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Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a television show called Top Gear. And on this show, Top Gear, some people in Argentina got pissed off over some stupid license plate. We all thought this whole thing was over by now, but an Argentinian judge wants to put former host Jeremy Clarkson in jail for up to three years over it.
In case you’ve just turned a year old (congrats, happy birthday!) and you’ve forgotten what happened, a long game of telephone-with-crappy-cell-reception led to rumors that the Top Gear crew was traipsing through Argentina with a license plate mocking the country’s loss in the Falklands War. In actuality, the plate just said H982 FKL, which is only really a reference to the Falklands War if you’re very creative and looking for an excuse to be a terrible person.
In order to avoid offending anyone further, and in an attempt to ameliorate the situation, the crew swapped the H982 FKL plate out for something that was slightly less of a non-reference to anything.
And that’s apparently a problem, according to the BBC:
A group of Falklands War veterans appealed against the closure of the case and it has now been reopened by the court of appeals in the Tierra del Fuego province.
The prosecution accuses Mr Clarkson of “falsifying, altering or suppressing the number of a legally registered object”.
“We think that the Top Gear team changed the plates with full knowledge of the fact that it was illegal,” spokesman Osvaldo Hillard of the Centre for Malvinas Veterans said.
In essence, you can’t change your license plate without approval from the authorities in Argentina. Doing so can cost you anywhere from six months to three years in jail, as the BBC notes.
It’ll probably take forever for this to get sorted, and Clarkson will, in all likelihood never see jail time for this dumb thing.
Could make for a fun TV special, though. Maybe Amazon will film it.
Are those the 3 Hybrid Supercars they wanted to put against each other on their track but never could? cause that would be an epic way to start their new show
Are those the 3 Hybrid Supercars they wanted to put against each other on their track but never could? cause that would be an epic way to start their new show
yup, one guy owns all 3. i'm pretty sure chris harris' youtube video will come out first anyways.
As funny as a TG-style version of Prison Break would be, Argentina needs to fuck right off. I'm not sure how they would plan to charge them given that the car was registered in the UK and they weren't actually given the opportunity to swap the plate.
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i saw the author do a bbc radio interview, and he was talking about how JC had become very disappointing to him as a person, and after the attack he stopped speaking to clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson gets plaque at hotel where Top Gear fracas took place
The scene of Jeremy Clarkson's infamous fracas with a BBC Top Gear producer has been commemorated with a plaque at the hotel where the altercation took place.
Simonstone Hall in the Yorkshire Dales shared a picture of the plaque, donated by a hotel guest, on Facebook.
"Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson who had a fracas on this spot, 4 March 2015," reads the plaque. "The rest is legend."
Clarkson was suspended, then dropped, by the BBC following the incident.
The Top Gear team were staying at the hotel during filming when Irish producer Oisin Tymon was assaulted by Clarkson during a late-night argument over food.
Tymon suffered swelling and a split lip and visited a hospital for his injuries.
Following an internal investigation, the BBC announced Clarkson's contract on Top Gear would not be renewed.
Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
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But now that they have real skilled drivers...will they be ambitious and...successful? I rather enjoy how shit at everything Clarkson, Hammond and May are.
It'll be nice to see two flagship car shows on TV.
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