View Full Version : Richard Hammond
Dunno if you lot have heard on the news...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm
Ricky G
20-09-06, 09:41 PM
i hope the bloke is ok he's a legend! top gear wouldnt be the same without him!
coochiSR
20-09-06, 09:44 PM
second that
Dan
jesus i didnt even know
hope hes ok
thats unlucky, hope hes alrite makes me laugh
Ricky G
20-09-06, 10:14 PM
i watched one of the best top gears ever the other day! it was when they went on a caravan holiday and ended up setting it on fire! i was laughing so much my sides wer hurting! altho all the shows seem to be funny!
Haha yeah their roadtrips in various vehicles are hilarious. Hope he makes a full recovery, he's a cool guy.
rednova
20-09-06, 10:28 PM
just seen it on the news - hope hes ok, mr H is a great presenter whether its topgear or braniac
Phil
Lucky Luke!
20-09-06, 10:33 PM
He's a nice guy to, met him outside mercy in Norwich once, was willing to chat for ages and didn't take the rise when i said i had a nova!
shy witness
20-09-06, 10:49 PM
heard that on the news there
really hope he's ok
he seems great craic and a generalyy nice guy as far as i can see
That sucks. I would be gutted if we lost him. He really is irreplaceable.
Hope he pulls through! We cant lose Steve Irwin and RH as well!
Hope he's ok, seen him at MPH once, last year i think, still, hope he's ok
Novadex
20-09-06, 11:49 PM
what can ya say to that??? all the best off luck!
Hope he's ok, it wouldn't be Top Gear without the hamster.
Ricky G
21-09-06, 12:26 AM
im listening to sky news and they are saying he is in a stable condition! that is good right? i go on about 5 different forums for each cars i like and every one is saying the same "it wouldnt be the same without him"
He could be nearly dead tho, but stable as in not getting worse ?
it was a shame too hear about this, hope he pulls through.
ste porter
21-09-06, 05:02 AM
from what i gather he was doing around 260-280 when it went tits up hes an awsome chap spent ages chatting to him in the pits at rockingham when they interviewed my uncle
Matt2107
21-09-06, 09:44 AM
The Hammster is a legend and I really do think Clarko and Maye would struggle without him.
wisewood
21-09-06, 10:00 AM
Hope he comes out of this ok.
Proof, if proof were needed though, that driving at 4 times the maximum legal speed limit is dangerous. You have been warned 1.2 Merit owners!
TommySR
21-09-06, 10:02 AM
hope he pulls through, good presenter and seems like sound bloke
Hope he comes out of this ok.
Proof, if proof were needed though, that driving at 4 times the maximum legal speed limit is dangerous. You have been warned 1.2 Merit owners!
lol
and who will open al the supermarkets/personal appearences he used to get ridiculed for ??
macc nova
21-09-06, 12:13 PM
the show wouldnt be tha same without his whiten teeth lol
Matt2107
21-09-06, 12:34 PM
Hope he comes out of this ok.
Proof, if proof were needed though, that driving at 4 times the maximum legal speed limit is dangerous. You have been warned 1.2 Merit owners!
dont forget the speedo's are always **** so they'd need to think they're going 6 or 7 times the speed limit. ;)
lol yer his tipex'd teeth! lol
yer i hope he pulls through!
beavy69
21-09-06, 04:47 PM
can only second what everyone has said but also we cannot loose a self professed ".....DRIVING GOD!"
cheshiresport
21-09-06, 05:04 PM
Hope he pulls through! We cant lose Steve Irwin and RH as well!
Totally agree, lets hope he pulls through our thoughts are with him and his family :thumb:
Dig deep... Chaps are helping out the Medical crew's running costs that got to Richard so quickly.
http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond
treeted
21-09-06, 05:49 PM
Yeah brainiac and top gear would be a loss without him as would TV in general. Just wish him all the best.
womble sri
21-09-06, 07:34 PM
bad one
real **** news to hear
hope the hamster makes a full a speedy recovery ,
TG really wouldnt be the same without him
Dig deep... Chaps are helping out the Medical crew's running costs that got to Richard so quickly.
http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond
this is gonna sound like im being a cnut but........... why now ?? i mean why should it take someone 'famous' to have an accident for people to start campaigning ? does that mean its alrite for the rest of us to be saved with old gear ??
or are they simply jumping on the bandwagon due to a high profile case ??
I see your point, they use this as an oppertunity to rake in extra funding .
think about it, A well know famous figure. Lots of people are going to suddenly be willing to donate to a cause they'd otherwise, have no knowledge of existing ! - it wouldn't really work if it was "dave the dustbinman from romford"
it's kinda the same principal as news papers reporting only the british deaths in foreign countries. No care what-so-ever for all the other poor buggers that get killed
It's not right, but then nothing really is in this country !
There are things like this happening all over the UK, but we only know about this one because the accident is so high profile. If this had happened to Joe Average it is still quite likely something like that would have been started by close friends or family, but would never have collected so much money because people just wouldn't know about it.
Well, it all goes to a good cause in the end ! Even if the way it's done is a little perversed
BBC latest (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5369512.stm)
Looks like he should be ok, although apparently there's a chance he's suffered brain injury.
Serves him right for selling the Charger lol
wisewood
22-09-06, 10:58 AM
Fundraising target: ?25,500.00Donations to date: ?31,667.00
So, no need for me to donate than, ?6,167 over their target - I timed that well lol
No, seriously though, I looked yesterday and their target was only ?7,000 or something like that - they're shifting the goalposts - greedy mofo's.
BBC latest (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5369512.stm)
Looks like he should be ok, although apparently there's a chance he's suffered brain injury.
Serves him right for selling the Charger lol
Maybe this brain injury has been lying undeteced for a while !
I post this purely in good taste, as knowing Hammonds sense of humour, he would find it amusing...
http://homepage.mac.com/philwatts/images/topgear.jpg
Matt2107
22-09-06, 01:00 PM
lol
beavy69
22-09-06, 03:43 PM
I just wish they would stop slating Top Gear as being dangerous and encouraging bad behaviour. Just because somone had and accident! Why don't they have a go at Red Bull events or something for encouraging people to do all sorts of exciting and extreme things. If people want to take risks they're going to do it regardless for their own pleasure.
wisewood
22-09-06, 04:04 PM
At the end of the day, Richard Hammond works in a job where he drives really fast cars to, and beyond their limits, all day every day. Something was bound to happen sooner or later, just by the law of averages.
It's a lucky escape - i just cant see why they're going to such length to say that the whole thing is being investigated etc. 300mph something went wrong, possibly a puncture, and the thing veered off course - its not designed to go round corners, so it will have flipped over - thats it.
linzTDI
22-09-06, 04:20 PM
if he out of intensive care it cant have been that bad! they just like to blow things out of proportion.
When it happened i went to the paper shop looked at all the papers layed out and everyone of them had it front page and all said he was doing a different speed.
Well, i don't think you could class any type of "brain injury" as "not that bad" lol
They get you out of IC as soon as possible, and onto a less intensive ward. A friend of mine from uni fell off a building, he was out of intensive care soon, but believe me, he was far from alright.
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