Swiss Tony
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Or even most blokes would have his job and kill,driving at 186 mph down the limehouse link, the bloody idiotSpot on Clarkson is king! Most blokes would kill to have his job!
Or even most blokes would have his job and kill,driving at 186 mph down the limehouse link, the bloody idiotSpot on Clarkson is king! Most blokes would kill to have his job!
Clarkson is a better writer than presenter.
when it comes to glamourising speeding and denying that speeding is a factor in road accidents he is VERY VERY wrong.
Can you train a 5 year old child not to step out in front of his car 185 mph speeding car ?Is it though? I don't know the answer here, but what proportion of road accidents are down to speed alone as opposed to poorly maintained vehicles, lack of concentration, and/or drivers trying to execute some riduculous maneuver? For example, I was in Chelmsford today and saw two accidents that were down to people pulling out of junctions without looking properly.
Speed, with suitable driver training, is not a problem.
Btw - I think the moral here is don't drive anywhere near me, as there's a fair chance I'll see you crash :unsure:
Can you train a 5 year old child not to step out in front of his car 185 mph speeding car ?
Is it though? I don't know the answer here, but what proportion of road accidents are down to speed alone as opposed to poorly maintained vehicles, lack of concentration, and/or drivers trying to execute some riduculous maneuver? For example, I was in Chelmsford today and saw two accidents that were down to people pulling out of junctions without looking properly.
Speed, with suitable driver training, is not a problem.
Btw - I think the moral here is don't drive anywhere near me, as there's a fair chance I'll see you crash :unsure:
Not condoning his 186mph at all, but don't see too many 5yr olds trying to cross the Limehouse Link.....
But very few accidents will be down to speed alone
That is sort of the point I was aiming at originally. There's normally something else involved that means the speed one car is going becomes a problem. The story about the fatalities - one car crossed the central reservation etc... Yes it was speeding, but if it had been doing 70 and crossed the reservation the result would in all likelyhood have been the same. The real cause, in my opinion, is that of a driver trying to do something that he does not have the ability to do. Speeding or not, a car crossing a central reservation and going headlong into another is going to result in deaths.
As I've said, speed alone is not the problem. Immaturity/inability of drivers is much more of a problem. It's then down to personal points of view. I see where you come from by saying that shows like Top Gear promote the 'cool' image of driving fast to young people, but I personally don't agree with it. I'm of the opinion that people who want to drive fast will do, regardless of what TV presenters say. I don't think a couple of warnings during a show will do anything to change that - which is where the immaturity issue comes into it again.
Is Clarkson a prat for both going that fast on the Limehouse Link, and admitting it to a journalist - yes, he is.
Will that influence others to do the same - in my opinion, no.
The problem with this arguement is that ultimately it is down to differences of opinion between the two of us. I think that this would be a fascinating debate to watch between Clarkson and someone (ROSPA?
Police?) who has more of the bare facts at their disposal, and the experience of dealing with RTA's.
But one thing I do disagree with you strongly on is the influence of role models on young people. I think that young men in particular (though I have personally witnessed an increase in fast/aggresive driving from young women lately) are massively influenced by media people like JC, and he gives people carte blanche to drive fast when they are the very group who most need to be told that it's OK not to be Lewis Hamilton.
Blimey your right,carry on speeding mr clarkson 186mph is just dandyNot condoning his 186mph at all, but don't see too many 5yr olds trying to cross the Limehouse Link.....
Blimey your right,carry on speeding mr clarkson 186mph is just dandy
Do people realize that he was driving 186mph on a German road!
Story says Limehouse Link - that's not in Germany..... Of course, he could've been being sarcastic!