Muppet drivers and recalcitrant bike parts are pretty much the only things that reliably produce truly inspired profanity from me these days but I know a good verbal purge when I hear one and that, Mr Hammond, was some quality invective.
It’s a very heartfelt **** you at the end. I think he did well, it’s not really fair to compare it with scottish swearing, that’d be like comparing scottish football with english.
Good job Hammond. Mate from Colchester used to comment on the ability of Scots to turn anything into swearing. One favourite he never quite got right was “tube”.
It should be pointed out that if, as he appears, he is in Germany the rule is to give way to traffic from the right at unmarked junctions. So he is completely in the wrong as he throws his hissy fit.
I reckon top gear could work with may and Hammond. Have a guest each week that they set challenges for.
They’ve already said “one out, all out” I believe, which is pretty understandable as any new anchor (careful now) would be an odd dynamic. But a HIGNFY-style ‘presenter of the week’ approach might well have worked.
I did say IF it was in Germany, a better question would have been does russia also have a priority to the right rule, and a quick google suggests it does (http://www.carhiremarket.com/russia/traffic-rules.aspx) so the point stands, Hammond broke the law, and blamed the driver who was obeying the law.
Someone who drives abroad as frequently as he does should be well aware how common the priority to the right rule is throughout the world.
The madness and the genius of the priority to the right system is that it is frequently unclear, unless road markings indicate otherwise, then the rule is assumed to apply. It generally has the effect of naturally slowing traffic as road users slow at junctions to prepare to give way rather than crash.