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[Apparelyzed]

BBC Top Gear Parking in Disability Parking Bay

BBC Top Gear has been rapped on the knuckles by disability campaigners after presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May parked their car in a disabled parking bay during a segment on electric cars on Sunday night's show.

Presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May were test driving electric cars and were driving them to Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

During a rest, they pulled into a car park, but rather than parking their cars in normal parking bays, the clumsy pair pulled up in spaces reserved for disabled people - causing a deluge of protest from disabled motoring groups who said it was 'typical' of Clarkson.

During the slot about electric cars, Jeremy Clarkson - driving a £31,000 Nissan Leaf - and James May - driving a £33,000 Peugeot iOn - discussed the merits of non-petrol cars, asking 'should you buy an electric car?'.



BBC Top Gear Parking in Disability Parking Bay

[Chrisonwheels]

Almost certainly done on purpose to show how 'laddish' they are. They insult plenty of people on the show, but the cheap jokes are starting to wear thin imo.

[Charlie-boi]

Ha There real lads all about the bantarrr what bantasoaurus rex's they are!! I mean I've seen some ladish behavior in my time but them guys took it to a new level parking like that!! Didn't bother me just bothered me how boring the shows gone haveing like half it it demoted to electric cars and last weeks episode on trains! Ha

[ClaraTaylor]

It keeps the show on the top of every news page....
That's what they want and they've already learnt that for that show at least all news is good press.

[megatrig]

The problem is Joe Public will think/say. "Those moaning "diasbled" people again. It is only a TV program".

So the point of bringing it up like this doesn't work!

Now getting one of the forces guys to park and be blocked in after hammering there Wildcat around a field would have had more of an impact!

[love&hate]

Despite this incident they are still the best car show on TV. I have been a fan since they started.

[Mikee C]

You are absolutely right, of course they shouldn't have parked there but I'm willing to bet that the production team were told to film there by the owners of the car park. If I'm right we should be complaining about them.

[dianna318]

I love the show. It didn't bother me, like Mikee said, they where probably told where to do it. I call it a blooper.

[LeeS]

I personally dont see any problem with this. due to the fact they were never completely away from the cars, this meaning that if someone genuiinely needed the space then they could easyily of shifted?

and anyways, what about all the twats you find parking in disabled bays at shops etc? To me the general public is a lot worse than any tv programme!

I'm fed u of going to my local shops and finding theres no spaces left and all the cars in the spaces dont seem to have the rights to be there!