Third Gear...... ROFLMAO!!!!

[Richard W]

Can't stop laughing, this should've been done on the 1st April....


Third Gear - press release

 

[Thmsshaun]

WTF

Sometime I dont think people in this country are for real.

 

[JohnC]

Should be REVERSE GEAR

 

[SimonsMerc]

"If we must have Jeremy Clarkson on the television, let’s give him something useful to do, such as trying out public transport or road-testing new bicycles. Perhaps he would like to drive a bus; he’d find it just as much fun as a Ferrari.”

Oh that's beautiful, it really is!

-simon

 

[Howard]

Ha Ha Ha !!!

Utter Tosh !!

Clarkson Rules

 

[Steve_Perry]

“...This is not about censorship or having a poor sense of humour, it’s about what is in the public interest...”

This so shoots their own arguements down in flames. Transport2000?... What utter nonsense!

S.

 

[vixpy1]

The Pistonheads lot are doing their nut over this!

 

[simonl]

transport 2000 have always been a bunch of whinging gits.

well done to Hammond for suggesting they make their own programme. I'm sure it would be a ratings triumph.... ;-)

i love the quote from clarkson in the BBC's report on this - likening a Rover 75 to a "vicar's elbow patch" rotf. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4432279.stm

 

[Satch]

Now, now children. You really must learn to listen to these very sensible people who have your best interests at heart and know what is best for you.

That nasty Mr C. does and says such horrible things and those terrible fast cars which some seem to think are such fun really are just so dangerous. No, you can have a nice little ever so safe car for those times you really, really need it and the rest of the time queque for your place on nice Mr Bus.

Whilst you are waiting you can find out all sorts of ever so useful things from the big displays over each and every bus stop. Those are made by the wonderful people at ACIS who also make traffic controls and other systems to make sure Mr Bus gets there on time by holding up all the other selfish people in their nasty cars

ACIS really are nice: they even help us pay for all sorts of things like our website. And all for nothing!

 

[wallingd]

You sound like Alexei Sayle .

 

[tim.100]

transport 2000 have always been a bunch of whinging gits.

Funded by by our taxes, no doubt.

 

[nickg]

There are serious implications here.
We know these people are a sad bunch of ignorant, misinformed dullards who promote censorship of television, want to restrict people's choice and generally like to poke their nose into business that is not their concern.
Unfortunately, our Labour government, and also the lovely Ken Livingstone, would like nothing better than to stoke this up even further, and get the public to jump on their bandwaggon if they can sniff any chance of stealing more cash off motorists like us.

Good on Richard Hammond et al to get their voices heard. There have been one or two media articles attempting to present a balanced view on the "gas-guzzling 4x4" issue, but not enough.

I wish this was an April Fools joke. This country is going to the dogs (in a 1.0l vauxhall corsa)

 

[gary350]

Sorry to buck the trend but for all those out there that have lost someone in a road accident and there are lots of them, this might seem to be the way to go. To many on the site that have powerful cars (and I,m one of them) don,t flaunt it too much, like Clarkson or you might end up having your speed governed at a lot lower than 155 mph. Live wiser live longer.
I admit I don,t like Top Gears, obsession with speed and power, Clarkson is a twit (did I spell that right), If you look at the program as a bit of entertainment fine, as the visual highway code for driving on UK roads no. Oh dear have I set the cat amongest the pidgeons (racing).

gary

 

[nickg]

You have summed it up in a nutshell.
Do you want a nanny state dumbed down to cater for the lowest level of intelligence, or can we be left to decide for ourselves, within reasonable limits, what behaviour is acceptable or not?

I don't need a tree-hugging to**er to tell me when to drive at 80mph and when to drive at 20mph.
Tragic road accidents are not caused by Jeremy Clarkson.
Banning Top Gear because people have car accidents would be like banning Jamie Oliver because people get salmonella.

 

[Thmsshaun]

Make the country seem something like that of 'Demolition Man' The part in the future where you choose to accept and live up top. or lead a 'Normal' life and live under ground

Many views for and against. TV is simple if you dont agree with it dont watch it. Why have people got nothing better to do with there time. Just seems more and more freedom is taken away from us each year. Slowly being caged in.

Whether it be health & safety at work, Speed limits, Camera etc. Banning fox hunting. People are slowly loosing there freedom of choice.

There are plenty of place for people to legally drive fast cars fast. Various track days etc.

Santa Pod do the 1/4 mile. I think it what £15 for unlimited runs on some weekends. (All I need is a fast car)


But I think this pretty much summed it up

Banning Top Gear because people have car accidents would be like banning Jamie Oliver because people get salmonella.

 

[gary350]

You have summed it up in a nutshell.
Do you want a nanny state dumbed down to cater for the lowest level of intelligence, or can we be left to decide for ourselves, within reasonable limits, what behaviour is acceptable or not?

I don't need a tree-hugging to**er to tell me when to drive at 80mph and when to drive at 20mph.
Tragic road accidents are not caused by Jeremy Clarkson.
Banning Top Gear because people have car accidents would be like banning Jamie Oliver because people get salmonella.

I have lost 4 mates that drove both too fast too often,,you are right they could be described as the lowest level of intelligence but we all make mistakes and I dont make the rules, its the police who will decide what road behavour is acceptable, oh and one of my mates did end up as a tree hugger in a bloody messy sort of a way.

I wish everyone a safe journey when out on the road but if you take risks there is this thing called sods law, pity it could also affect some other blighter who does not take risks. I support all sensible options that safe life. Top Gear is a TV show but it does promote at times irresponsiblity, you and I know it all a bit of a laugh and we dont have to watch it but there is nothing on the other side but Heartbeat, isnt that spooky. The end of the world is not nigh but speeding in it is.

gary

 

[Howard]

You dont need a 500 bhp car to speed, you can top 100mph in pretty much anything these days.....

Just because you have a car with 4 times as much power as the corsa sat next to you, doesnt mean you are going to go 4 times as fast ......

People are killed by speeding in anything, not just those people with powerful cars, in fact if you have a powerful fast car, you are probably less likely to be hooning it around , as you have nothing to prove really. Its the idiots in the 1.2 hatchbacks driving like Colin Mcrae with their body kits and baked bean tin exhausts that cause the problems. In this great 'free' world in which we live, its the rights of the individual to choose what to do , and when they do it.

When was the last time you saw a CL55 in a hedge ? (other than a footballers, as they don't count ) and when was the last time you saw a wrecked nova/saxo/clio/corsa/etc.etc

 

[nickg]

check out this bunch of pointless g!ts.

http://www.transport2000.org.uk/aboutT2000/contactT2000.asp

I have now discovered that the taxpayer funds this organisation.
I don't think I've ever seen such a collection of job titles in my life. For those of you who can't be bothered to go to the link, Transport 2000 has the following employees (among others):

Revitalising Communities on Main Roads Project Officer
National Transport Activists’ Roundtable Co-ordinator
Social Inclusion Campaigner/Campaigns Assistant
Streets for People Co-ordinator

Words simply fail me.
Now you know why unemployment has fallen under Labour.....

(this isn't meant to be a party political post!)

 

[nickg]

This is the proper site

http://www.transport2000.co.uk/

 

[Howard]

Reminds me of some of the jobs available with Michael Winner (a git , i know) in his heyday as a director...... which included

Bearer of the cigars and Lighter of the matches (2 jobs for 2 different people)

People with nonsense job descriptions should be rounded up and put to sleep.

H

check out this bunch of pointless g!ts.

http://www.transport2000.org.uk/aboutT2000/contactT2000.asp

I have now discovered that the taxpayer funds this organisation.
I don't think I've ever seen such a collection of job titles in my life. For those of you who can't be bothered to go to the link, Transport 2000 has the following employees (among others):

Revitalising Communities on Main Roads Project Officer
National Transport Activists’ Roundtable Co-ordinator
Social Inclusion Campaigner/Campaigns Assistant
Streets for People Co-ordinator

Words simply fail me.
Now you know why unemployment has fallen under Labour.....

(this isn't meant to be a party political post!)