Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that's what gets you.
@Pokehvid
9 жыл бұрын
ivanovsd Anyone who's been hit by a truck going 60+ mph would beg to differ.
@REASAND5
9 жыл бұрын
David van Wyhe to sum it up: brutal acceleration/negative acceleration is the cause, so you're both right
@Joke9972
7 жыл бұрын
It's the art to stop faster than your car while you're in it, farting in the direction of the obstruction doesn't help, but it spices up the experience ;)
@p1703
7 жыл бұрын
Of course, speed never killed anyone. That's why our Autobahns are by far the safest roads in Germany. You must just ensure that nobody stops too quickly in case of an accident - e.g. due to massive crash barriers to separate oncoming traffic. So even if you have a puncture at 150mph and you loose control, it takes a while and several hundred feet to stop, but nothing serious happens, because everything is aligned with all other traffic. It's a shame that more than 80% of the Autobahn kilometers have speed limits today, regardless of safety.
@piotrl.pawlak7851
7 жыл бұрын
It is not the speed... it is when you react and how you react. You can kill just by driving someone over going 25 mph and texting... or stop in time from 45 mph.
@SteveM000100
8 жыл бұрын
"We fitted a complicated measuring device to the side of our Anglia" - which is now fitted to everyone's smart phones.
@SteelmanArgument
7 жыл бұрын
Technology rocks :)
@mandataruu8685
6 жыл бұрын
ald good times 1990
@armkenz
6 жыл бұрын
if youre talking about gps speed sensoring - then yes. but this "complicated measuring device" is laser operated with a lot of sensors fitted around the car measuring the relative speed of the vehicle as a whole based on the ground around it. so no - it is not really in our phones and logically its impossible for it to be without extra peripherals
@Phenom98
5 жыл бұрын
¿? No, it's not.
@oventree
2 жыл бұрын
@@armkenz you could make an argument that lidar sensors in recent phones could achieve that same thing
@bkm83442
6 жыл бұрын
Simply put, a car engineered to go 150 mph is safer at any speed than one only engineered to go 70 mph.
@isobellaaustin
8 жыл бұрын
How did I end up watching this when I'm revising for my theory test tomorrow... That's procrastination at its peak
@DILifeWithMo
7 жыл бұрын
Isobella Austin the question is, did you pass?
@isobellaaustin
7 жыл бұрын
***** passed first time! Then I did my practical in February 2016 and passed that first time too!!
@DILifeWithMo
7 жыл бұрын
Isobella Austin congratulations :)
@isobellaaustin
7 жыл бұрын
MoJawidG56 thankyou so much!!
@alecags9957
7 жыл бұрын
Me too, on monday! procrastination :))) always.
@jonathansefcik473
4 жыл бұрын
The "garden roller" 911 wheel is about the size of wheels on most regular cars today.
@michaelevans5561
7 жыл бұрын
speed doesn't kill.inattentive drivers kill.
@MarkWright1963
6 жыл бұрын
michael evans Totally Agree
@danhard8440
5 жыл бұрын
totally agree also !!! I always laugh when you hear someone say that a car came out of no where and hit me haa haaa
@Decenium
7 жыл бұрын
before Peugeot fired the Chef du Suspension and started making orrible cars.
@Gobbbbb
6 жыл бұрын
love this comment.
@rorybone100
6 жыл бұрын
Avec l'interieur fabrique, spit et kleenex.
@Gobbbbb
6 жыл бұрын
SPIT ET KLEENEX WI WI WI
@no-damn-alias
5 жыл бұрын
Annd e went to furd
@Worstplayer
3 жыл бұрын
Salute la voiture 'orrible
@lijkenkist1
8 жыл бұрын
This was a time when people on TV liked to boast about the 'complicated computer devices' they used to measure things with
@FlashHarry621
11 жыл бұрын
He's right of course. Jumping off a 20-story building is fine for the first 19 stories - it's just that sudden stop afterwards that hurts.
@jacobraji2442
6 жыл бұрын
Clarkson admiring a Peugeot?...... Man this clip IS really old..
@FAT8893
5 жыл бұрын
He actually do admire the x05 and x06 Peugeot.
@690_5
7 жыл бұрын
Back when Peugeot was respectable and you NEEDED to be an idiot to crash it.
@RazorSharp75426
7 жыл бұрын
or to abuse it
@legoferrari14
10 жыл бұрын
The only justification for the "Speed Kills" lobby is because of some asshats who think they can drive like Colin McRae down public roads - blasting down as fast as possible and not even thinking of lifting or using the brakes.
@andykewley5416
7 жыл бұрын
Ironic given McRae's mantra was "if in doubt, flat out". Mind you, that guy was a legend and, as with Richard Burns, a huge loss to the sport.
@Reddsoldier
6 жыл бұрын
I blame the driving test for not legitimately teaching people to drive fast and instead focusing on menial stuff like thread a steering wheel. Think how much safer our roads would be if they taught stuff like surface awareness and the proper way to take corners at speed or decelerate/accident avoidance.
@mrflamewars
6 жыл бұрын
One of the best things Clarkson has ever said is "You don't realize how important brakes are until you're in an American car and you haven't really got them" True, this. It isn't just the terrible fuel economy that makes American cars crappy, after all.
@jonathansefcik473
6 жыл бұрын
In my experience there are occasions in everyday driving where a fast car is advantageous. The easiest example is a short, slow highway entrance ramp where you have to floor it in some cars just to get up to speed in time.
@Khazar01
11 жыл бұрын
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.” ― Jeremy Clarkson
@Gigidag77
7 жыл бұрын
Jeremy reccomending a peugeot. How times have changed.
@IndiBrony
6 жыл бұрын
Maniac.
@cerealboiz
4 жыл бұрын
@@IndiBrony Yobo
@Etherion195
6 жыл бұрын
i just found out that Clarkson is probably the only english person, who can pronounce porsche the right way.
@orion1983uk
4 жыл бұрын
And, hilariously, the Toyota Prius (pri-us rather than pree-us)
@dylancrichton1073
4 жыл бұрын
Love the angle of the car at full lock around a corner. Jeremy was lucky he didn't fall through the passenger door.
@Rickusty
9 жыл бұрын
85 feet Jeremy, 85 !!
@malrifin9
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson for showing the intelligence of us Germans. No Speed Limit on the Autobahn and the best cars.
@Gigasimo456
7 жыл бұрын
Autobahn is surely a good idea, but "best cars" pls no :P
@kuugeli
7 жыл бұрын
Autobahns sure are a great way to transport a lot of troops to the neighboring countries.
@Itsmeeman1
7 жыл бұрын
There ARE speed limits on most of the Autobahns.
@RazorSharp75426
7 жыл бұрын
Simone Bondi 'best cars'? maybe not. but 'well engineered'? I say yes.
@MrWhite-pn7ui
6 жыл бұрын
More like OVER engineered. They're good at making dealerships money, that's for sure.
@MrROTD
7 жыл бұрын
All of this technical goodness means nothing when theres a blind 80 year old behind the wheel
@EarlFaulk
7 жыл бұрын
Or their peripheral vision is shot to hell owing to age.
@GODOFHELLFIRE3
8 жыл бұрын
On principle, I agree with Clarkson's argument that everyone would be safer driving at 200 miles an hour because you'd have to concentrate on your driving more. And that would work, if everyone was sensible and drove properly. Unfortunately, in the real world, where we all live, lots of people are not sensible and do not drive properly, so you'd get some dingbat driving at 200 miles an hour while checking their Facebook status. The resultant crash would be a massacre. So that's why we have the limit. Crash at 50-70, you might survive. Crash at much more than a hundred and you definitely won't.
@judgedredd49
7 жыл бұрын
You do mean on a race track dont you Are you saying that driving on our roads at 200 mph is sensible Are you from the same planet as Clarkson.
@GODOFHELLFIRE3
7 жыл бұрын
judgedredd49 Are you completely misunderstanding my argument and making me look ridiculous by adding loads of question marks for no reason?????????????????????
@judgedredd49
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe if so sorry mate. I have taken the ???? off. Had no intentions of ridiculing you. If you feel that way sorry it was not my intention but Clarkson and his Hubris just get my goat. Nothing he says should be accepted as truthful. Its all created for effect.
@GODOFHELLFIRE3
7 жыл бұрын
judgedredd49 Not a problem! Incidentally, I did mean that driving at 200 miles an hour on the roads was sensible - in theory. The point I was making was that it isn't sensible in practice.
@judgedredd49
7 жыл бұрын
Theory as you say is alright but in practise as you further say it is subjective. I still dont think many would agree with you on the subject. even in theory. but thats for others to agree or not.
@flyingbuzzard8868
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the ford Anglias of the 60s look like they have a big mustache
@spinal_capped
6 жыл бұрын
6:36 - MANIAC!!!
@snuckyr
7 жыл бұрын
WOW blast from the past
@lawrencedoliveiro9104
7 жыл бұрын
What’s missing from all this is the human reaction factor. It takes about one second for you to figure out that you’re in trouble and need to brake. At 100 km/h, that’s about an extra 28m, which is a substantial fraction to add to all these stopping distances. And then don’t forget the kinetic energy when you hit something--that goes up as the square of the speed. And what about in the wet? That can easily double your stopping distance.
@nikolasgunadi765
4 жыл бұрын
love that anglia.
@Controldo
6 жыл бұрын
The problem I see with the low speed limit is that if the speed limit is low, car companies wouldn't bother with making the cars safer than they are now because it is deemed 'unnecessary'. If the speed limit were to be increased, companies would work more on making cars safer than they currently are.
@tekcore6290
Жыл бұрын
That’s partially true. There are speeds at which the reaction time of the driver would be so crucial that a minimal distraction could have very serious consequences. Also, the chance or dying in a crash will nose up above 40mph, regardless of the car safety, because or the high decelerations sustained by the passengers. We should remember that the road is used by everyone and frequently, so it should not require as much focus as a race track, because there are too many variables, not to mention that fuel consumption will increase a lot, and so car wear and weight for newer models. It isn’t really worth it… EXCEPT for highways… I like the Autobahn system. Fuel consumption aside, increasing speed limits in highways could make sense because there are much less variables than other roads and people often break the limits anyways. By the way… they should stop producing those crap-handling SUV’s and stop more people using their cellphone while driving
@occamsrazor1285
6 жыл бұрын
Surprising that the Lexus stopped in 30 fewer feet than the Porsche....
@mattkay7334
8 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that good braking distances now are below 100 ft.
@mitchgrove4086
6 жыл бұрын
"Back to the twentieth century" whew 😩😅 those cars were all so drab though
@BadWiltshireDrivers
7 жыл бұрын
244 ft back then, now its 315 ft according to the current Highway Code. www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/answers/what-is-the-stopping-and-braking-distance-of-a-car
@cornishalps9870
Жыл бұрын
No, the problem at high speeds isn't braking, it's the increased distance that you go before you react and hit the brakes.
@MilesBellas
4 жыл бұрын
Still absolutely relevant.
@AlastorTheNPDemon
7 жыл бұрын
I miss small hatchbacks. Those little bastards were magic. Now, most of them have four doors, and compensate heavily in either storage space or outright size.
@aboood578
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a roads engineer and I study highway codes for a living. One reason the stopping distance hasn't changed is because it takes into account the heavier cars that are harder to stop, along with a lower driver experience and tougher weather conditions. Not everyone might apply full brakes or have full control over the vehicle and the road conditions arent always dry and smooth. That might be a bummer even for me, but us engineers are trying to save your lives by providing the maximum levels of safety possible!
@DS.the1st
7 жыл бұрын
damn Peugeot 106 was 13k. Even something new as that similar performance nowadays would be under 5k used. This car can be found under 500 quid now
@manictiger
7 жыл бұрын
Any idea of the equivalent price to performance ratio for someone living in America? Mitsubishi?
@mrcaboosevg6089
6 жыл бұрын
Find me a 106 GTi for under 500 quid, not a fucking chance
@shootermcgavin4559
6 жыл бұрын
That jacket is swag
@um02122
6 жыл бұрын
That man's a prophet.
@antoniodecruz7446
6 жыл бұрын
What an intelligent man!
@Zanox-bp3ob
6 жыл бұрын
that wow though
@isaacsrandomvideos667
2 жыл бұрын
4:27 perfect name for the angila
@FlashHarry621
11 жыл бұрын
The ORIGINAL Top Gear.
@16570
7 жыл бұрын
Havent seen this one before Thank you sir !
@tonetonic2013
6 жыл бұрын
in his halfords jacket lol!!
@binaypatel7665
9 ай бұрын
Mr Needham’s first letter
@-M0LE
6 жыл бұрын
This guy is gonna go far
@ViscaBarcaInter
7 жыл бұрын
That was some brave camera work right near the end there.
@premierultima8698
7 жыл бұрын
The 911 has the legendary plate : 911 HUL
@mociczyczki
9 жыл бұрын
fantastic test like ususal ,thanks jeremy clarkson
@rosalyndiston1048
6 жыл бұрын
When the ford was breaking it was like a bond film
@cerealboiz
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of only very few times you will see Jeremy driving a Porsche or a Peugeot and saying it was good.
@MrWolfSnack
6 жыл бұрын
I miss those loud-colored Columbia jackets
@SensationalBanana
10 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA, his "hair" was ADORABLE back then XD
@kensyre
7 жыл бұрын
inventor of consumer advice
@moyomongoose1980
5 жыл бұрын
0:10 I've got the answer to that one. It about sales and marketing. If they built a series of cars that couldn't go any faster than most speed limits, almost no one would buy them. They might be successful in selling some such cars if they got 150 miles per gallon of gasoline, or off road SUV that can over terrain where no other cars or trucks can go...Other than that, they won't sell.
@timpriddy349
6 жыл бұрын
Vyvyan would be proud......VERY METAL
@alextheace8431
6 жыл бұрын
65,000 pound porche? Seems Legit.
@aaaadd9153
5 жыл бұрын
1000 years ago... was this
@haunter4708
7 жыл бұрын
We should have speed limits based on the age of the vehicle. Anything with its year on its licence plate (i.e. from 2001 I think?) should have higher limits. Everything older should remain at the current limits. Honestly, I was driving today in the rain and even then some of the 30 mph zones feel ridiculous.
@samomiotek7210
6 жыл бұрын
I learned to drive in an old half ton pickup, sometimes having to slam on the brakes. After I bought my first car, a civic which weighed half as much, an oncoming car crossed the highway median into my lane and I panic braked. The car, with abs, stopped so hard it scared me as much as almost hitting the other car. The truck could have been a head on wreck.
@rfldss89
6 жыл бұрын
Iirc, the logner distance in the highway code might be accounting for reaction time.
@RatelHBadger
5 жыл бұрын
Or the 86% of drivers who drive shitty old vans and Land Rovers
@its_havoc_
2 жыл бұрын
watching this in 2022 to learn for a test.
@Hempflakes
10 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget that faster cars can get you out of the way of an oncoming vehicle quicker. On another note.. try passing someone in a one-lane in a 4 cylinder.. gotta be able to do some physics equations in your head or you'll get yourself fucked.
@newbieD
10 жыл бұрын
4 cylinder? VTEC kicked in yo!
@midimotomania
10 жыл бұрын
My 4 cylinder is 360bhp...with uprated brakes - I don't understand?
@sasabarisic8864
7 жыл бұрын
4-cylinder? Pfffff. Try my 3-cylinder. And i manage to squeeze 180 km/h out of it.
@rospincasocl3741
7 жыл бұрын
I can assure you that a 0 cylinder Tesla won't have any problems overtaking other cars... trololo
@101Volts
7 жыл бұрын
You'll have to update your knowledge a bit, Hempflakes. This isn't the 1990s anymore, we got TURBOS. I do know what you're saying though; older 4 cylinder cars had significantly less power.
@beachedbum3
13 жыл бұрын
What he doesn't mention of course is that if you drive a Ford Anglia you're likely to go a lot slower in it than you would in the Porsche, so the end result is the same. All the benefits of the impressive Porsche engineering get used up because the nut(ter) behind the wheel feels so much safer that they compensate by going faster. Risk compensation theory - it's been around a while but its no surprise that the dinosaurs on Top Gear haven't heard of it yet...
@Jellostyle
8 жыл бұрын
what an irony that is
@godoba1585
6 жыл бұрын
wow. never thought id see a video with him liking a proche
@ajuk1
9 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the Ford Anglia still be able to stop slightly better than when it was new because they would have been using the brakes and tyres available to them at the time which I presume would be slightly better than what was originally fitted to the vehicle.
@ultrapetey
7 жыл бұрын
shove some Michelin Pilot Sports on it, and some decent disc brakes...it'll stop a lot better than the cheese spread drum brakes and rubber band tyres from the 60's lol.
@callumpearce4910
7 жыл бұрын
The drum brakes fitted to a 105e Anglia are tiny, no matter what shoes were fitted they were always terrible and when matched with really soft suspension made for rough/cobbled they made for a dangerous combination when stopping from top speed even in the dry
@MrWolfSnack
6 жыл бұрын
Drum brakes and asbestos brake shoes fitted to very heavy steel-belted tires? Better?
@ameldancalippo6912
6 жыл бұрын
Back when Top Gear was good.
@georgeporsche
3 жыл бұрын
Top Gear: the show that cares
@willb3636
6 жыл бұрын
0:28 narrator voice
@arkinhk2019
7 жыл бұрын
So the Lexus stops quicker than the 911?
@frankmallard845
2 жыл бұрын
I love Clarkson, if you're reading this watch 'Clarksons farm'
@llVIU
6 жыл бұрын
There's a huge difference here... stopping distance and braking distance. 50 years ago you didn't had teenage morons playing on their phones while they drove or douchebag kids who were doing street racing... it was almost entirely responsible middle aged men. I bet if I went to go by numbers, we have a ton more accidents nowadays percentage wise compared to 50 years ago.
@wetlettuce4768
6 жыл бұрын
Yes we did have douchebag kids racing around in their cars 50 years ago, "douchebag kids" have been racing cars around on the road since the Ford Model T during the 20s-40s they would tinker with old V8 engine cars and make hot rods.
@masteryoda394
12 жыл бұрын
HE commented the wrong video using the wrong argument.
@justandy333
7 жыл бұрын
Ahh, Longcross test facility. I thought that looked familiar. :D
@fpupesh
6 жыл бұрын
20 years later - the speed limit is still 70...
@ar1368
9 жыл бұрын
Spot on mate!
@1TB0T
6 жыл бұрын
Long before Top Gear was awesome, it was awesome.
@timrobertsgb
6 жыл бұрын
My Cayenne Turbo did the 60-0 test in 116 ft on the track
@MrWolfSnack
6 жыл бұрын
Song at 6:53 is The Wannadies - "you and me"
@leenevin8451
6 жыл бұрын
this was the 90s as well
@savecityofheroessavecityof5838
6 жыл бұрын
CLARKSON IS RIGHT
@Ribeirasacra
7 жыл бұрын
Flipping Peugeot!
@Verschlimmbesserung
6 жыл бұрын
Ah good ol Top Gear.
@SwiftHDX
12 жыл бұрын
The man in this video is Jeremy Clarkson, not Jeremy Clarckson. You probably commented on the wrong video.
@ImmortalSlayer
6 жыл бұрын
"Basildon bond" nigga what i live there :(
@needsmoreboosters4264
6 жыл бұрын
Remove brakes to improve acceleration!
@AlexTrain5249
4 жыл бұрын
I actually managed to make it around a 25 mph cloverleaf at 41 mph.
@ralfrufus6573
6 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe that the Lexus brakes so much better than a Porsche.
@Turbomgzt
3 жыл бұрын
It's not what the car can do, but what the driver can do. Always!
@girthycucumber4274
6 жыл бұрын
Well it’s also important to know that at 70 if you crash you will die so what’s the Difference between 70 and 100
@redsquare8256
8 жыл бұрын
Its great that he doesn't mention thinking distances in the braking test.
@xaiano794
8 жыл бұрын
+Jeff Johnson thinking distances are proportional, not exponential like braking distances are and most crucially, uniform no matter what the vehicle, but not comparable from driver to driver or even moment to moment, so it's actually unfair to include them in a comparison between vehicles and would produce unreliable results.
@Speeder84XL
9 жыл бұрын
Very intresting - didn't know ether that the braking distances and "max speed in curves" did vary so much between cars. Did someone know what's the radius of the turning circle in the test? But - the arguments for the low speed limits is even more rediculous than the difference between cars. Here in Sweden, we have the same low speed limits and is still allowed to go 110 km/h during the winter, when it's snow and ice on the roads - wich means the braking distance may easely increase 5 times or more. The braking distance may be longer from 110 km/h than from 200 km/h on dry roads. If the speed limits where related to the stopping distance we would have to go max 50-60 km/h during winter, but almost anyone does at least 90 or 100 km/h on roads with 110 km/h speed limit (except for when it's really bad weather conditions). Still - people killed on the roads is not much higher during the winter than the rest of the year...
@adamcurtis83
7 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@davidbrett-everest3326
6 жыл бұрын
How long would it take to get from London to Milton Keynes doing a constantly reset 0-60 in a Porsche GT3 RS with an alcantara wind screen.???
@beachedbum3
13 жыл бұрын
@redlineroberts ..except I don't have a Ford Anglia! If I was going to get another sportscar I'd get a Caterham (again) - they stop/go/handle far better than a Porsche! Instead I have a single-seater with carbon fibre spaceframe, sequential 27 speed gearbox, big alloy wheels, with fat low profile tyres, all round disc brakes, air sprung suspension system, and zero emissions. It's also the most efficient form of transport known to man, gives a massive adrenalin rush and is safer for pedestrians..
@19homers
6 жыл бұрын
3:46 Wow!
@jennifersivewright3117
Жыл бұрын
And this was about 25 years ago? Rather than a low speed limit on the motorway, bring in a rigorous driving test. Too many people have passed a test but are scared to drive. I know too many.
@joelarun5057
6 жыл бұрын
Did the Lexus actually destroy the Porsche by that much?
@ralfrufus6573
6 жыл бұрын
No way a family car like the Lexus brakes better than a sports car like the Porsche.
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