Jeremy Clarkson has got himself into more hot water for admitting to driving 186mph (300km/h) on a public road in Britain. In news sure to attract unwanted attention for Australian producers of the impending Top Gear spin off, the revelation has come to light in a recent article in the Daily Mail. This has obviously created outrage from a variety of groups:
Mary Williams, chief executive of Brake, said: ‘Jeremy Clarkson is extremely offensive and irresponsible. His comments are very upsetting to loved ones who have suffered a bereavement through a road crash because of a speeding driver. He is the most appalling role model for our next generation of drivers. The BBC should sack him – he is totally out of control.’
Clarkson’s claim of doing the triple ton on the open road, he was in a Bugatti Veyron apparently, is pretty stupid, but without proof who is to say it’s not a typical Clarkson comment:
Kevin Clinton, head of Road Safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said: ‘Obviously driving at such speed is illegal, dangerous and irresponsible, but Jeremy Clarkson’s views on speed are well known and he often says outrageous things.
‘We don’t take what he says too seriously and hopefully other people don’t either.’
Meanwhile Clarkson naively suggests he has no influence over others:
‘I don’t have any influence over what people do, I really don’t. It makes no difference what I say. Top Gear is just fluff. It’s just entertainment – people don’t listen to me.’
This story follows similar calls for his sacking after being caught chatting on his mobile phone while driving in March this year.
Source: Daily Mail (Thanks to Andrew for the tip)