Look At Life - Eyes of the Law (Transport d02e03)

Eyes of the Law - A look at traffic control and motorways in Germany.

[@grahamwinchester8550]

Raymond baxter,the narrator was also an ex-spitire pilot in ww2 so he knew his way around.

[@markharrisllb]

I’m not bothered about what he said it was RAYMOND BAXTER! Anyone who had a TV in the 60s and 70s knew how intelligent, professional, kind and most of all the humble hero he was. I wonder what he would have thought of the smart phone, SBCs and quad computing that’s getting closer to production by the minute. Tomorrow’s World wasn’t the same without him. R.I.P. a true gentleman.

[@asd36f]

Nice Porsche 356 police car!

[@nickjervis8123]

Even nicer BMW police car

[@blackvulcan100]

I went on a school trip to Germany in the early 60's and the mini bus broke down and a helicopter hovered over us,never forgot that.

[@steve1962]

I lived in Germany for 3 yrs in the late 60's/early 70's.......the Police had those Porsche's along with VW Beetles and Ford Taunus - green and cream in colour.

[@alanellis6688]

helicopters and Porsche 356 convertible patrol cars! i'd love to be a fookin german 60's copper

[@flitsertheo]

Those Porsches were for the Autobahnpolizei (motorway police). The BMW 501 was classy but rather obsolete by the 1960s. Or you could end up with an ordinary VW Beetle as a "Panda" patrol car.

[@straightpipediesel]

@@tdtvegas History lesson: they didn't do that the first time and look what happened.

[@jimhickstein7170]

Note the police saluting citizens as they approach. In Germany.

[@tommyboat64]

AND THEY SHALL BRING ME MY COFFEE ! 2 CREAMS 1 SUGAR !

[@flitsertheo]

Germans like to salute. The stretched right arm was a bit extreme though.

[@harbourdogNL]

6:14 Had to find some kind of jobs for those ex SS guards and Stuka pilots, why not police and helicopter pilots?

[@CrazyLeiFeng]

The guy who oversaw slaughtering of Warsaw got a job as a mayor of a German city after the war.

[@Rog5446]

Raymond Baxter (I think he was the narrator) said that knock on hub-caps are banned. But just about every vehicle had knock on hub-caps, including the Police Porsche 356. I think he meant knock on wheel nuts.

[@mescko]

Another British/American language quirk. In America the term is knock-OFF.

[@ogs_Boga1900]

4:24 cctv camera in 1960? my god we went backwards in tech?

[@MrRorySteel]

Nor at all, this really is a bullshit nostalgia comment, went back in regards to the readily available helicopters and micromanaged traffic light system.

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

0:28 oh I wish I could see what or who was on at the Apollo!

[@numberstation]

Look at Leben.

[@Mishima505]

4:12 Marienplatz before it was pedestrianised…

[@Xerdoz]

What's with the flute music in every 50s / 60s documentary?

[@dangerman8625]

Gestapo, on the move again, here we go.!

[@vespaUK125]

The Police had similar uniforms as the East German Volks Polizei

[@relgeiz2]

+vespaUK125 The reason is easy: Traffic police uniforms in both germanies were based on the uniforms designed in the German Reich back then ...

[@michelebeck4311]

convertible cop cars?

[@ratscoot]

Dutch highway police used 911 targa's into the nineties. With the same silly white leather jackets and helmets .

[@thegerman3480]

Beutel pusten. Wie nett.

[@MrDavey2010]

Is the narrator Raymond Baxter?

[@jimhickstein7170]

Note especially 1:40 and 7:00.

[@keithnewton8981]

did you see all those almost empty roads. our road systems like Germany's are a mess we need big and faster motorways we need people who know how to drive on motorways. Recently I have notice an alarming rise in people stopping to give wax on the motorway slip roads or they slow down and enter the motorway at 30 mph we need to educate people on how to drive. maybe we need public patrols who volunteer to help the police improve motorway driving pull them over explain there mistakes recorded there detail and using a central data base they get four warnings in 3 months then they have to go back to school and pay for it. but another thing we need to stop is the double punishment of points and fines it should be one or the others but not both unless someone is badly injured or killed

[@johngrieve2868]

Love these

[@stephenborsbey4350]

yes, raymond baxter used to present tomorrows world.

[@martinferguson3614]

It all came true for all motorists today,?,

[@richardprice7763]

German police.....your papers!

[@carlnapp4412]

I'm impressed by the number of sheepish comments here.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

WHY DID GERMAN MOTORWAY POLICE DRESS LIKE MILKMEN!!

[@gerrywhelan7426]

Hate to be a Jew caught by these guys

[@steves9905]

no shoulders on the autobahn...pretty dodgy for breakdowns...