Hammond Critical - Top Gear Car Crash!

Sorry for the late reply.

Yeh the word profit was a bad word to use. I just was trying to say that I think they should be getting donations anyway. But that's just me....

I was in no way trying to say they are corrupt. It was just a bad choice of words on my part.
 
GT3 said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=406386&in_page_id=1770

Dunno if its been posted but just :rolleyes:

They are censoring comments too so only ones they like are being published.
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I sent this:

To be honest, I very rarely find such rubbish trying to be passed off as journalism these days, but this one ranks along side the most knee-jerk reactions I have ever witnessed. I didn’t know the Daily Mail employed such brainless robots and can’t believe this article made it past the editor.

When Richard Hammond reads this he’ll be spinning in his hospital bed, in fact, it will motivate him no ends to get back on the show, and back to full fitness, thanks for that.

Neil Lyndon my son, you are a fool to try and follow the mass hysteria surrounding this accident, and have shown yourself as a very poor writer, researcher and journalist, I’d demand my course fee’s back if I were you and go get a job in McDonalds.

Steven.

You think it will ne posted? :D
 
penski said:
You require an impact to fracture, no?

If you're strapped in to the vehicle, inside a safety cell, there's nothing really to hit.

Rather than a 5-point harness as noted by silversurfer, he would more than likely have a 6-point, 3" or 4" harness with helmet restraints (both HANS-style and a chin-strap to prevent your head snapping backwards on rapid acceleration) and arm restraints ensuring that your arms don't flail around.

Such provisions are par for the course in top fuel; one would imagine that the builders would provide similar.

*n
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Actually in very high "G " loading situations, your internal organs hitting the inside of your ribcage and sternum, can be enough to fracture them.

I realise this crash was not in that category, as it was a rolling crash, and not an impact crash, he would be unlikely to have seen much "G" loading at all, but it is a scary fact none the less, that your internal organs could break your ribcage in the right situation. :eek:

Alsao when the head is inside a safety cell in a crash helmet you can still get the situation where your head hits the helmet hitting the roll cage which could cause serious injury.
But judging by his rapid move out of ITU, I would assume he has nothing worse than bad brusing/swelling which can be controlled and medicated easily.
 
GT3 said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=406386&in_page_id=1770

Dunno if its been posted but just :rolleyes:

They are censoring comments too so only ones they like are being published.
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Complete double standards, check out the amount of policemen who get let off speeding offenses:

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=speeding+policeman&uri=/

If they infer Top Gear promotes unsafe driving, surely the police force is just as guilty if not more so?
 
I hope he makes a full recover, don’t think I could cope with another blow, we've already lost Stevey!
 
i've just heard he's out of IC - made me laugh, appearantly the hamster raised a smile, JC said to him " you're in hospital....... because your a crap driver"

I'm so glad he's seems well on the mend. keep it going hamster :D
 
Dead Dog said:
i've just heard he's out of IC - made me laugh, appearantly the hamster raised a smile, JC said to him " you're in hospital....... because your a crap driver"

I'm so glad he's seems well on the mend. keep it going hamster :D
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slightly stronger than 'a crap' driver ;), but yes, sounds good. On the other hand James May says 'he seems to recognise us' so that doesn't sound too fantastic to me :/
 
leaskovski said:
Maybe he is worried that hamster is gonna kick his ass because he decided not to drive the jet thus resulting in hamster having to do it? :p
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Do you really think hamster was like, "damn, because of that **** may, Ive GOT TO drive this 10000 jet car all day! dang, what a chore!"

I will put every penny I have on the table saying he loved every minute of it prior to the crash! He is a petrol head and it was a choice getting in the car. Im sure he knew it would be dangerous, but I'd have a go if they let me. I want to know what 10000 BHP feels like! :-)
I dont think captain slow was suited to the task, however it would have been great TV (obviously without the crash).

I hope he gets better, the signs look good if he's smiling, apparently no broken bones at all and only a black eye as well as the brain swelling. Sounds like that safety cage did a pretty good job! He was even talking at the scene telling them where it hurt,
I think papers are making it out to be worse than it is because of the little information they are being given, (although it is pretty bad and he and his family have my sympothy, I just hope he's the same old hamster when he's recovered).
 
Breaking News on Sky now:

"Top Gear presenter James May: The Hammond I know is perfactly intact" [deep inside] he said...

Make of that what you will...
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from the BBC....

Mr May said it was not a long talk "but it was a conversation".

"I'm not a doctor but I am his mate and I believe that deep inside the Hammond I know is perfectly intact," he said
 
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