Fjool Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Does anyone agree with the "it encourages bad drivers" line the press were using after Richard Hammond's crash? Why would a serious accident encourage bad driving any more than a bout of dysentry would encourage bad kitchen hygene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Does anyone agree with the "it encourages bad drivers" line the press were using after Richard Hammond's crash? Richard Hammond himself comments on this Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomblands Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Why would a serious accident encourage bad driving any more than a bout of dysentry would encourage bad kitchen hygene? It wasn't the accident that they were talking about specifically. It was the general content of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Nerf computer games.. i completely forgot about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 top gear is a good programme and i dont think it encourages bad drivers, bad drivers dont need any encouragement they just go about driving rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawb Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Tonight's episode was an absolute corker! The sight of Clarkson appearing with his 'roadkill' was hilarious, as was the rednecks' reaction to the vehicle art. Don't know about you but I've stroked the southern states off my must visit list............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 A fantastic piece of telly.I'm so glad they've gone down the route of trying to be entertaining, rather than just reviewing everyday cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanchief Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I thought that last nights programme was so juvenile, they giggled on about the possibility of each other getting killed by alligators or rednecks etc. Just not funny, especially when one of them is lucky to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tito_Ortiz Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I thought last nights American road trip special was hilarious - the sight of Clarkson's car coming over the hill with a cow strapped to it was genius! I think Top Gear has a good balance between car reviews, guest star interviews and the excellent "challange" features they do (my favourite was the one where they raced to a Swiss chalet and Hammond and May took the train while Clarkson drove a Ferrari) Channel 5's "Fifth Gear" programme is more car review based and (maybe for people like clanchief) not at all juvenille! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I thought that last nights programme was so juvenile, they giggled on about the possibility of each other getting killed by alligators or rednecks etc. Just not funny, especially when one of them is lucky to be alive. I'm glad you posted that clanchief, i enjoyed most of the program, but found the "get each-other killed bit" in pretty poor taste. Funny to laugh at how other people live, of course, but Americans do have the right to bear arms. This could have gone seriously wrong and would have looked pretty ill-considered if it had. Besides being deliberately offensive to the locals, however ignorant they are. Note: i am a big fan, enjoy the usual destruction, and i'm not particularly interested in "sensible" car reviews either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 The trip was filmed before Richard Hammond's accident... so I suppose they weren't really thinking about the "getting each other killed" line. Interestingly it was never meant to be a special. But there was too much material and they couldn't work out what bits they wanted to cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjolein Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Ha ha last nights episode was probably the best and funniest ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Just read This and this quote Mary Rice of the Environmental Investigation Agency, which carries out conservation work in Botswana, said the BBC's example could lead hordes of "boy racers" to follow suit. Has left me with a very amusing image of the "boy racers" out getting extra hours in at the supermarket, just to get there car down to Botswanna to go drag racing down the salt plains in their souped up saxos, fiestas and golfs. (*** mod edit - topic merged ***) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrutineer Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 ^^^^^ the annual essex chavs botswana rave sometimes these "experts" should think about their comments before ranting on like that IMHO opinion it does more harm than good when they start preaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Watched them drive to the North Pole last night. Good stuff. Not sure I approve, but it made for good telly! "Clarkson, you insufferable oaf!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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