31 Crash - Wasn't on

daveannjon · Post by **daveannjon** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:49 pm

One amusing thing - the BBC website says the car is hit by a 170 ton locomotive - now I know 31s are heavy but.....

DaveW

y2flexy · Post by **y2flexy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:00 pm

it's getting shown tonight!

carlwestwood · Post by **carlwestwood** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:05 pm

blimey that was bad!!

Electricfox · Post by **Electricfox** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:07 pm

Whoa...yeah, that definately IS toast....

So remember....always wear a hi-vis jacket.

BTW....what was with the second Ped running behind...I mean, I know they've had their problems with age and that...but surely there's enough power in one ped to kill an Espacé?

johncas · Post by **johncas** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:08 pm

Was on tonight just saw it

trainmad · Post by **trainmad** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:10 pm

Best thing for a class 31...

*hides*

117305 · Post by **117305** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:15 pm

Personally i found some of the remarks made ,bye a certain mr clarkson most unpleasent

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:20 pm

They ought to make a tv advert out of that clip, should be effective and will get the message across.

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:21 pm

The footage was certainly startling - having watched it in slow motion on our digital service the front buffer beam of the loco reaches beyond the centreline of the car before the car starts to move. From my engineering background than means certain death for the driver and serious injuries at the very least for the front seat passenger. That more interesting thing was the amount of ballast flying around - any passing train in the other direction would surely have lost windows as a result ????

As expected - a potentially offensive manner of presenting but did we really expect anything else. As mentioned earlier - I prefer the Australian advert.

Has it achieved anything - well it will be interesting to see how many complaints the broadcasting standards people get.......

My last words on the subject (unless I have to come back in a moderator capacity - please don't make that happen).

Kindest regards

John

y2flexy · Post by **y2flexy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:23 pm

as much as i love top gear.. i wish clarkson took that more seriously

yj03ppv · Post by **yj03ppv** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:46 pm

Electricfox wrote:BTW....what was with the second Ped running behind...I mean, I know they've had their problems with age and that...but surely there's enough power in one ped to kill an Espacé?

31233 gave the crash loco (107) a little push; as 107 didn't have any motors AFAIK.

sparky123456 · Post by **sparky123456** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:48 pm

I think that would indeed make a very effective advert.

@Electricfox - the second 31 was pushing it, if I remember correctly the removed the engine etc from the 31 that hit the car, it wouldn't have been a wise idea to have a driver in that

.

Cheers

Chris

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:53 pm

Blast! I missed it!

Is it going to be repeated at any point?

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:56 pm

MuzTrem wrote:Blast! I missed it!
Is it going to be repeated at any point?

They usually show repeats on one of the UK living channels.

Elojikal · Post by **Elojikal** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:06 pm

Top Gear gets hundreds upon thousands of complaints every week about whatever is the latest thing to cause outrage. The programme should carry a warning before it is shown that it is intended for people with a sense of humour.

If the feature had been filmed and presented in a deadly serious and sombre manner then the intended audience would have simply switched off.

RE: the programme itself is usually repeated sometime during the week so have a look on the Radio Times website. If you have NTL/Virgin Media then it's available anytime with the video on demand service.