Road safety campaigners have called on the BBC to axe Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, after he bragged at the Hay Festival about driving at excessive speed on a public highway.
“I got a great speeding ticket,” Britain’s leading petrolhead said. “I think it was 186 in the Limehouse Link.”
Clarkson’s comments were blasted as “bragging and boasting” by bereaved father Steve Mohabir, the only survivor when a speeding BMW crossed the central reservation and ploughed into his vehicle, killing seven.
Mary Williams, chief executive of road safety charity Brake, demanded Clarkson’s sacking, saying: “Jeremy Clarkson is extremely offensive and irresponsible.”
“Of course,” replied the BBC. “And so are his viewers. That’s what we pay him for.”
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