Hamilton's MB Impounded by Aussie Police
#11
that really upsets me, if there is anyone that can drive like that and it's not dangerous it's a F1 driver and they impound his car???!!! the cops probrably realized who he was and wanted a high profile arrest...... I wasn't allowed to go to senior prom for doing a burnout in front of my highschool years ago, we all pay the price for being car guys
Hamilton probably forgot his mb has a clutch and he cant just push a button to change gears (I'm thinking about that top gear episode where Clarkson and Hammond are driving through reno with a z06 and challenger (i think? I know they were modern muscle cars). They do a couple of quick burnouts and rev the engines and when a cop pulls them over, Clarkson tries to explain that it was an accident and his clutch just got stuck )
Last edited by STLG; 03-26-2010 at 02:02 PM.
#12
Back in highschool there was a cop on campus one day and my buddy was driving through campus (we had a very large campus with winding roads and such) and stopped and did a quick burnout. The cop turned his lights on and pulled us over (still on campus) and asked what we were doing. He came over to my window first (i was the only passenger) and started asking me questions like I had anything to do with what my friend (the driver) was doing behind the wheel. Burnouts are pretty harmless unless the driver is retarded.
Hamilton probably forgot his mb has a clutch and he cant just push a button to change gears (I'm thinking about that top gear episode where Clarkson and Hammond are driving through reno with a z06 and challenger (i think? I know they were modern muscle cars). They do a couple of quick burnouts and rev the engines and when a cop pulls them over, Clarkson tries to explain that it was an accident and his clutch just got stuck )
Hamilton probably forgot his mb has a clutch and he cant just push a button to change gears (I'm thinking about that top gear episode where Clarkson and Hammond are driving through reno with a z06 and challenger (i think? I know they were modern muscle cars). They do a couple of quick burnouts and rev the engines and when a cop pulls them over, Clarkson tries to explain that it was an accident and his clutch just got stuck )
#13
^yea, thats what I had going through my head, I just couldn't get it down to my keyboard
Was it a Z06(Clarkson) and Hammond in a Challenger? Or was it a ZR1?
#14
ZR1. Jezza tells the coppers his clutch "slipped".
#15
alzilla, of course your right ideally we should all take the cars to the track when we feel like doing something wild, but the truth is we have all gotten a little too enthusiastic on public streets from time to time..... hamilton though should be able to wait a couple of days until he gets on the track in an f1 car, especially knowing he has a career where he shoukld want to make sure his lisence is in good shape, theres 2 sides to argue any story
#17
If he does stupid things on the roads he should be treated no different than others imo.......very simple.......go to the tracks and do that kind of stuff as there are innocent people in the streets.
#18
i agree, the law is the law, and peoples safety is important but would u rather lewis hamilton doing a burnout or a 17 year old with a freshly printed permit?????
#19
Doesn't make me want to drive in Australia. I've done some pretty stupid things, and gotten away with a minor ticket. I once got caught doing perfect little 360's on an empty street. However, it was in the middle of the day and at a 4 way stop.