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karohemd1. On Wednesday, the Hamster crashes a crazy car in reasonably controlled conditions while undoubtedly being aware of the possible risks involved. However, it was his own decision to take that risk and he didn't endanger anyone else and definitely not the public. He was seriously injured but is on his slow way of recovery. Despite this, there are calls for the BBC to scrap Top Gear because it "promotes obsession with speed and acceleration".
2. Today, the Transrapid crashed on its German test track (mainly used as a tourist attraction) into a maintenance vehicle and 15 people die (so far, there's little hope for the rest of the 21 passengers now). None of the passengers on that train had any control over their journey and as far as they (or any routine journey) was concerned, there were no risks in taking that journey. There will be an investigation and those responsible will be held responsible but I doubt very much that this will be the end of the Transrapid (which is quite fast, too), neither the existing commercial track in China nor any of those planned around the world.
Both were accidents, presumably caused by human failure.
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Date: 22/9/06 05:21 pm (UTC)* hug *
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Date: 22/9/06 05:27 pm (UTC)While there is a considerable conservative base in Germany, they seem to be more reasonable than their British counterpart...
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Date: 22/9/06 05:32 pm (UTC)For your comparison to be valid, you would have to compare a suggestion to ban cars, due to the crash, to a suggestion of banning the Transrapid.
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Date: 22/9/06 05:36 pm (UTC)The reaction to the Hamster crash is still blown out of proportion.
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Date: 22/9/06 05:44 pm (UTC)Don't forget...
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Date: 22/9/06 06:04 pm (UTC)To be honest, I have never understood the attraction of Top Gear, and always felt that it was a rather irresponsible show.
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Date: 22/9/06 06:12 pm (UTC)Re: Don't forget...
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Date: 22/9/06 06:25 pm (UTC)This should interest you - explains one concept as to why so many feel that it is inappropriate to have safety nets.
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Date: 23/9/06 11:27 pm (UTC)IIRC, MM was specifically mentioned during the Columbine investigation.