Jeremy Clarkson revs up a storm

Monster · **Jeremy Clarkson revs up a storm -** 05-29-2008, 06:43 AM

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Outrage over Top Gear host's 300km/h boast
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Safety groups are calling for the sacking of Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson after the revhead confessed to driving at 300km/h.

Clarkson, 48, was asked at the Hay Festival in Wales earlier this week about the fastest speed he had ever driven.

"On the public roads ... 186(mp/h)," the Daily Mail reported Clarkson as replying.

British road safety group Brake has called on the BBC to axe Clarkson, whose claim means that he was travelling about 190km/h over the speed limit.

"Jeremy Clarkson is extremely offensive and irresponsible," Brake chief executive Mary Williams said.

"His comments are very upsetting to loved ones who have suffered a bereavement through a road crash because of a speeding driver."

Clarkson claims he recorded his top speed on the road linking central London and Docklands in the world's fastest legal car, the Bugatti Veyron, which is capable of a reaching 407km/h.

The presenter has come under fire in the past for glamorising speed and contributing to bad driver attitudes.

Clarkson was involved in another scandal earlier this year after he was allegedly photographed talking on his mobile phone while driving his Mercedes.

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He only went up to 300km/h in the Veyron, that would have taken about 15 sec of full throttle acceleration, no big deal.

VroomVroom · **Re: Jeremy Clarkson revs up a storm -** 05-29-2008, 06:57 AM

It's always him who gets in bother for driving fast, you never usually here about anyone else driving that fast (and I'm sure they do

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DaSilva · **Re: Jeremy Clarkson revs up a storm -** 05-29-2008, 07:54 AM

Jeremy is funny!

martinbo · **Re: Jeremy Clarkson revs up a storm -** 05-29-2008, 11:33 AM

Viva Clarkson viva!

300 km/h on a deserted country - but all the same, public - road? Reproachable.

Yet, I would have done exactly the same and I don't have half the experience of JC.

Hey there tree-hugging bunnies - speed is glamorous! More so, because it is life threatening; in exactly the same way that base jumping, cave diving and free-climbing is. We don't need Clarkson to glamorise it for us.

No real car-nut condones speeding in urban areas where the risks of involving the innocent are far too high. But, if it's just you, a Veyron and a quiet country road with good visibility? Well heck, what else is motoring for?

If motoring for you is only about getting from A to B, then take a taxi.

But, if you want to experience the ultimate freedom of getting yourself from A to B and on to C, D, E and eventually, F then there are few more rewarding pleasures than the sheer joy of driving.

Watch, in the future people will begin to legislate enjoyment altogether.
"Enjoying that garlic volcano rump steak are you sir?" That'll be $10 extra...
"Having a good laugh with the mates at the local pub?" Cough up the enjoyment tax...
"You look like you're having a particularly good dump..." Remember to pay up after washing your hands...