Jeremy Clarkson... 'Road Tax??'

[subaqua]

This is all acceptable because it's 'just a joke', right?

oh FFS

has he actually run anybody off ?? Has he? really?

No .


looks like my wife was right about the forum.

 

[400bhp]

****wits who take it seriously.

Ironic that.

 

[downfader]

So far the only people that I've heard that have taken the comments seriously are cyclists, so what does that say about us?

People once said the same thing about rape and racism victims.

 

[John the Monkey]

Ironic that.

Cheeky quoting!

Lots of folk outlining why it's a problem though, aren't there, with experiences from their rides to back it up as well.

 

[Dayvo]

This is one of those threads that gets sent around other forums, entitled something along the lines of "look at these lot getting their knickers in a twist"



IT'S A TV PROGRAMME. IT ISN'T REAL LIFE.

actually most respondents here appear to understand that.

Er, no!

I don't think you've been reading this properly!

Yes, it is a TV programme, and yes, I enjoy it and think it's both entertaining and funny!

What isn't funny, are the morons (and there are FAR TOO ANY) who worship Clarkson and take his every word as gospel and look to deliberately target a cyclist, ANY cyclist, who momentarily is in front of him!

WHEN, not if, you have an unpleasant experience, being knocked off, being verbally possibly physically abused, being cut up, have something thrown over you from a car, EVEN KILLED, then, and ONLY then MIGHT you understand why this isn't a joke! Look at the commuting section here for daily evidence of what I have written.

The programme isn't the problem, just a number of the idiots who watch it!

 

[turnout]

Top Gear is encouraging young drivers to break the limit, a Government-backed report claims.

It accuses the BBC2 show, along with computer games such as Gran Turismo and films such as The Fast And The Furious, of creating a 'cachet of excitement and glamour around speeding'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...uraging-teen-drivers-speed.html#ixzz1DHDQjevW

 

[400bhp]

Er, no!

What isn't funny, are the morons (and there are FAR TOO ANY) who worship Clarkson and take his every word as gospel and look to deliberately target a cyclist, ANY cyclist, who momentarily is in front of him!

WHEN, not if, you have an unpleasant experience, being knocked off, being verbally possibly physically abused, being cut up, have something thrown over you from a car, EVEN KILLED, then, and ONLY then MIGHT you understand why this isn't a joke! Look at the commuting section here for daily evidence of what I have written.

The programme isn't the problem, just a number of the idiots who watch it!

Another ironic post.

Do you read the Daily Mail by any chance?

 

[As Easy As Riding A Bike]

This is one of those threads that gets sent around other forums, entitled something along the lines of "look at these lot getting their knickers in a twist"



IT'S A TV PROGRAMME. IT ISN'T REAL LIFE.

actually most respondents here appear to understand that.

What part of

"Top Gear is a big joke, and not meant to be taken seriously. Fine."

do you not understand?


You've missed the point. Some people don't think it's a joke, or even if they do, it colours their attitude towards vulnerable road users.

 

[400bhp]

Top Gear is encouraging young drivers to break the limit, a Government-backed report claims.

It accuses the BBC2 show, along with computer games such as Gran Turismo and films such as The Fast And The Furious, of creating a 'cachet of excitement and glamour around speeding'.

http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1DHDQjevW

Classic - posted as I was writing my reply!!!

 

[As Easy As Riding A Bike]

has he actually run anybody off ?? Has he? really?

Ah, it would only be a problem if he had actually run someone over.

Does this work for jokes about slapping women too?

 

[Dayvo]

looks like my wife was right about the forum.

Let's hope that your wife never has to open the front door to a policeman who informs here there has been 'a tragic accident'!

If she does, then she'll understand why the forum reacts as it id does!

It's not the programme that's the problem, but the large percentage of 'drivers' who don't/can't/won't accept that cyclists have the same rights to be on the raod as they do.

 

[Nortones2]

[/quote] You've missed the point. Some people don't think it's a joke, or even if they do, it colours their attitude towards vulnerable road users.
[/quote]

And the police are not immune from a car-centred attitude.

 

[Dayvo]

Another ironic post.

Do you read the Daily Mail by any chance?

I doubt you have the intelligence to understand irony!

And no, I don't read the Daily Mail! I read Aftenposten, if that means anything to you! You probably don't even know where Oslo is!

 

[As Easy As Riding A Bike]

Classic - posted as I was writing my reply!!!

Strange as it may seem, the Daily Mail does occasionally write things that are true, when it's not wittering about cancer and house prices.

Difficult to believe, I know.

 

[400bhp]

I doubt you have the intelligence to understand irony!

And no, I don't read the Daily Mail! I read Aftenposten, if that means anything to you! You probably don't even know where Oslo is!

Really.

Dumbass