OT: Hammond's crash

From memory, the last thing I heard was an exclamation of surprised which suggested to me that something had gone wrong in the control system - maybe a glitch that imagined the accelerator was being pressed ?

Of course the manufacturers will deny this, as they did with all the US cars which started accelerating on their own.

Everything will be built down to a price, not up to a standard. So a cheap component with no secondary or tertiary separate feed would be par for the course.

It seems to be axiomatic that the only way to ensure safety is to legislate for it. As the history of the motor car demonstrates.

Very unlikely it broke just at the point of crossing the finishing line. What I saw in the finished episode was Hammond crossing the finish line, then looking confused, like "where am I supposed to go now?" - it didn't look like a "oh my god the controls aren't responding" face. Did he not see the finish line and thought there was more track?

And what is this about?

I can guess but most won't have seen it since they have better things to spend their money on than looking at paid for tv of people who act like children in cars.

Brian

Then don't pay for it.