Just quoting the relevant parts of the article now, to avoid the article getting more hits:
Can you be green, without ever wanting to hear another bleeding-heart word about the environment as long as you live?I do my bit more than most: I recycle all my rubbish and sort it into three different bins.
I turn all my kitchen waste into compost. Even my washing powder is twice-the-price organic stuff that doesn't give worms tummy-aches when it returns to the earth.
But whenever I drive to London, dutifully paying my £8 for the privilege (on top of my road tax, petrol tax, parking and all the other rip-offs), without fail a cyclist will rap on my window and make some holier-than-thou comment, before zooming off through a red light where he knows I can't get him.
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But I don't care about any of that, and here's why. Twenty minutes into my test drive I pulled round a leafy bend, enjoying the birdsong - and spotted those damned Spider-Man cyclists. Knowing they wouldn't hear me coming, I stepped on the gas, waited until the split second before I overtook them, then gave them an almighty blast on the horn at the exact same time I passed them at speed.
The look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge was the best thing I've ever seen in my rear-view mirror. I think this could be the car for me.
BikeRadar got there first though...
http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/my-james-martin-boycott-starts-today-23179
What a ****.
and we'll all click to read it, making them think it's a popular column and encouraging him. it's called annoyance marketing or something like that. it's just the Mail, ignore it and leave it for the prats that read that lame excuse for a paper..
as i have just written on the bikeradar reply. i want to shove a potato up the to**er's exhaust!!! 😈
What a cockmongler
What is a chef doing writing about cars?
The irony is that clarkson comes out with similar stuff and people just roll their eyes and say "its clarkson" and carry on their way.
He's just trolling. Seems quite a few people have bitten though!
I don't think that would do anything to an electric car would it?
As James-O says, it's just more tedious sub-Clarkson swill. As for boycotting the bloke, that would assume that we were somehow aware of his existence before reading that article.
I don't think that would do anything to an electric car would it?
😆
I was actually quite interested in the stuff about the car, but it just seems like a faster version of a Segway, i.e. use it for two hours and then you get to plug it in and enjoy consuming more electricity.
What an utter a-hole.
I was already aware the guy is a tosser. There was a thing, I think on a Charlie Brooker clip show, which showed when they had foreign chefs on Saturday Kitchen - he would take the piss out of their English pronunciation in a really boorish fashion. 🙄
good god
that's appalling
has he not just openly admitted in the national press to driving without due care and attention?
he'll also struggle to find a 62 amp 3 phase socket anywhere in the known world 😉
Nah, you just get your electrician to bung one in, then get on with pissing off the enviro-nutters. Simples. 🙂
[i]But whenever I drive to London, dutifully paying my £8 for the privilege (on top of my road tax, petrol tax, parking and all the other rip-offs), without fail a cyclist will rap on my window and make some holier-than-thou comment, before zooming off through a red light where he knows I can't get him.[/i]
That's the same ridiculous statement that that other idiot, Havers wrote once. He complained that cyclists were always hammering on his roof.
Neither of these two have ever questioned that fact why so any people seem to have a major issue with them. Nothing to do with you being a crap driver and almost killing them was it?
Didn't know who he was, so looked it up on wiki:
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_%28chef%29 ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_%28chef%29[/url]
James Martin (born 30 June 1972 in Malton, North Yorkshire), is an English cock who first appeared on television in 1996. etc. etc.
Double post
This guy is such an utter moron that he presumably thinks that cyclists hammer on all car roofs. Hasn't dawned on him that is is special attention reserved for the the dangerously retarded driver.
What this James Martin?
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Sadly photo is from an article for every STWers favourite BMW X6!
The thing is, if you ignore the bit of your personal experience that tells you that a motorist buzzing a group of cyclists is utterly terrifying because of the ridiculously unnecessary risk of someone being badly hurt, the image of him sneaking up on them in a silent car and making them jump is quite You-tube-able. 🙂
I don't know who he is, so I'll just carry on quietly boycotting him.
anybody got a companies house account?
HOTEL DU VIN (WINCHESTER) LIMITED
179 GREAT PORTLAND STREET
LONDON
W1W 5LS
Company No. 02913178
directors particulars might be useful 😈
Used to watch saturday kitchen (well it's not got a lot of competition really has it?), not gonna be able to watch it now with out thinking what an utter pillock the man is so I'll just switch off.
You can comment on his blogs and contact him through his site:
[url= http://www.jamesmartinchef.co.uk/pcc.asp?xpath=&xpathid=&lang=eng ]Mediocretvchef[/url]
Why not contact his management:
limelight.management@virgin.net
edit - beat me to it..
I always thought he seemed a bit of a knob, glad to have my suspicions confirmed.
what is the dailymail and who is martin james?
LOL. Someones updated his wiki entry
Martin was brought up on a farm and has managed to retain the manners and ability of the lowest of farm animals. He drives large fast cars to compensate for rather small sexual organs and takes out his frustration at his lack of prowess in any field on cyclists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_%28chef%29
I think one word sums him up - Coward. Exactly the kind of driver i hate.
And yeah, 62 amp plugs dont exist... Plus, the ammount of electricity that would use is really quite high, would it actually be any 'greener' than an efficient car like a yarris?
Wiki is on fire.
[i]On the 12th of September 2009 James Martin admitted in an article in the UK newspaper the Daily Mail, that he deliberately drove a Tesla Roadster in a potentially dangerous manner and caused two cyclists a 'look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge'. He's clearly a [short but outrageous lady-reproductive-part abuse word] with a small penis.[/i]
Wiki fixed now but here was the edit
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Martin_%28chef%29&oldid=313841096
Would it be worthwhile going to his restaurant and beeping a horn loudly and repeatedly untill there were no customers left?
or possibly even better, find his desk phone number, ring, hold air horn upto phone.........................
it'd be more useful to send him some matured dogshit in a jiffy bag
every day
for the next year
🙂
Am I reading this right, his actions caused a cyclist to fall off into a hedge (accident). If so, did he stop?.
Surely, if you are involved in an accident you are required to stop.
Fat lad from well off part of rural north Yorkshire lives up to stereotype shocker.
Wonder how long Wikipedia will stay like that. Good form!
What a cock!
an admission of dangerous driving.
anyone on here that knows anything about the law want to take this on?
mleh, its the daily mail, written by ****ts for ****ts
The guy's a twunt, typified by the fact he's Squirrel's protege.
kimbers - sadly those ****s account for nearly 10% of the (15+) population of this country. Most of whom will drive.
"i want to shove a potato up the (Tesla driving) to**er's exhaust!!! "
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*stocks up on pedigree chum and jiffy bags*
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anyone got a dog I could borrow?
Embarrisingly, my parents read the mail... Tried to convince them to read ANYthing else, but theyre not having it...
If you'd like a cheap laugh, look around for the documentary (it must be on Dave some time) where he tried to do the Mille Miglia in Italy. He spanked out the best part of a million quid just for the car to break down terminally on the first day. Given this and the fact he mostly plays the stooge to the variety of genuinely talented chefs he has on his show (and you can tell they know they're better than him), you can sort of see why he's bitter.
He was already consigned to the same circle of hell as Worrel-Thompson in my eyes so he can't really sink much lower.
I wanted to comment on the column so i went off searching the Mail Online for stories of children killed on bicycles.
All I could find were stories reporting how cyclists are at fault for most of the accidents in which they are involved.
It seems that some of the comments criticising the editors for allowing this irresponsible idiocy to be published may be falling on deaf or indifferent ears.
Wiki is still showing the penis paragraph. 😀
Complaints to the BBC will probably have the most effect.
doesn't he do a live phone in on Saturday Kitchen Live?
I see some of you James Martin fans have kids and families. I'd have a read of his column in the Daily Mail this week before you let your loved ones anywhere near a road. It seems he'd like to see them lying injured in a ditch. YAY JAMES 🙂
just posted on his facebook fanclub page 🙂
Pete complaining to the bbc wont do a thing, as this article is made outside of his bbc work
fwiw my mum reads the daily mail too, i try explain to her but she doesnt listen
Cripes. No point going crazy, a witch-hunt will only lower peoples opinion of cyclists further!
ps does anyone remember the episode of 2DTV where someone is looking for the editor of the daily mail and eventually finds him- a huge steaming turd sitting at a desk
you think that just cyclists think running bikes off the road is a bad idea?
Presumably if the incident really did happen it's only a matter of time before the cyclists involved hear about it and they can go and kick his head in... I mean report it.
he was the big food fight quiz show the other night against HFW. He was an utter utter cock trying to be all anti-environment to wind HFW up. HFW's face summed it up nicely (utter contempt for the fat lad).
I disagree Juan. He brings the corporation in to disrepute by association. Complain and say you will stop watching his TV programme.
So ignoring the fact that the story is probably made up, a cyclist acts like a tit by banging on a car drivers roof, so the driver retaliates later on by blasting his horn as he drives passed in his silent car, scaring the crap out of the aforementioned tit? What's the problem? If I was driving an electric car and some 'One Less Car' douchebag got arsy with me, then I think this would be a pretty damn funny way to get back at him.
His the pillock that spent a mint to buy his way into the Mile Milga?!? and failed. What a tablet.
walleater- you obviously havent read the story properly...
Walleater - why do you imagine he might get a bang on his roof? Only one likely reason - he's cut someone up.
Plus he's talking about a totally different cyclist on a different day. He's furthering the idea that all cyclists are the same person, and that they don't deserve respect or reasonable safety.
Your (trolling?) argument makes you as big a cock as him.
walleater [s]has[/s] is a far bigger cock
lyons - Memberwalleater- you obviously havent read the story properly...
Why on earth would I want to read a Daily Mail story? The copy / paste thing at the start of this thread reads like some bullshit / wind up story and judging by the hounds on here, it's been received in the way it was hoped 😉
Walleater, you'd better PRAY that you're not riding in front of him wearing your Spiderman costume, or the jowly chubber will be beeping your ass good.
I think Mr Wiggins sums him up rather nicely
[URL= http://twitter.com/bradwiggins ]here[/url]
63 amp Plugs exist. 15, 16, 32, 125, single and 3 phase as well. Is that close enough?
What are we on about anyway? Who cares. 🙂
THis is up there with the [url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article3097464.ece ]Mathew Paris piano wire article[/url] that was investigated by press complaints commission. It wasn't upheld, but he was forced to apologise after ground swell of complaints.
I think complaints should be made about this article too.
[url= http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/process.html ]Press complaints commission[/url]
The difference here is that he is actually bragging about something he did, which I reckon is an offence, so comlaints to the Police as well?
I'm going to and I hope other will too.
hah, yeah but you still cant get 62 amp plugs etc...
I'd suggest the Press Complaints Commission route suggested by Feenster. He's clearly broken their code of conduct by intimidating those cyclists:
4 Harassment
i) Journalists must not engage in *intimidation*, harassment or persistent pursuit
So complain about intimidation, breaking the law, and encouraging others to break the law.
done
Wikipedia update. It's bloody hilarious now
You actually properly have to read that Wiki page to appreciate the full effect. Marvellous!
Unmoderated comments on his blog on his personal web site [url] http://www.jamesmartinchef.co.uk/pcc.asp?xpath=&xpathid=&lang=eng [/url] if you can get past the god-awful flash and pictures.
Hi James,I've seen Saturday Kitchen a few times and can't help but notice that your eyes are glued to the autocue.
It would be nice if you weren't so wooden and expressed some feeling in your face rather than staring straight into the camera.
Also, I recently read one of your car reviews and I must say that your talent really does not lie in writing. In fact, it seems as if you don't have any real talent.
Why are you famous?
Tea -> Keyboard
[i]He's clearly broken their code of conduct by intimidating those cyclists[/i]
I cannot be arsed to read the PCC code in full, but even when selectively quoting it out of context it should be obvious that the PCC will not find any breach of 4(1) on the basis of that silly article.
Journalists probably do sometimes intimidate people. They shouldn't. But having a car horn beeped at you simply doesn't count. The PCC will throw out any complaints based on 4(1), rightly. Then you'll all complain, because 4(1) doesn't say "Journalists must not be asshats", that's just what you want it to say.
🙂
ctc have just said on twitter that they urge the people who he said he ran off the road to contact them.
Just been onto the PCC now. Not so much annoyed but I'd love to see him publicly eat his words. T0sser.
[i]Unmoderated comments on his blog on his personal web site[/i]
That's handy, you can even post using his name 🙂
If you'd like a cheap laugh, look around for the documentary (it must be on Dave some time) where he tried to do the Mille Miglia in Italy. He spanked out the best part of a million quid just for the car to break down terminally on the first day.
He also comes over as a total ar5ehole in that documentary.
Struggling to see his blog. Is his site experienceing technical difficulties?
BigDummy - just a suggestion, I didn't read it in full either, seems like intimidation to me though.
Surely the point of going down the PCC route is that, with enough volume of complaints, he'll be forced to apologise, regardless of whether they uphold the complaint?