by
The_Walrus
@ 04 Jul. 2008 - 00:17:41
Fascinating item on a site called Techwatch...
Complaints about the behaviour of Top Gear presenters are becoming more frequent; this time the complaints were about drinking and driving, well in actual fact drinking while driving.
It was during the “Polar Special” episode of the show when presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May were seen to be drinking gin and tonics while driving a purpose built snow truck to the North Pole.
Although the complaints were upheld by the BBC Trust, the programme makers said that no laws had been broken due to the fact they were being filmed in international waters, where no actual drinking and driving laws exist.
The BBC Trust believe that these antics could give out the wrong message about drinking and driving to younger people, especially as the programme was shown before the watershed.
Frankly, I can't believe that there is any point taking notice of this "BBC Trust", whoever they are. Apart from anything else, it is doubtful that the cretins they are trying to protect even know what a gin and tonic is. If Clarkson had been so tasteless as to drink beer directly from the bottle, our little thugs would have known what was happening. The sight of a G & T, in a glass, perhaps with ice and lemon, would not have registered as a drink. More probably they would have said "Poofter's drink!" and got their knives out...