Comments on: Richard Hammond Making “Very Good Progress” After Accident http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/ Taking a different one on the news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Jislizard http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-4537 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:47:50 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-4537 I think that they should take all the kind donations from the well wishers, buy another jet powered car and give Jeremy Clarkson a go! What's the worst that can happen? I think that they should take all the kind donations from the well wishers, buy another jet powered car and give Jeremy Clarkson a go!

What’s the worst that can happen?

]]> by: Matt Freeman http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-2887 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:50:58 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-2887 Personally, I don't really care about the Top Gear crowd. I think Jeremy Clarkson is an idiot - driving a Range Rover over a protected bog is pretty dull, stupid stuff - but I was ABSOLUTELY baffled when Metro readers voted Hammond their Hero the Year. I mean, seriously, what the hell? How on earth does crashing a car make you a hero? Surely, say, firefighters, doctors, nurses, army guys...hell even a Premierleague footballer who actually WON something would have been a better choice?! What actually defines a hero these days anyway? Personally, I don’t really care about the Top Gear crowd. I think Jeremy Clarkson is an idiot - driving a Range Rover over a protected bog is pretty dull, stupid stuff - but I was ABSOLUTELY baffled when Metro readers voted Hammond their Hero the Year.

I mean, seriously, what the hell? How on earth does crashing a car make you a hero?

Surely, say, firefighters, doctors, nurses, army guys…hell even a Premierleague footballer who actually WON something would have been a better choice?!

What actually defines a hero these days anyway?

]]> by: Sharon http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-154 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:57:56 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-154 I gather that Top Gear has it's own, personal, entourage of Health & Safety people all attempting to make any stunts as safe as hurtling around in a ton or so of metal on a fuel tank can possibly be. Good for them! It's in the nature of such things that accidents will happen. That's life. That's why they all wear seatbelts, crash helmets (if considered appropriate), & do their 'test drives' on an old airport rather than the local motorway. Pity other 'boy racers' don't do the same! I'm with the writer on this one: - "If watching Top Gear is going to make you jump in your car and try to copy what you have just seen then so is watching motor-racing, or any movie with a car chase in it, and you probably have psychological problems that mean you shouldn??t be behind the wheel in the first place." What price personal responsibility? I gather that Top Gear has it’s own, personal, entourage of Health & Safety people all attempting to make any stunts as safe as hurtling around in a ton or so of metal on a fuel tank can possibly be. Good for them!

It’s in the nature of such things that accidents will happen. That’s life. That’s why they all wear seatbelts, crash helmets (if considered appropriate), & do their ‘test drives’ on an old airport rather than the local motorway.

Pity other ‘boy racers’ don’t do the same!

I’m with the writer on this one: -

“If watching Top Gear is going to make you jump in your car and try to copy what you have just seen then so is watching motor-racing, or any movie with a car chase in it, and you probably have psychological problems that mean you shouldn??t be behind the wheel in the first place.”

What price personal responsibility?

]]> by: Sue Stewart http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-149 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:30:41 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2006/09/27/richard-hammond-making-very-good-progress-after-accident/#comment-149 "the nanny-state aficionados will want the show toned down into some sort of bland magazine show that reviews the latest ??every day? affordable cars" Haven't they already made a start? They've got Fifth Gear - which, to be fair, did seem realise how boring it was but could only tackle it by re-hashing the Top Gear stunts and pretending that they'd come up with this exciting stuff all by their very own selves. Presumably they'll switch back to soya milkshakes and Toyota Priuses now. Top Gear is a true original - of course the grey people want to tone it down. “the nanny-state aficionados will want the show toned down into some sort of bland magazine show that reviews the latest ??every day? affordable cars”

Haven’t they already made a start? They’ve got Fifth Gear - which, to be fair, did seem realise how boring it was but could only tackle it by re-hashing the Top Gear stunts and pretending that they’d come up with this exciting stuff all by their very own selves. Presumably they’ll switch back to soya milkshakes and Toyota Priuses now.

Top Gear is a true original - of course the grey people want to tone it down.

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