Following Top Gear some BBC anti car crap
Following Top Gear some BBC anti car crap
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nonegreen

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7,803 posts

299 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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On now, some dickhead who I assume is a cop who has judged there is no excuse for doing more than 90 mph. But of course he can cos he is ace. I am just so impressed. Mummy doing the school run is obviously an expert :rolleyes: The bloody taxi driver is a plonker. The entire content of this programme is just anti car garbage. Presumably to apease the greens who write in every week to object to Clarkeson.

Lois

14,706 posts

281 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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Got it on in the background and it sounds like a load of pap.
From the little attention I have paid to it, it sounds like they're trying to make us out like we're out of control car weirdos. Can't they understand that the majority of "real drivers" know about conditions, know about car abilities and know about safe speed.

zoe22

856 posts

272 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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Gave up after 10 mins of it.

Considered recording it for future use as an insomnia cure

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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zoe22 said:
Gave up after 10 mins of it.
That long eh?

Lois

14,706 posts

281 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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"fiesta's and saxos, they're just rust buckets"

mmmm...maybe not as fast as some cars but atleast they dont all have Mr Men child on board signs in the rear window

to$$er!!

Monumental

401 posts

255 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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I'm finding it hard to figure out what it's getting at. It just seems to be a random selection of numpties bumbling about. Where do they find these people?

Surprised how many people are happy to be flimed while driving and using a phone. Do they know it's illegal or are they just really stupid.

And who wrote the voiceover? Utter tosh!

Zad

13,007 posts

265 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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It's amazing how people who haven't seen a programme feel qualified to comment on them...

I know they haven't seen it, because the prog is still only half the way through. It reminds me a lot of "Motoring from A to B" so far.

Mike

simpo two

92,708 posts

294 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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nonegreen said:
On now, some dickhead who I assume is a cop who has judged there is no excuse for doing more than 90 mph.

I think you mean 159mph.

I avoid programs like this because they make me extremely cross, and life is too short to spend time getting stressed and cross. Best avoided.

rsvmilly

11,288 posts

270 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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The programme isn't anti-car. It just shows different people's perceptions of the roads and other drivers.

The policeman's was just one of many viewpoints and surely it showed he was exercising some discretion - unlike a speed camera.

Lois

14,706 posts

281 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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It's just full of a load of unskilled drivers doing stupid things during their day to day driving. It's nothing to do with "normal" or "real" drivers.

Matt_FP

3,402 posts

278 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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Seems to be a collection of Numpties, some terrified to be in a car and constantly crying about how fast other road users drive whilst trundling down the motorway at 50mph, Mr Rep and his enourmous ego and school run mum with a car full of kids chatting to the cammera whilst attempting to drive.

Melanie and her "I won't break the speedlimit stickers" - thats fine love but FFS if your on the motorway and theres lorries overtaking you FFS speed up - AND SHE'S TEACHING OTHER PEOPLE TO DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lois

14,706 posts

281 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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Again I call for regular re-testing

LRdriver II

1,936 posts

278 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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anonymous said:
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But this is the problem.. these ARE the "normal" drivers we encounter everyday.


hmmm now starts the emotional porn..

Lois

14,706 posts

281 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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I still think they are the minority. Mr average driver who I personally encounter every day isn't half as bad as these people.

LRdriver II

1,936 posts

278 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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Preciosion driver LOL

Yes, he did mount that curb precisely hehe..

princeperch

8,268 posts

276 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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typical bbc rubbish...I fully expect to see special guest George Monbiot with his lentil powered bananna boat with organic wheels on next weeks episode...

nevpugh308

4,454 posts

298 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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I've recorded this ... glad I've seen this thread as I know to delete it without watching now, and save my blood pressure from rising

heebeegeetee

30,142 posts

277 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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I wouldn't say its anti-car... more like 'look at these nutters we've managed to find'.

The few points I would make: We're seeing plenty of the copper speeding and dashing around with all the lights and woo woos on, to go to incidents where there are already units in attendance, and there is practically nowt our man can add to the scene.

i wish the ZS bloke would learn to use his door mirrors, instead of all that over the shoulder stuff.

And that numpty mom, crawling around with those stupid stickers on the back, and then we see her teaching her daughter to drive. Her daughter is the most precious thing in her life, yet she won't pay for professional lessons for her.

I'm not one for compulsory re-testing and stuff like that, but surely the time has come when only professionals can teach to drive. The idea, in this day and age, that bumbling numpties like those in the prog can teach others to drive is just ludicrous.

LongQ

13,864 posts

262 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Only started to watch it because I thought it was going to be about a plant.



You really do have to wonder where they find these people and how they manage to build a script around them. Or is it the other way around?

Seemed like a suitable sort of warning program to me.

Anyone else think they may all have been actors?

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Plod in the unmarked Volvo is South Yorkshire.

He's been in several of the "Traffic Cops" series and seems to be generally OK.