[pZyteX]

I know there are a few people on here that watch the show, so when I came across this news I thought I would post it.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Richard+Hammond&btnG=Search+News

 

[cannondalejunky]

thats crazy...thanx for posting

 

[mindlessfr]

thats absolutely ridiculous...he was reaching speeds up to 280mph when it happened

i kind of hate to say it but i was wondering when someone on that show was going to seriously get hurt in an acciedent like that

i also found this in one of the articles...
"The Vampire, sponsored by the Swedish company Thule, weighs 2,200 lbs, is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile (depending on the speed). The jet-car accelerates from 0 to 272 mph in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine and is theoretically capable of 370mph. The Vampire holds the "Outright British Land Speed Record" with a blistering fast 300.3mph"

 

[DHS]

so sad to hear.

but i would have wanted to drive that too

thanks for posting

poor hamster

 

[partsbara]

sorry to hear about it... but it s along the line of steve irwin... play with fire .............

sure he could drive but he was no peter brock... another aussie fatality that didn t make international headlines... RIP 05

 

[skinny mike]

it seems he has moved up to stable condition.
http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=131419&region=3

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

this make me wonder how awesome and dangerous were the late 90s, superspeedway races on CART. the ones when they hit 250mph+ at the end of the straights....

that was a freaking roman circus. too bad i never went to michigan or fontana at their peaks.

 

[Changleen]

I hope he makes it, he's pretty decent presenter.

 

[ukjason]

cant believe you lot watch Top gear

 

[partsbara]

people die without TV over here..

 

[valve bouncer]

cant believe you lot watch Top gear

Your country may be the shell of a once mighty empire but your telly is still pretty good. Hopefully he'll be OK and Clarkson will be able "give 'im 'eaps".

 

[Ciaran]

this make me wonder how awesome and dangerous were the late 90s, superspeedway races on CART. the ones when they hit 250mph+ at the end of the straights....

that was a freaking roman circus. too bad i never went to michigan or fontana at their peaks.

A bit more dangerous than now but not much. Formula cars are built for that kind of speed. Sadly I have seen quite a few drivers die on live television. The Krosnoff and the Moore crashes were pretty bad to watch.

What was far more dangerous were the NASCAR races bnefore restrictor plates and roof flaps. I think the crash that made them stop and change things was the car that flew into the starters box and killed the track workers.