Top Gear smash pictures released: "see how difficult it was to be a truck driver"

bbc ^ | Sunday, 2 November 2008

[JoeProBono]

Dramatic pictures of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson deliberately smashing a truck into a wall have been released.

A Top Gear spokeswoman said the star was "quite badly injured" in the stunt, staged, she said, to "see how difficult it was to be a truck driver".

[JoeProBono]

[pnh102]

Smashing, simply smashing.

[mnehring]

Wow, I hope Jeremy recovers... that show has a history, probably because they all act like 16 year olds (hell, I would too).. Richard Hammond was very badly injured a couple of years ago driving a rocket car when a tire blew.

Still, they have every guy's dream job..

[ABQHispConservative]

I love this show. And I especially love how Jeremy is so against global warming. He takes a dig at enviro-wackos every chance he gets.

[mnehring]

When you live in downtown London and have to pay the equivalent of $30/day just to drive your car (additional transportation tax), not to mention London’s crazy parking fees, you quickly learn the reality of why enviro wackos want power, it is all about $$$$$.

[JoeProBono]

The presenter said he could not 'walk, talk or think' after the smash

[Oztrich Boy]

A Top Gear spokeswoman said the star was "quite badly injured" in the stunt, staged, she said, to "see how difficult it was to be a truck driver".

"How hard could it be?"

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Really a very entertaining and funny show, assuming you’re even mildy into cars & motor vehicles.

Jeremy has some great lines, the one foremost in my memory being (talking about some exotic car with a huge engine) “It sounds like Barry White chewing on wasps.” Loved that.

[xmission]

Clarkson seems to also take a dig at either America, or Americans every chance he gets.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Leave it to a liberal to drive a truck through a wall to find out if it is dangerous.

[Kimmers]

This is one of my favorite shows....too many funny moments to comment on but clearly this is not one of them.....however, driving a truck through a brick wall would require one to pause and think “maybe this is not a good idea”....but they are guys with the license and pocketbook to do what they want with fun cars with big engines and sometimes not.....it is a guys dream job.....

[JoeProBono]

“It sounds like Barry White chewing on wasps.”

Great line!

[JoeProBono]

"How hard could it be?"

[ABQHispConservative]

He does, and he also loves hatchbacks. Nobody is perfect, but at least he has the balls to stand up to the enviro-wackos.

[tupac]

Sounds like the bravest man in the world. No, in the Universe. Ever. The bravest most full of courage and the kind of grits that make men believe in something bigger than themselves kind of right stuff ever. Ever! You hear me! Ever!!!!!

But only if he didn’t wear a helmet with a facemask on it. He’s just another pussy if he did.

[csvset]

So we crashed the gate doin’ ninety-eight
I sez, let them truckers roll, 10-4

[JoeProBono]

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