Barely Legal Drivers

wheezee

If you have the nerve, I invite you to take a look at this BBC3 offering:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Chantelle/

You are sharing the road with Chantelle :shock: ...

danlikesbikes

60's last night before switching off to watch pain dry &/or get the mind bleach out

hulla the hulla

Sadly watched this and her driving is appalling!! Unfortunately she is a typical by product of the X factor generation. She didn't have her own car as she swapped it for 2 bottles of champagne (!!!??) so was driving her dads Clio which is, as we all know made from old tin cans. Imagine the damage she could do if she managed to win big at the races (watch the episode and you'll understand what this means) and gets her dream car, a 2.5 tonne Range Rover, "likes what that there Katie Price drives init" !!

wheezee

I just watched it to the end. The moral of the story is: No matter how badly behaved, aggressive, dangerous and stupid you are, the BBC are prepared to reward you with a new car at the licence-payer's expense.

And the boy's mother was actually trying to defend him for drink-driving!

thegreatdivide

I’m 100% convinced that last weekend I saw a fat kid of non driving age who looked very similar to the one from the Goonies drive past me in a Suzuki jeep with a manic grin on his face. Said kid then overtook me a little later. I was on country roads and I reckon he was a farm brat who’d just gone out for a spin in his old man’s car.

LegendLust

I'd watch if it was 'Barely Legal Divers'

wheezee

thegreatdivide wrote:

I’m 100% convinced that last weekend I saw a fat kid of non driving age who looked very similar to the one from the Goonies drive past me in a Suzuki jeep with a manic grin on his face. Said kid then overtook me a little later. I was on country roads and I reckon he was a farm brat who’d just gone out for a spin in his old man’s car.

I was in rural Wales a few years ago and watched what must have been an 8-10 year old sauntering across the road with broken shotgun under his arm.

I am getting so old...

peat

I watched this. I don't know why.

It's left me angry about the uses of the licence fee plus what sort of message does it send out to young drivers? Why did one 'HAVE' to win the car? Because it's tele? Neither of them deserved it.

Cookie91

wheezee wrote:

You are sharing the road with Chantelle :shock: ...

I live in Bristol and unfortunately have to potentially share the road with this idiot. Thankfully, another driver got me first on tuesday night. So at least while im off the bike she cant get me!

Perhaps the BBC should reward good drivers rather than these ungrateful, dangerous and inconsidered w*nkers.

peat

One bit that particularly razzed me was when the lad did 100mph. The ex-fuzz made a big thing about it how dangerous it was. I'm sorry, but driving for half a mile at 100mph on a straight and empty motorway is not inherently dangerous. It's the standard jobsworth policing: 99mph = stiff talking too / 100mph = ban. At least when he was doing so he was paying full attention to the task, unlike that horrendopig who seemingly wanted to do anything other than concentrate on driving.

Trying to drive while toxicated however was unforgivable.

Put them all in a leaky boat.

CiB

Who paid for the car in the end? And why did either have to win it? If one had been good and the other not so good that would have been ok, but having the girl who was an absolute danger on the road v a youth who was right t!t, how could either be judged to deserving of winning? Both should have been stood in a room and giving the biggest b0ll0cking they've ever had in their lives, not rewarded with a car for not being as bad as the other guy.

Awful programme.

wheezee

CiB wrote:

Who paid for the car in the end?

You did, if you've paid for your TV Licence this year. What were you thinking?

CiB

TBH I'm not really that bothered about the cost - a 2005 Corsa costs between £1500 & £2000 apparently which as a ratio of the cost of 60 minute tv programme is minuscule. It was the idea that one of them being complete numpty v the other who was a bit of a twonk ended up with one of them being deemed worthy of a car, just by being not as bad as the opposition. Instead of the least-worst getting her paws on a ropey old motor, they should both have had a huge shouting-at, for driving on the phone, road rage, doing her make-up and just for a complete dimwit who should never have a licence in the first place. The other youth actually wasn't that bad until he tried to drive home after a drop too much pop.

When's it on again? I demand more outrage.

graeme_s-2

I don't think the setup is that one of the two have to win a car. I think they both could have got a car, or neither of them could have got a car. I think they're being compared to some (apparently quite low) benchmark as opposed to being compared with each other.

Anonymous

Personally I have long hoped that the days of having to pay a licence fee to fund the BBC are coming to an end.
It infuriates me that we are forced to pay money for something we may not even use and then watch what they spend it on :evil:
It was OK when there were just 2, 3 or even 4 channels, and I know they make some great programmes, but the bad outweighs the good these days IMO. Even the BBC news is virtually Sky News!

Years ago a Radio 1 DJ (dark curly hair with big conk and medallions, younger than DLT) gloated when Sky started charging for stuff and loads of people gave up the service. I remember thinking that thousands more would dump the Beeb if their services were 'optional'!

Camus

I wonder if there wasn't an element of production crew manipulation/coercion to get more controversial footage, both teens knew there were cameras all over their cars so why continue to drive badly and behave stupidly, unless they're just actually that brain dead or susceptible to peer pressure, a distinct possibility.

It reminded me of another show on BBC3 called Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents, it's the exact same format but with cars instead of free trips to the Med's 18-30 hot spots. One of those that keeps you watching to see if it can get any worse.

ricky1980

i thought the fringes of Hollywood was ripping titles off the main-stream. didn't realise Beebs are ripping titles off the "adult industry" shameful!!!

watch some last night, it looks like a mix of TOWIE/Made in Chelsea and some traffic cop show. Terrible stuff, got no value whatsoever other than prompting yobbism on the roads as the younger ones will see this sort of behaviour as cool and fun to do, and the worst thing is there is no consequence for the offending drivers other than a session of advanced lesson. The kid said he doesn't believed the lessons will help and he sees nothing he has done are that bad as there are worse out there. Pointless programme!!!

dennisn

Couldn't watch anything as I am over here, but from what I gather this sounds very much like a scripted reality show of sorts. People being morons for the camera? No real reality involved? :roll: :roll:

giant_man

I didn't watch it, good thing as I would get too angry, possibly start hurling things at TV ....

Jez mon

Graeme_S wrote:

I don't think the setup is that one of the two have to win a car. I think they both could have got a car, or neither of them could have got a car. I think they're being compared to some (apparently quite low) benchmark as opposed to being compared with each other.

That was the impression I got. The show also seemed (both weeks) to be trying to catch them out with drink driving, i.e. borrow a car for a week, drive to clubs that you'd usually not drive to, then get caught out...

Of course, that doesn't mitigate the lad's actions, but it does feel extremely fake.

The traffic cop seems overly preoccupied, I'm not a boy racer nutter, but it's clearly only part of driving safely. The girl in the first week used her phone tones of times and yet, still got a car!

cheaterkiller

Jez mon wrote:

Graeme_S wrote:

I don't think the setup is that one of the two have to win a car. I think they both could have got a car, or neither of them could have got a car. I think they're being compared to some (apparently quite low) benchmark as opposed to being compared with each other.

That was the impression I got. The show also seemed (both weeks) to be trying to catch them out with drink driving, i.e. borrow a car for a week, drive to clubs that you'd usually not drive to, then get caught out...

Of course, that doesn't mitigate the lad's actions, but it does feel extremely fake.

The traffic cop seems overly preoccupied, I'm not a boy racer nutter, but it's clearly only part of driving safely. The girl in the first week used her phone tones of times and yet, still got a car!

Not only did the Vicky Pollard wannabe use her mobile while driving, she was practically dancing behind the wheel. Offenses such as phone use, drink driving, or significant mistakes should have been an instant fail with regards to getting a new car. I think she deserved to have her breasts amputated. Whats more to the point, does anyone know what police force to report this ridiculous bitch to? The program clearly has enough evidence for a conviction.

CiB

I read that one of the subjects was a bit miffed to discover what the show was about. Her story was that she'd signed up for a programme about confident young people and their socialising, and only discovered it was about crap drivers when she saw herself on the trailer for it. It makes sense - the prod co could hardly announce they were looking for terrible drivers who would be happy to drive about with cameras on the dash.

Saw about a minute of it last night before having to turn it off. There's only so much squawking girls driving badly that I can take, and the quota passed Max with last week's prog.

alihisgreat

Thanks for sharing the vid.. I'm a young driver (20)... but f*ck me - I thought my sister was a bad driver.. and this is just another level.

Terrifying.

cheaterkiller

CiB wrote:

I read that one of the subjects was a bit miffed to discover what the show was about. Her story was that she'd signed up for a programme about confident young people and their socialising, and only discovered it was about crap drivers when she saw herself on the trailer for it. It makes sense - the prod co could hardly announce they were looking for terrible drivers who would be happy to drive about with cameras on the dash.

Saw about a minute of it last night before having to turn it off. There's only so much squawking girls driving badly that I can take, and the quota passed Max with last week's prog.

You mean this silly slappa:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -show.html

Im gonna try and find her on facebook and ridicule her for what she is.

Edit: How do you comment on facebook profiles/pics? Shes a right tart.

http://www.facebook.com/amyjayxo/about

danlikesbikes

cheaterkiller wrote:

You mean this silly slappa:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -show.html

Have just read that report & well where to start. So she wants to go on a reality TV show, makes the show, gets told what the show is really about afterwards, signs a release form, parent signs a release form, see highlights of the show then after all that when the show is put on TV thinks it makes her look bad so complains that she was set up.

Am glad I only watched about 60 seconds of it after moving to another channel.

wiznaeme

. by Peat » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:41 am

One bit that particularly razzed me was when the lad did 100mph. The ex-fuzz made a big thing about it how dangerous it was. I'm sorry, but driving for half a mile at 100mph on a straight and empty motorway is not inherently dangerous.

Eh.... "Driving at high speed is not inherently dangerous". Urban myth number 99.

Ok, so why only 100mph, what about 125mph or 145 mph. Most BMWs, Mercs, etc are mechanically limited to 155mph. Does 155 mph sound 'not inherently dangerous' on a public road.

Where is this 'empty' motorway anyway. Is it more empty than Formula One racetracks; because even these gifted drivers keep striking things. Do drivers on this empty motorway know for sure that a lorry hasn't just dropped some debris onto the road. What if there is a driver behind you on the phone at 105mph. What if someone doing 70mph changes lane, Is it still not dangerous?

If we aspire to drive in a way that is merely 'not inherently dangerous', rather than trying to be safe, we are setting a very low standard to reach. I wonder who will suffer most by such an approach, cyclists perhaps.

If you want to drive fast go to a race track, where staff will give you a pre-race briefing on the dangers of speed. (But what do they know?)

jordan_217

WiznaeMe wrote:

. by Peat » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:41 am

One bit that particularly razzed me was when the lad did 100mph. The ex-fuzz made a big thing about it how dangerous it was. I'm sorry, but driving for half a mile at 100mph on a straight and empty motorway is not inherently dangerous.

Eh.... "Driving at high speed is not inherently dangerous". Urban myth number 99.

Ok, so why only 100mph, what about 125mph or 145 mph. Most BMWs, Mercs, etc are mechanically limited to 155mph. Does 155 mph sound 'not inherently dangerous' on a public road.

Where is this 'empty' motorway anyway. Is it more empty than Formula One racetracks; because even these gifted drivers keep striking things. Do drivers on this empty motorway know for sure that a lorry hasn't just dropped some debris onto the road. What if there is a driver behind you on the phone at 105mph. What if someone doing 70mph changes lane, Is it still not dangerous?

If we aspire to drive in a way that is merely 'not inherently dangerous', rather than trying to be safe, we are setting a very low standard to reach. I wonder who will suffer most by such an approach, cyclists perhaps.

If you want to drive fast go to a race track, where staff will give you a pre-race briefing on the dangers of speed. (But what do they know?)

The speed limiter is electronic, not mechanical.

peat

Eh?

I was more on about the difference between 99mph and 100mph - An automatic driving ban.

77mph is also awfully fast when things go wrong.

My point was that the program gives out the message of 'Play with your phone, Dance, do anything other than concentrate on driving and you can win a car! - But momentarily drive at a high speed on a long straight and you are a hazard to society.' It's a bit befuddling.

cheaterkiller

WiznaeMe wrote:

. by Peat » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:41 am

One bit that particularly razzed me was when the lad did 100mph. The ex-fuzz made a big thing about it how dangerous it was. I'm sorry, but driving for half a mile at 100mph on a straight and empty motorway is not inherently dangerous.

Eh.... "Driving at high speed is not inherently dangerous". Urban myth number 99.

Ok, so why only 100mph, what about 125mph or 145 mph. Most BMWs, Mercs, etc are mechanically limited to 155mph. Does 155 mph sound 'not inherently dangerous' on a public road.

Where is this 'empty' motorway anyway. Is it more empty than Formula One racetracks; because even these gifted drivers keep striking things. Do drivers on this empty motorway know for sure that a lorry hasn't just dropped some debris onto the road. What if there is a driver behind you on the phone at 105mph. What if someone doing 70mph changes lane, Is it still not dangerous?

If we aspire to drive in a way that is merely 'not inherently dangerous', rather than trying to be safe, we are setting a very low standard to reach. I wonder who will suffer most by such an approach, cyclists perhaps.

If you want to drive fast go to a race track, where staff will give you a pre-race briefing on the dangers of speed. (But what do they know?)

Oh fudge not this BS. What if a gamma ray burst went off 3000 light years away and it pointed strait at earth? What if the highly energetic particles being emmited by the sun suddenly intensified dramatically, stripping earth of its atmosphere? What if the korean ruler has another temper tantrum and presses a red button? What if Susan Boyle exposes herself? What if a massive commet, steroid or planet struck the earth? What if all the americans farted at the same time? What if the sun started evolving into its red giant stage about now? Regardless of whether you are driving at 30 or 130mph if just one (I literally mean just one!) of my planet wrecking possibilities became reality, you would be in serious shít.

Car drivers are often crap but its rarely their speed thats the problem. Im fed up of nearly being killed by dozey cagers that just dont bother to be aware of my presence.

houston26

I'd rather someone was driving quicker and paying attention then someone on her phone, dancing, doing her make up, and screaming so loud that I swear my speakers were gonna blow!

As a bus driver I see all this everyday, this show points the finger at new drivers when there's a lot worse out there!

I was terrible when I passed my test, looking back now I honestly regret the way I drove, though thankfully before mobiles were mainstream and I never touched a drink