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As just played on Today Tonight the story was hoon driving and how kids try to emulate Top Gear.

The story was based on some idiot on you tube in a s14 who made a try out video for top gear drifting on public roads thinking he was a hero.

I just thought this would be a good discussion.

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Yeah just watched it. While he shouldn't have done it on public roads i think they went too far saying everyone does it to try and be like the stig. Most of what Top Gear do is on their own track, they hardly encourage people to do it on the street. Not good for import drivers to have this shyte in the news.

Today Tonight is using Channel 9's fuckup (bad reporting, shonky editing and dodgy sources) to make a stab at Top Gear, which Channel 9 acquired the rights to last year.

Top Gear is a ratings cash cow, make the public complain about the program by writing in, and it'll be yanked off the air. Channel 7 wins.

Kapish?

What he made was a Vid to try out for Top Gear...

Yes but obviously he was too much of an idiot to consider the other people on the roads.

Nothing against him for making the video to try out for top gear but perhaps he should have kept it to the track or pans.

It drives me crazy that the media is always blaming TV but perhaps if these idiots had more access to proper facilities it wouldn't be so bad.

And the other half should just have their licenses taken away from them.

Yes but obviously he was too much of an idiot to consider the other people on the roads.

Nothing against him for making the video to try out for top gear but perhaps he should have kept it to the track or pans.

It drives me crazy that the media is always blaming TV but perhaps if these idiots had more access to proper facilities it wouldn't be so bad.

And the other half should just have their licenses taken away from them.

Maybe you could call ACA and get them to do a story on how bad Today Tonight is for blaming the TV for it, and then pin it on the state government, and bring up all the track closures over the years.

We'll never win when it comes to the media. This crap sells newspapers and such. Did you hear the voices they used to read the "facebook comments"?

I don't watch the crap... I actually get in arguments with my olds when they're watching as I point out how one sided every single story is... They hate me doing that, as they then have to think...

already gone through this in the Wastelands section, basically ACA made up some crap about some guy on youtube to promote Top Gear (which they have the rights to), ACA has been caught out so their laying low, Today tonight are jumping on the band wagon to try and get people to complain enough so someone takes TopGear (a massive world wide success) off the air....

As just played on Today Tonight the story was hoon driving and how kids try to emulate Top Gear.

The story was based on some idiot on you tube in a s14 who made a try out video for top gear drifting on public roads thinking he was a hero.

I just thought this would be a good discussion.

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hey guys i know carlo from today tonight and he has been drifting that road for years long before top gear was even thought of i even used to go out with them some times they dont just go drifting round not knowing wats coming towards them they have people at the top bottom and more people in the middle of the hills so if any cars do come they communicate and let the each other know wats happening and i also know that carlos s14 is set up for drifting, and that road he is drifting on no one ever uses apart from the odd car from time to time.

Everybody has their own agenda...

Channel 9 has their own agenda = a top rating show

Carlo has his own agenda = do I need to repeat it?

Channel 7 has their own agenda = to pull Channel 9's pants down

The viewers make their judgement and...

WE GET CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE :)

Why is it that when someone does something stupid and gets caught and ACA does there job, which is to sensationalise things, people complain about ACA and jump in to defend the IDIOTS of the world.

This guy is why people get defects on there car or their friends killed.

Im all for doing skids and having fun but FFS, Grow up people.

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