Just found this article on yourtv.com.au
Top Gear criticised
Irreverent motoring show Top Gear has been criticised for reportedly glorifying speeding, just months after one of its presenters was almost killed in a high-speed crash.
In September 2006, co-presenter Richard Hammond narrowly escaped death when a jet-powered car he was driving at more than 450 kilometres per hour crashed at a Royal Air Force base near Leeds, England.
Though he suffered significant brain injuries, Hammond spent just five weeks in hospital and went on to make a full recovery. Footage of the crash was broadcast for the first time in an episode of Top Gear that recently went to air in the UK.
British politicians and road safety campaigners accused the episode of potentially influencing dangerous driving habits and have called for a public apology.
"[Co-presenter] Jeremy Clarkson said 'speed kills' and then pointed at Richard Hammond as if to say speed doesn't kill," a spokeswoman from road safety charity Brake told UK newspaper The Herald. "This glamorised speeding."
A BBC spokesman refuted the claims, saying the segment "could not have been a clearer illustration of the dangers as well as the excitement of speed".
My opinion is that Clarkson is spot on with his comment in a previous episode....
"Speed has never killed anyone, it's suddenly becoming stationary that kills you" Spot on JC