petition against top gear

[henryandlesley]

This is a petition for the BBC to ask Mr J Clarkson to apologise for the way he was driving and saying that this is how green lanning is done when it was more like pay and play days (off roading)

Henry cox    (mud club member)
Gavin Smith (mud club member)
please ask if you want your name down and once I have enough I will email it to the bbc

[Lincs niva]

Yes put my name down please

Gavin Smith (mud club member)

Cheers Gav

[stuntman]

Whoa!

I'm a hunter, I always have been, I always will, I don't agree with certain aspects of the new laws but I stand by what I belive in. I felt that topgear showed the hunters as 'toffs' the way they went out with a very small field, I however don't feel the need to ask for an appology from Jezza.

freedom of speach is important, I didn't agree with the way greenlaning was portrayed either, however I like the fact that topgear is happy to offend people and sod the consquences! By next week no-one will care and topgear appologising will look like a lot of bitter people have written in to 'demand satisfaction'

Surely offering the show a chance to go out with a group of people who are either going to a pay and play site of 'senic' greenlaning would have more beneficial and we won't look like a bunch of people trying to make a point by making a stink and demanding an appology.

Just my 2 pence worth.

[MudRat]

I'm with Stuntman, waste of time. It was entertaining TV, set up from the start. Anyway I like the way we were all described as murderers!  So much more than a car show!

[lee celtic]

Absolute waste of time ...

They will have already filmed the series so any apology would be next year (if ever) and by then the bobblies will have used it to the full  :roll:

better off being good and proactive on the lanes we have left to build bridges if possible with the local councils and stop closures that way.

[ade666]

is this what its come to that people on here have nothing more worrying in their lives than moaning about top gear driving across private property. i noticed very few of you moaned when they ripped up the desert or drove to the north pole. the show won't make any difference to what the government do regarding greenlaning. all that will happen is jezza will take the pee out of any letters of complaint and worst case is top geqar gets taken off the air

[Tommo]

yeah leave em to it.

and as fort hem driving tot he north pole im pretty sure you could drop as much litter as you want and the ony people who would notice would be the guys who run google earth.

[Lincs niva]

Was it private land though???

There is one section where Clarkson enters a "lane" and there is quite clearly a sign (Byway/Bridleway/Footpath) on the left hand side..unfortunately I could not make out what it said

I can assure you if anyone of us drove a lane like he did we would be issued with a section 59

Cheers Gav

[glaggs]

In general I think Top gear champion the right of choice in the face of a sad pc world. I will be watching the repeat - but I guess the show will have simply reinforced peoples views not altered them - those that hate us still will and the people who still see life as a journey to be enjoyed will have had their views reinforced.

[crusader]

what day is the repeat on

Tonight at Wed 23 july 7 Pm

oh so we a clear i will NOT be signing this petition as i don't agree

[boss]

2 things

the series isn't already filmed! they will be recording today.

and are you not just making things worse?! he isn't going to apologise and if he does then it will be followed by something smug. i relay fail to see what you are all trying to achieve! the damage has been done, i dare say there are more productive and entertaining ways to use this forum than moan about clarkson.
last series they did a film ripping the [throw it] out of the caravan club and caravans in general....did he apologise for that?

infarct you should all be making a petition for Hammond as a landrover enthusiast he should have known the repercussions of the film!
get him to apologise! that way you wont be waisting your time!

[strapping young lad]

im pretty sure the dig was at ramblers not 4x4'ers

[Bishops Finger]

Top Gear is about fun and freedom of speech...nuff said!

[Rich_P]

I just know that if my grandfather saw it, I'll be getting earache off him the next time I meet him.  He is one of the blind many who don't understand things and follow whatever the media says. 

[Boggert]

Look I figure it this way... No matter what we say or do the bobbles are going to hate us... So who cares...



As for Top gear, they were clearly playing on a private estate... who cares what they do... I found it entertaining...

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

As one who has occasionally followed a fox hunt, I found it quite amusing. My wife and daughter who have 'riden to hounds' thought it was great and wondered if I would be prepared to tow a lure soaked in fox wee behind the Disco.
The only bit that bothered me slightly was when JC seemed to drive right through what appeared to be a woodland full of bluebells. It may seem petty, but there are not many places left in the UK where flora and fauna grows unmolested, saying that it did seem that he was on a track, so hopefully no harm done.
It seemed as if most of the action took place on private land, so legally there wouldn't have been a problem.
The misrepresentation of green laning wasn't great, but it is a TV programme and lets face it, it was made to entertain, which it did.
I would like to see the TG team do a section on off roading at somewhere like Tixover. It would be great to see JC start to quack as the water rises in the cab of Landy and to hear May say 'Oh Cock' when he gets stuck in the middle of a deep mud hole.
Perhaps we should concentrate our energies on trying to educate the RA and HMG into thinking that we are not a load of enviro physco terrorists, rather than having a pop at a programme that sticks two fingers up at the fluffy PC world we now seem to inhabit.

[pux]

^^^^ well said there shag..can we now stop throwing are teddy's everywhere .. also can not belivie i have agreed with two policemen in a space of a week ;)

[Eeyore]

To heck with it, I'll sign the petition 

[Tinkerbell]

I can see where both sides are coming from but i have to say it is very likely to give us more of a bad name than we have already. You can put my name down

[thermidorthelobster]

It's nothing to do with whether they were on private land or not.

They SAID they were green laning, very clearly, several times.  And then went charging around fields like loons.  Private land or not, in the mind of anybody watching who didn't know already, green laning is charging around in a 4x4 like a loon.

So next time the Ramblers start complaining about irresponsible 4x4 use, the general public thinks yeah, they have a point actually, we saw green laning on top gear and they were tearing up the countryside.

I think we need to wake up and smell the coffee here;  otherwise there won't BE any green laning in the future.  Next time there is a public debate about it, what chance do we stand with such blatant misinformation on one of the most widely watched programmes on TV?

That said, I'm not going to petition, because Top Gear don't give a toss about what anybody else thinks;  Clarkson doesn't care how much damage he does, as long as he continues to play the big man and make money hand over fist.  Petitioning is not the right way to go about it, but I don't know what is.

[Eeyore]

I agreed to sign because I want to be seen to stand by my principles.

Yet another fine example my doing the unwise and unpopular!  :lol:

.....if anyone has any really thick skin going spare, please post to:

Eeyore
The Stables
Mud-Club Manor

 :lol:  ;)

[madmatt]

I Don't want to sign the petition leave me out of it please. Ta