James Martin – Doing Damage Like Clarkson

Why oh why do we get represented in the media by such idiots. Jeremy Clarkson is for the most part a funny guy but when he is mostly the voice of car fans everywhere it isn’t exactly great. His hatred of words like global warming and climate change and his love of insulting people make us all seem like hedonistic fools and pompous assholes. Now though he has competition from James Martin, of the awful Mille Miglia TV program that was on a while back. He has decided to wade in and ‘joke’ about how he hates cyclists and had great fun scaring them, in a national newspaper! Being a bike user and a car user I know how much each side hates each other and to admit to purposefully driving dangerously towards cyclists in a written article is just plain idiocy.

here is what he actually said in his article (from BBC News, I couldn’t find anything on the Daily Mails site.)

“Knowing they wouldn’t hear me coming, I stepped on the gas, waited until the split-second before I overtook them, then gave them an almighty blast on the horn at the exact same time I passed them at speed.”

He added: “The look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge was the best thing I’ve ever seen in my rear-view mirror.”

After causing quite a lot of controversy and sparking a lot of complaints from cycling groups he then issued this apology.

“Regarding the The Tesla Roadster Article…

May I take this opportunity to apologize for any offence I have caused through the article in last weekend’s Mail on Sunday. It was never my intention to offend the many cyclists who share our roads across the country. What was intended to be a humorous piece was clearly misjudged. Further more I do not condone any form of reckless driving.

Once again, I am sincerely sorry for any upset caused in relation to this article.

James Martin”

Hmm, I think I may have missed the ‘joke’ there. I know I’ll go out for a drive later and try and hurt some cyclists, see if I understand the comedy element then.

Now an apology from me for the negativity of this post and lack of car pictures.

“Regarding the James Martin Article…

May I take this opportunity to apologize for any offence I have caused through the article in today’s blog post. It was never my intention to offend the many James Martin fans who share our roads across the country. What was intended to be a humorous piece was clearly misjudged. Further more I do not condone any form of negativity on the Internet.

Once again, I am sincerely sorry for any upset caused in relation to this blog post.

Loxlee”

See what I did there? I’m a comedy genius!