3 Lamborghini if I'm not mistaken. The first one they received was the La Lamborghini Gallardo, the second the Aventador while the last one was the Huracan.
While the Carabinieri have the Lotus Evora.
I love the Italian colour schemes!! Always have, I just don't like the sirens on the ambulances and fire engines, they get a bit annoying after a bit...
Those sirens have one major advantage to the wailing kind: You can much easier locate them.
@@paulrandig and that's the only thing I'll ever like about them.
@@paulrandig and also, security vehicles (Carabinieri, Police, Guardia di Finanza), have a different cadence than rescue vehicles (ambulance, medic car and fire truck)
The ambulance in minute 7:06 is the Vatican state ambulance, they have jurisdiction in half of St. Peter's Square and within the state, of course there is no hospital in the Vatican, only outpatient clinics, so they have to move to go to the emergency room.
The police force is not the only place, where you'd find Lamborginis in an official setting in Italy.
Larger airports, or ones with a complex taxiway layout often have a fleet of ground support vehicles that drive in front of an airplane, whose crew is not necessarily familiar with the airport. They have a large flashing sing on their roof saying "Follow Me!" Thing is, no aviation administration requires this feature/ service of airports, so there is no regulation as to what vehicles can fulfil this role. This quirk came to the attention of the Lamborghini factory in Bologna, so they teamed up with the airport for a marketing agreement: The factory supplies the airport with latest model Lamborghini Huracans, and in change this gives the factory a good deal of publicity.
I have a feeling that Italy is not a boring place. 😊
È un normale bus con la pubblicità sul retro. Sei forte e tanti saluti da Roma❤
"tour bus" i was thinking the same, after a while i remembered "sightseeing (tour / bus or something)"
The small police cars are Fiat Panda 3rd Gen. Small but very useful in busy city center
There's a long tradition of Lamborghini police car here. They are usually used highways patrols. In that video though it was used for organ transport
4:53 on the bus there was a spot for a new film at cinema
HEMS Trauma Car is what the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service use in London UK at night when the helicopter can not fly/land..
The Little car is a Fiat Panda and it's used by the urban police. Remember that in Italy we hav 3 types of different Polizia Urbana , Polizia and Carabinieri. The difference is that urban Police responds to the City authority, Police responds to Internal Ministery and Carabinieri responds to Military (Esercito Italiano)
There's just one missing point in the list below, the strange van with light blue lines and red shield on the side at 7':03" is actually not italian, it belongs to State of Vatican Police as you can see the plate is SCV (Stato Città del Vaticano - Vatican City State) also the policeman with withe shirt you see is from Vatican. Furthermore, the car with blue lights and without a label is what we call "Auto Blu - Blu Car" are armored cars that are usually used for the travel of members of the government or judges who carry out trials against the mafia. If I'm not mistaken the first is a Volkswagen Passat, the second is a 2011 Lancia Thema