Post by dutchdiva on Jun 20, 2008 20:18:29 GMT
Richard Hammond, the Top Gear presenter, has attacked the Government for charging motorists too much tax.
He called on Gordon Brown to reduce the cost of fuel, joining the growing chorus of voices who have criticised the Prime Minister over soaring petrol prices.
"They've got to cut the percentage they take," the presenter says in an interview in The Daily Telegraph's television and radio guid
Hammond, 38, who almost died filming a stunt for Top Gear, was speaking ahead of the news series of the BBC2 show, which starts tomorrow (Sunday).
In a wide-ranging interview, he suggests introducing a system of "positive points", which would see motorists rewarded for driving in a considerate fashion.
"At the moment you get points for speeding. Fair enough," he says, "but you should get positive points for doing something good, like letting someone out at a junction."
Hammond was almost killed two years ago when the jet-engined car he was driving crashed at 288 mph.
He suffered a brain injury but remarkably was well enough to return to the show four months later.
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"Because the people it affects most are those who thought life was going quite nicely – nice house, nice car, maybe not brand new but a nice people carrier for the family – and suddenly they can't afford to get to work. That's not fair."
He called on Gordon Brown to reduce the cost of fuel, joining the growing chorus of voices who have criticised the Prime Minister over soaring petrol prices.
"They've got to cut the percentage they take," the presenter says in an interview in The Daily Telegraph's television and radio guid
Hammond, 38, who almost died filming a stunt for Top Gear, was speaking ahead of the news series of the BBC2 show, which starts tomorrow (Sunday).
In a wide-ranging interview, he suggests introducing a system of "positive points", which would see motorists rewarded for driving in a considerate fashion.
"At the moment you get points for speeding. Fair enough," he says, "but you should get positive points for doing something good, like letting someone out at a junction."
Hammond was almost killed two years ago when the jet-engined car he was driving crashed at 288 mph.
He suffered a brain injury but remarkably was well enough to return to the show four months later.
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"Because the people it affects most are those who thought life was going quite nicely – nice house, nice car, maybe not brand new but a nice people carrier for the family – and suddenly they can't afford to get to work. That's not fair."
And at the supermarket check out ( while I'm at it!) 
