THE HAGUE: Dutch police were forced on Tuesday to explain why one of their number announced that a vital section of motorway would be closed for Britain's “Top Gear” television program, in what turned out to be an April Fool's joke.“He acted on his own initiative for April 1,” Amsterdam police spokesman Thomas Aling said.
“There was a healthy discussion about his behavior” with his superiors, he said. The unidentified policeman announced on the police website on Sunday that a stretch of the A2 motorway between Amsterdam and central city Utrecht would be shut off on Monday morning for “Top Gear.”
Dutch police red-faced over ‘Top Gear’ April Fool’s gag
