Clarkson explains why cycling is actually bad for the environment

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  • čas přidán 10. 08. 2019
  • Jeremy has never been renowned for his love of cyclists and in our recent chat with him, he had plenty to say about them. Ferociously expensive cycle lanes, sweaty armpits and even their impact on the environment - it's fair to say he didn't hold back.
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  • @ainsvh1384
    @ainsvh1384 Před 3 lety +17766

    POV: you’ve taken your dad to a cafe and asked how his food is

    • @ZE7379
      @ZE7379 Před 3 lety +113

      Then u should pay attention to him . If you do have one tough which i am honestly unconvinced about.

    • @sean6992
      @sean6992 Před 3 lety +10

      🇳🇴

    • @Aspen3212
      @Aspen3212 Před 3 lety +17

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Dongzzzzzz
      @Dongzzzzzz Před 3 lety +82

      Not gonna lie, if my father and I went to a cafe and this is our topic, it would be fun.

    • @habanerocaballero9171
      @habanerocaballero9171 Před 3 lety +97

      First he'd complain about how much I paid for the coffee and bagel in relation to its taste (after a sip and a bite) and how cheaper and better food is in our hometown.

  • @roig8
    @roig8 Před 4 lety +25821

    I see a series here: Things that can f**k off, presented by Jeremy Clarkson.

  • @mops515
    @mops515 Před rokem +1428

    Jeremy is becoming the old man sitting on a porch yelling about the modern world

    • @kroolini3678
      @kroolini3678 Před rokem +108

      Sitting in a Porsche*

    • @Lasershadow
      @Lasershadow Před rokem +23

      "Old man yells at Cloud" ~Abe Simpson on newspaper headline

    • @DRAWKCABLLA
      @DRAWKCABLLA Před rokem +31

      at least he still has hair. im 24 looking like a native american claimed my scalp as a war trophy

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 Před rokem +7

      Modern?

    • @brucecharlie8613
      @brucecharlie8613 Před rokem +11

      In fairness any one who drives for a living hates road cyclists.

  • @ghostofmanitou6864
    @ghostofmanitou6864 Před rokem +1133

    I like how he pointed out some completely random biker and assumed the guy makes no contribution to society at all.

    • @fredo3161
      @fredo3161 Před rokem +180

      Well, he's a cyclist.

    • @Bobo-ox7fj
      @Bobo-ox7fj Před rokem +1

      Bikers produce plenty. Mostly ice.

    • @stealthboy5767
      @stealthboy5767 Před rokem +67

      Be Honest with yourself.
      Dude is in cycle gear around the middle of the day, and biking around town
      Bruh.

    • @diyeragae
      @diyeragae Před rokem +17

      @@stealthboy5767 could be his day off that day tho?

    • @wn8022
      @wn8022 Před rokem +8

      He doesn’t. You can spot em. 😂

  • @Divyanshu-on8uz
    @Divyanshu-on8uz Před 2 lety +8479

    That's why in India we have the same lane for Cycle, bikes, cars, trucks, cows and walking.

  • @patrykpatty5835
    @patrykpatty5835 Před 2 lety +5946

    As a cyclist I can confirm that I have contributed nothing to the economy today

    • @kenworkman3964
      @kenworkman3964 Před 2 lety +141

      And the contribution Clarkson and his ilk make will cost the earth.

    • @MickEll91
      @MickEll91 Před rokem

      ​@@kenworkman3964 be funny when your global warming turns out to be a natural occurring ice age which we are due.

    • @evildeed90s
      @evildeed90s Před rokem +1

      not many guys would admit they are wankers i respect that

    • @Mantis858585
      @Mantis858585 Před rokem +56

      Dude your bike destroys the roads

    • @user-wv6qb4tn2k
      @user-wv6qb4tn2k Před rokem +4

      Truth teller, we want you!

  • @ericduan19
    @ericduan19 Před rokem +1185

    I think the problem is London's city planners, not cycling lol

    • @thesauce1682
      @thesauce1682 Před rokem +18

      dumb title

    • @balvanovic4
      @balvanovic4 Před rokem

      You are wrong. Cyclists is a huge problem these entitled pigs think they own the road and certainly do not follow the law.... Especially these racing cyclists bunch of muppets

    • @Robert-hr6sh
      @Robert-hr6sh Před rokem +1

      Ya think??

    • @jol4527
      @jol4527 Před rokem +11

      Yeah, also pretty sure it costs more cut down trees to build motorways and roads compared to a thin bicycle lane

    • @korranis1
      @korranis1 Před rokem

      Nope it’s the cyclists... they need to F off

  • @looseycanon
    @looseycanon Před rokem +240

    One thing Jeremy didn't mention, is that pulling down those trees would actually increase temperatures on that street by about eleven degrees C, so that's more ambulance deployments to people with heatstroke.

    • @MusikCassette
      @MusikCassette Před rokem +26

      so let us leave the trees. just get rid of the cars. Problem solved and the street becomes even more beautiful.

    • @looseycanon
      @looseycanon Před rokem +14

      @@MusikCassette That doesn't work either... People need to commute and will never chose public transport, that doesn't from their suburb/village all the way to their place of work directly. You need to create a dense network of places, where you can legally park cars for free, then you can impose sizable fines for parking on the streets. But it won't work one without the other. If you only impose fines, people, who park there regularly will simply consider it as a cost of running their business, whatever it may be, and attempt to reflect that in their demanded wage/prices and all you'll achieve is creating inflation... Having these parking network paid for will have similar effects. Only building these parking places doesn't incentivize people to park there and move a bit on foot either... Only by creating penalty and acceptable alternative will you solve this.

    • @MusikCassette
      @MusikCassette Před rokem +15

      @@looseycanon "You need to create a dense network of places" quite the opposite: If you insist on bringing 2 tonnes of metal into the city center, you should pay a premium for all the inconvenience you cause.
      "all you'll achieve is creating inflation." y would that be?
      also y are we talking about parking?

    • @leonpaelinck
      @leonpaelinck Před rokem +8

      @@looseycanon no just no, if we banned all cars the demand for public transport (and cycling) would increase. and then there would be plenty of space for more buses, trams...

    • @actualblack
      @actualblack Před 11 měsíci

      @@looseycanonyou are an ignorant idiot

  • @FilmotronCity
    @FilmotronCity Před 4 lety +20008

    So he's not saying that cycling is bad, what he's saying is that tearing down trees to make bicycle lane is bad... I agree...

    • @barbaalghul
      @barbaalghul Před 4 lety +1413

      As a cyclist, I agree. I also think that bad planned cycle lanes are worst than no cycle lanes at all.

    • @fnjfrancis
      @fnjfrancis Před 4 lety +557

      Hassaan Khalid Dont you think, that trees are taken down for parking?! Bike lanes help reducing short cartrips and thereby reducing pollution...nothing bad about that.

    • @marcosjunior1014
      @marcosjunior1014 Před 4 lety +659

      @@fnjfrancis I see what you mean, but one error do not justify the other.
      Both cycle lanes and parkings shouldn't mess with the trees.
      DO NOT FUCK WITH THE TREES :c

    • @boltmix7294
      @boltmix7294 Před 4 lety +118

      @@fnjfrancis Literally nothing you mentioned is true
      Cyclying only ruins cities and their envirement
      There are no positives
      Cyclist are and always will be the cancer of the world that has and never will contribute anything to society

    • @fnjfrancis
      @fnjfrancis Před 4 lety +648

      @@boltmix7294 In copenhagen, where I live, 500.000 takes their bicycle to work every day. That is 500.000 less car trips in the city...resulting in less pollution and less traffic-jams.

  • @muhammadghiffary2110
    @muhammadghiffary2110 Před 3 lety +8542

    hearing him rants about cycling is 10000 percent more entertaining than watching the new top gear

    • @Formula1st
      @Formula1st Před 3 lety +94

      New top gear is great if you don’t compare it to the old one

    • @aboldone5936
      @aboldone5936 Před 3 lety +219

      @@Formula1st but you do compare it because its the same show under the same name and they do the same things why would I watch that when I could watch this amazing bloke on amazon

    • @Formula1st
      @Formula1st Před 3 lety +4

      @@aboldone5936 coz top gear’s free

    • @aboldone5936
      @aboldone5936 Před 3 lety +91

      @@Formula1st would rather spend a bit than watch the new top gear ngl mate

    • @thefroggames1897
      @thefroggames1897 Před 3 lety +47

      Everything is better than new top gear

  • @StealthyDead
    @StealthyDead Před rokem +338

    "You have to eat food to cycle, so it's bad for the environment."
    You have to produce gasoline to drive cars. And you still eat food.

    • @horvathbenedek3596
      @horvathbenedek3596 Před rokem +5

      When broken down to kilometers travelled, using cars fueled by gasoline is less environmentally taxing than using your own body fueled by food. What part of this is hard to accept?

    • @lokesh4479
      @lokesh4479 Před rokem +67

      @@horvathbenedek3596 so are all cars having a lower carbon footprint then all cyclists? or is food we eat having a bigger carbon footprint while being produced? because im not able to understand how a car is more ecologically better than a cycle

    • @sniffaboi5232
      @sniffaboi5232 Před rokem +71

      @@horvathbenedek3596 Jesus Christ dude, you have to be trolling.

    • @kyou42
      @kyou42 Před rokem +45

      @@horvathbenedek3596 Source? That's the dumbest thing I've heard and I just watched a video of Jeremy Clarkson speaking.

    • @muradm7748
      @muradm7748 Před rokem

      Yeah and gasoline just comes naturally from under the gas stations. You don't have to transport it from middle east and russia with bonus side effect of supporting inhumane petrcraties

  • @meiliyinhua7486
    @meiliyinhua7486 Před rokem +389

    "You need more food to keep up cycling"
    ...so... is your argument that exercise is bad for the environment?

    • @comet.x
      @comet.x Před rokem +29

      his argument is tearing down trees to make a cycle lane they won't need because private cars are going to be banned in london by the same group deciding to tear down trees is bad for the environment.

    • @looseycanon
      @looseycanon Před rokem +9

      Strictly speaking, you do exhale CO2, the best you can do for the environment is to breathe less, and therefore evade activities, which make you breathe more, like exercise... Now, the effect of something like this is minuscule, when compared other sources of CO2, but it is a contributing factor.
      No, the real problem is this. We only keep about 3% more energy now due to all the greenhouse gasses, than before industrial revolution. It would literally be easier and cheaper to increase cloud cover somewhere over the ocean, so that we would cover 3% more of Earth's surface and stabilize the climate. Remember, it's not the CO2, that is the problem here, the problem is, we don't know how to extract that extra energy from our atmosphere and either utilize it, store it or radiate it back in to space. And that is what's actually causing global warming.

    • @alexseguin5245
      @alexseguin5245 Před rokem +33

      The guy doesn't have two brain cells to rub together. This is not how food consumption and exercise work. Your digestive system does not work like a fuel tank. It is entirely possible to add exercise to your daily routine without eating more. also, he's using arguments against cycling that are way more relevant to his precious cars.

    • @hashiramasenju6058
      @hashiramasenju6058 Před rokem +24

      What's crazy is that HE IS OVERWEIGHT and complaining about more food consumption among cyclists! He needs to stop eating so much before he can tell others to do so.

    • @9Kualalumpur
      @9Kualalumpur Před rokem +8

      @@comet.x Nobody is ever banning private cars and you know it, so it's just a hypocritical strawman argument. I laugh at him pretending to care about those trees as his ideal world of pollution kills millions of them.

  • @andrewmurphy5310
    @andrewmurphy5310 Před 4 lety +11442

    He's like the guy at the pub who starts talking to you.

    • @JJMR3000
      @JJMR3000 Před 4 lety +124

      I spit out the water I was drinking when I read that comment :D

    • @Simple1Jack
      @Simple1Jack Před 4 lety +473

      And you just sit there nodding politely and throwing in the occasional sympathetic “yeah” in the hope he’ll just eventually leave you.

    • @donsanjino
      @donsanjino Před 4 lety +2

      XD

    • @MarcMallary
      @MarcMallary Před 4 lety +36

      Maybe alcohol was a factor in this video.

    • @xavierniva5210
      @xavierniva5210 Před 4 lety +30

      @Marc Mallary Or common sense

  • @m4tt702
    @m4tt702 Před 4 lety +2665

    1) 0:35
    2) 0:53
    3) 3:00
    4) 3:37
    5) 3:48
    6) 3:51
    7) 4:42

  • @bultvidxxxix9973
    @bultvidxxxix9973 Před rokem +184

    Interesting points he made. I did some math regarding CO2 emissions by eating. According so some numbers I found somewhere, cycling burns about 20 kcal/km. Gathering some more numbers I found somewhere that the average consumption per person per day is around 3500 kcal and the CO2 emissions from food about 1100 kg/year, so that would mean 0.86 g CO2/kcal, or 17g/km. Even if you double that to have some safety margin, that's still a lot better than combustion cars with over 100g/km.

    • @JuanRanklin
      @JuanRanklin Před rokem +9

      So then no need to go vegan or vegetarian right?

    • @anubis9151
      @anubis9151 Před rokem

      @@JuanRanklin Going vegan is a cancer, it literally harms men, soy and other such products are suspected or already confirmed to harm men, since they at the very least reduce the testoterone that men produce. But that's info that's not talked about, how convinient, who would've thought that on a society where men are being openly being discriminated against, such things would've happen.

    • @emptyptr9401
      @emptyptr9401 Před rokem +29

      Also "Average CO2 consumption from food" will also include things like meat, which is notoriously bad for the environment. I am sure you can drastically reduce reduce the CO2 emissions from food by choosing wisely what food to buy.

    • @bultvidxxxix9973
      @bultvidxxxix9973 Před rokem +5

      Sure, a vegan cyclist may have less CO2 emission than a normal cyclist. I went with averages because I'd assume people would just scale up their normal consumption instead of eating specifically to offset the calories used to cycle. You could also say that cyclists should eat a teaspoon of sugar per km, which would be a lot better in terms of CO2. But I don't think that would be a realistic assumption.

    • @thebreifcaseman269
      @thebreifcaseman269 Před rokem

      Add in the fuel it takes to transport that extra food needed to fuel the cyclists and the emissions from cows and pigs needed extra to feed the cyclists and then add on the extra emissions from cars having to travel at slower speeds for a longer time way below the speed limit and you would probably find it actually contributes to global warming just as much. So the only way to make it have less impact is to ruduce emissions from cars in the first place using electric cars. Problem with that is that will just increase energy usage for electricity dramatically and untill we Can make sure that all eclectic consumption comes from renewable sources then its still contributing to global warming. Another thing is then you jave to take into account the contribution to global warming when making these electric cars the battery and how long they last. The only way to make the efficient when it comes to global warming is to make them as long lasting as possible so new cars wont have to ba made over and over again in such large number but they wont they will make the batterys last a minimum of say 5 years maybe 10 and then they will need to be replaced as this is the most beneficial when it comes economically due to other things not needing to be replaced in a typical engine. No car company is thinking about the environment when making electric cars thay are thinking profit. And theres will stop if they are not using electric cars when new legislation comes stating that all new cars have to be electric. So why would they want there cars to be problem free for such a large amount of time. No one would need to buy a new car. So the only way around this is to make them to brake withing a certain time which is most likely foing to be either the moter or the batterys.

  • @wendig00n
    @wendig00n Před rokem +107

    Here in the US there are hardly any bike lanes and my entire neighborhood feels like a humid industrial zone because there are no sidewalks and there are cars everywhere and the trees have been cut down so there’s only small ones left. Everyone has a car but if you don’t then it does feel like you’re trapped.

    • @comet.x
      @comet.x Před rokem +6

      leveling more area for more car lanes is just as bad as leveling more area for bike lanes

    • @wendig00n
      @wendig00n Před rokem +15

      @@comet.x bike lanes are significantly smaller, you’re kidding?

    • @comet.x
      @comet.x Před rokem

      @@wendig00n you do realize they're just adding bike lanes next to the car lanes right?
      doesn't matter if it's smaller or wider. they're adding it on

    • @drewsaldana5684
      @drewsaldana5684 Před rokem +1

      That’s everywhere in the US. The United States built it’s mode of transit around cities for cars and trains. They didn’t foresee people walking or biking from town to town or across the city. Plus European countries are obviously older so they tend to have more walking and biking areas over cars.

    • @MegaRayland
      @MegaRayland Před rokem +4

      Clearly you haven’t been to Minneapolis, MN. Over the last decade they added bike lanes everywhere to “solve traffic issues”.
      Of course they wasted millions, created more traffic issues by eliminating car lanes, and all for a few riders who only use it at most 5 months out of the year since the snow and sub-freezing temperatures the rest of the way make it impossible to bike.

  • @James-qn9rg
    @James-qn9rg Před 4 lety +7228

    *bus drives past*
    “You can’t go on those you will get a disease”.

    • @forestdad
      @forestdad Před 4 lety +241

      As funny as that is it also turns his arguments into the ramblings of a crazy old man.

    • @crotchet6439
      @crotchet6439 Před 4 lety +163

      @@forestdad he's not crazy he's amazing

    • @megamrsoftee
      @megamrsoftee Před 4 lety +64

      @@crotchet6439 Yeah, so amazing that I was open to watching the video until I heard this dude speak. This guy sucks.

    • @TatisRingwormCreme
      @TatisRingwormCreme Před 4 lety +86

      He ain't crazy its true

    • @kaiserwilhelmii1827
      @kaiserwilhelmii1827 Před 4 lety +116

      @@megamrsoftee You suck. Fuck you.

  • @SirSpiderPig
    @SirSpiderPig Před 4 lety +5278

    *points at public transport* “can’t go on one of these or you’ll get a disease” well that aged well 😂

    • @REVO515
      @REVO515 Před 4 lety +94

      Lol i had to check the date when the video was posted when he said that.

    • @ibnishakhafiz
      @ibnishakhafiz Před 3 lety +117

      As he says, "sometimes my genius is frightening". 😂

    • @Alienull
      @Alienull Před 3 lety +9

      Yes because coronavirus is the only disease that exists

    • @yuvalmoyal_1824
      @yuvalmoyal_1824 Před 3 lety +2

      @@REVO515 same

    • @willammillar8510
      @willammillar8510 Před 3 lety +2

      That doesnt even need to be sarcastic cause its true😂

  • @ADthehawk
    @ADthehawk Před rokem +11

    Dude's doctor told him to cycle more. That's why he is so grumpy.

  • @michakaczanowicz331
    @michakaczanowicz331 Před 8 měsíci +14

    Saying nobody cycles because nobody wants to when there's no decent bicycle lane is like saying "there's no need for a bridge, do you see any people swimming across the river bare hands?"

  • @whatsupwithyoudude
    @whatsupwithyoudude Před 4 lety +3322

    Old man yells at cyclists.

    • @subninja8069
      @subninja8069 Před 4 lety +78

      OK BOOMMER

    • @truck-a-bout1958
      @truck-a-bout1958 Před 4 lety +32

      @@subninja8069 Do you even know what that means???

    • @subninja8069
      @subninja8069 Před 4 lety +35

      @@truck-a-bout1958 yep... its the people who fucked up the economy and why us Millenniums have a hard time finding jobs.

    • @rdablock
      @rdablock Před 4 lety +79

      @@subninja8069 Jeremy Clarkson is the ultimate boomer though

    • @Soundwave12gamer
      @Soundwave12gamer Před 4 lety +8

      Is this a The Simpsons reference?

  • @asdf12347109
    @asdf12347109 Před 4 lety +1387

    I love the passers by, they all recognize clarkson, "HOLYSHITits Clarkson" but are polite enough to keep walking, not interrupt.

    • @hiphop6045
      @hiphop6045 Před 4 lety +118

      Yeah this isn't America my friend

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM Před 4 lety +16

      Oh they have interrupted him, now they interrupt no more.

    • @bigcj149
      @bigcj149 Před 4 lety +20

      So B R I T I S H

    • @chrismac2234
      @chrismac2234 Před 4 lety +95

      The producer is holding a sign saying 'you can fuck off too'

    • @nomad5176
      @nomad5176 Před 4 lety +3

      @@hiphop6045 Ha ha, right. 'Oh my gosh, it's Jeremy Clarksooon. Aaaaaa! Oh my gosh'. :)

  • @lukeshepard1253
    @lukeshepard1253 Před rokem +231

    London is a dense flat city perfect for biking, If biking was safe and convenient enough it would reduce car congestion which could allow for even faster ambulances. If you look at a city like Amsterdam they have the best bike baths, but also really efficient car traffic. I don't agree with banning private cars, or the government money laundering, but owning your own car drastically heightens your carbon footprint and more people biking directly reduces traffic congestion for your ambulance.

    • @comet.x
      @comet.x Před rokem +33

      cArBoN fOoTpRiNt
      yeah guess who started that phrase? BP. British Petroleum.
      Stop caring about the pathetic amount of emissions you emit and start caring about the insanely huge amount of emissions actual polluters emitt.

    • @ChrisStoneinator
      @ChrisStoneinator Před rokem

      Yeah except "your carbon footprint" is a marketing campaign by BP in the 90s and 70% of pollution worldwide comes from industry. If literally everyone in the world started eating sustainable food, wearing sustainable clothes, using sustainable transport and recycling like a saint tomorrow, not a single problem would be solved. So don't give me that. The only boot print you should be worried about is on your face and there's nothing carbon about it.

    • @samcan9997
      @samcan9997 Před rokem +4

      then get a motorbike also perhapse realise amsterdam is very flat compaired to a lot of places

    • @awesomedavid2012
      @awesomedavid2012 Před rokem +7

      Ever see London weather?

    • @iwonderwhy9681
      @iwonderwhy9681 Před rokem +4

      @@comet.x Based

  • @novax596
    @novax596 Před 3 lety +7624

    Something about hearing him swear constantly without the bleep makes this sooo much more entertaining and satisfying to watch.

    • @limited9024
      @limited9024 Před 3 lety +104

      Because you are listening to him in his pure form. It’s like a drug

    • @lS-qp6zq
      @lS-qp6zq Před 3 lety +17

      Especially when it had something to do with bloated govt infrastructure projects.

    • @xameerfaraj9077
      @xameerfaraj9077 Před 3 lety

      😈😎😈😈😎😈😎😈😎😈

    • @ishikayinamura5854
      @ishikayinamura5854 Před 3 lety +7

      I miss him talking on tog gear

    • @smalltownnickey
      @smalltownnickey Před 3 lety +2

      I hate swares

  • @beaupatton856
    @beaupatton856 Před 3 lety +2551

    Being uncensored on the internet has allowed Clarkson to evolve into his final form of ranting old man.....this is my favorite version of Jezza

    • @atarvhegde5210
      @atarvhegde5210 Před 3 lety +27

      1:06
      Clarkson: " Out there there is an ambulance stuck in traffic jam because of cycle lanes being made"
      Well would the porschembulance fare any better with a traffic jam?

    • @detectivefoxley9912
      @detectivefoxley9912 Před 3 lety +12

      @@atarvhegde5210 That's what the ram on it was for. It was called the Rambulance.

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan Před 3 lety +3

      He was already on BBC2's Grumpy Old Men in 2003 @ 43-ish

    • @norbertcolon5215
      @norbertcolon5215 Před 3 lety +3

      As a ranting old man I can relate to this

    • @killerdublin
      @killerdublin Před 3 lety +4

      Ranting old man? A person with years of life experience sharing knowledge.

  • @Oncus2
    @Oncus2 Před rokem +11

    Proof that we should stop asking old people for opinions.

  • @tofraley
    @tofraley Před rokem +8

    "Let's have an intelligent debate..."
    Is that what the past five and a half minutes have been?

    • @Hyperventilacion
      @Hyperventilacion Před rokem +4

      I mean, it sounds better than "Let's have an misinformed patronizing rant"

    • @Omegon8536
      @Omegon8536 Před 11 dny

      this is an intelligent debate. not his fault retards like you don't get that and just want to force yourselves onto everyone.

  • @Comingforfootballfans
    @Comingforfootballfans Před 4 lety +2555

    In India when you make a designated Cycle lane, it becomes a parking lane.

  • @primefernandoalonso
    @primefernandoalonso Před 3 lety +3808

    “All those lunatics with 5 Hardened bananas on their head and a little GoPro”
    Jeremy Clarkson

    • @KristjanB
      @KristjanB Před 3 lety +20

      What a boomer. He obviously doesn't understand that there is a reason why the helmet is designed the way it is.

    • @gimlisonofgloin2934
      @gimlisonofgloin2934 Před 3 lety +71

      @@KristjanB no one cares

    • @kenta469
      @kenta469 Před 3 lety +25

      @@KristjanB do you eat 5 hardened bananas?

    • @northernranger7730
      @northernranger7730 Před 3 lety +40

      @@KristjanB it’s clearly a mocking description. I’m sure he realizes things are designed for a reason.

    • @getaasciesh1
      @getaasciesh1 Před 3 lety +20

      @@KristjanB He is much smarter than you. You know?

  • @Insolation1
    @Insolation1 Před rokem +4

    The simple answer is to make 20 mph the max for all towns and cities, I can easily keep up with any car at that speed.

  • @stevenk-brooks3459
    @stevenk-brooks3459 Před rokem +4

    Jeremy Clarkson gives an argument against cycle lanes, but I kept waiting to hear why bicycles harm the environment.

    • @_Jess
      @_Jess Před rokem +1

      If anything, following his argument we should replace car lanes with bicycle lanes.

  • @sarahconnolly4194
    @sarahconnolly4194 Před 3 lety +3039

    The AA Man.
    0:20 leisurely strolls by then... "Hang on a minute. Is that...is that Jeremy Clarkson? Best go round the block and have another look"
    0:44 AA Man breezes by, quick glance over the shoulder. "Looks like him alright."
    01:15 AA Man decides he'd better go around in the van, just to be sure. "I mean, it could be Clarkson..."
    05:08 AA Man, drops into second gear while casually passing the cafe for the fourth time. "T'is himself alright."
    05:18 AA Man quickly guns by with all his mates in the back because they didn't believe him when he swore he saw Jeremy Clarkson at the cafe.
    The End.

  • @lord.onk99
    @lord.onk99 Před 4 lety +2277

    I fully expected him to finish ranting and get on that grey bike in the background and ride off.

  • @yakub7098
    @yakub7098 Před rokem +17

    As a cyclist I can confirm nobody want to sit next to me because of the smell from my armpits 😞

    • @alex2143
      @alex2143 Před rokem +3

      Dutch cyclist here, can't relate. Maybe dont treat your commute like the Tour de France and just take it easy.

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Před rokem +3

      @@alex2143 you guys have no idea what warm air is. What's you're high 24c?

  • @ocek2744
    @ocek2744 Před rokem +9

    To counter his points, A. Exercise increasing calorie intake (which I'd contend needs cited research) is about where we get our calories (namely beef) and it's impact on the environment. B. The biggest issue are cars themselves, not just the fact they're inefficient transportation, but because the infrastructure is extremely costly and impactful on the environment.

  • @41BOT
    @41BOT Před 4 lety +3539

    They should be spending 42mills for planting trees, not cutting them down.

    • @eug3nius
      @eug3nius Před 4 lety +47

      So that's 84 trees then ...

    • @41BOT
      @41BOT Před 4 lety +6

      @@eug3nius how

    • @BigMacProDaddy
      @BigMacProDaddy Před 4 lety +48

      It's more beneficial to take care of the tree's we have, then to plant new one's. And the forest can pay back with fire safety in a warming planet, and provide lots of food

    • @nalatreborrenoclaf9648
      @nalatreborrenoclaf9648 Před 4 lety +7

      They'd have to bring 42 mills all the way back from holland, did you think of that. No.

    • @tjb189215
      @tjb189215 Před 4 lety

      Here here!

  • @hellonthetrail6951
    @hellonthetrail6951 Před 3 lety +2800

    It woulda been priceless if he went and hopped on the bicycle that's parked behind him at the end.

    • @onetwothreefourfive12345
      @onetwothreefourfive12345 Před 3 lety +66

      You should write scripts.

    • @viktorhalaj3029
      @viktorhalaj3029 Před 3 lety +14

      Yeah I kinda hoped that was gonna be plot twist at the end but then again this is Jeremy Clarkson we are talking about.

    • @sre331l
      @sre331l Před 2 lety +2

      Look up benny hill on here!

    • @sre331l
      @sre331l Před 2 lety +1

      Glad you got o much from what he said.

    • @P.Rick316
      @P.Rick316 Před 2 lety +9

      And put on a cycle helmet, that would be tongue n cheek.

  • @akamiguelsanchez9985
    @akamiguelsanchez9985 Před rokem +2

    Cyclists that don’t use cycle lanes is absolutely infuriating

  • @tonkboi6039
    @tonkboi6039 Před rokem +39

    as a Dutch person who cycles everyday, this hurts my feelings :(

    • @mchoppityhooper
      @mchoppityhooper Před rokem +1

      You can only blame yourself unfortunately

    • @hil449
      @hil449 Před rokem +6

      its just a bigot with no power, let him talk

    • @mchoppityhooper
      @mchoppityhooper Před rokem +2

      @@hil449 “bigot” - 🤓

  • @the_jurny3442
    @the_jurny3442 Před 4 lety +3305

    4:40 I think i just witnessed the most british thing ever

    • @Nazhussain07
      @Nazhussain07 Před 4 lety +23

      @IllGold21 What's your point?

    • @Nazhussain07
      @Nazhussain07 Před 4 lety +31

      @IllGold21 Define British. How far do we have to go in someone's family tree for them to be considered a true Brit? Why am I less British than you?

    • @Nazhussain07
      @Nazhussain07 Před 4 lety +36

      @IllGold21 Doesn't answer the question though does it. What's your basis for this? Who gets to call themselves British? How do you define it? What difference should someone's complexion make on their nationality if they are an official citizen of the country?

    • @Nazhussain07
      @Nazhussain07 Před 4 lety +59

      @IllGold21 lol of course you have no answer. Well, if you want anyone to blame for me "taking over white countries", blame Britain. If they didn't want me, they shouldn't have colonised India in the first place and just left well enough alone. Maybe then some of us wouldn't have come over. Or maybe you should blame the King for asking citizens of the commonwealth to come help rebuild Britain after the war because of all the men they lost. Just saying.

    • @SJP-go2do
      @SJP-go2do Před 4 lety +66

      @IllGold21 Still living in the 19th century are we

  • @willbennett7508
    @willbennett7508 Před 4 lety +819

    First time I’ve heard him say the F word without it bleeped

    • @FoxyEmGee
      @FoxyEmGee Před 4 lety +44

      It got alot worse last week when he spoke about f1...

    • @hantms
      @hantms Před 4 lety +20

      That's the beauty of CZcams, versus lame ass TV producers.

    • @tannermerrill
      @tannermerrill Před 4 lety +5

      Its wonderful

    • @zohairahmad2652
      @zohairahmad2652 Před 4 lety +2

      You should watch his video on F1 on DriveTribe.

    • @tannermerrill
      @tannermerrill Před 4 lety +3

      @@zohairahmad2652 hilarious. Clarkson in all his glory

  • @MeltingTheta
    @MeltingTheta Před rokem +3

    Have you ever seen 5 bicycles release toxic waste in the atmosphere?

    • @SheepWaveMeByeBye
      @SheepWaveMeByeBye Před rokem

      During construction of the bikes, the bike lane and the pink nylon cycle shorts it does release toxic waste into the athmosphere.

  • @TabooRevolution13
    @TabooRevolution13 Před rokem +3

    The evolution of every city is to have a town piano in the center and to be pedestrian only in the middle.

  • @Dude-jx8ey
    @Dude-jx8ey Před 4 lety +1208

    I'm not used to Jeremy saying f*** off and not having it censored. Not a bad thing I just am used to watching OG top gear reruns 🤣

  • @lukasmith8584
    @lukasmith8584 Před 4 lety +2027

    It’s strange listening to him curse, it’s always bleeped out in the shows

  • @eduardobenassi3072
    @eduardobenassi3072 Před rokem +35

    My bike has always been my main commuter vehicle. I also own a 1981 Toyota Cressida, simply because I love japanese classics, and enjoy driving.. I don't actually need it to get around. Biking keeps me in shape and adds years to my life, everyone should do it more.

  • @simonmahrer988
    @simonmahrer988 Před rokem +6

    some of the things he says are so absurd, it's hard to take it seriously

  • @cuebj
    @cuebj Před 3 lety +5619

    Having cycled in, around, under, and over London for 40 years, I agree with him about the trees. I can't imagine a single cyclist wanting any of those trees cut down for a bike lane.

    • @AmineBenbouzid
      @AmineBenbouzid Před 3 lety +103

      I treasure mother nature. I cycled to work in Paris which is way better than the metro (tube) and I can't imagine someone cutting trees for me to cycle ! Blasphemy !!

    • @TheRoybeasley
      @TheRoybeasley Před 3 lety +200

      It's not the cyclists who want the trees cut down - it's Sadiq Khan. The cyclists would rather the road was simply closed to all motor traffic.

    • @LeviticusCorwall1899
      @LeviticusCorwall1899 Před 3 lety +5

      Agreed

    • @jackgibbons6013
      @jackgibbons6013 Před 3 lety +73

      Agreed, they should take some car lanes instead

    • @mashayikhshaikh9666
      @mashayikhshaikh9666 Před 3 lety +38

      Perhaps if people reduce their depend on automobiles then cycle lanes won't be necessary at all

  • @nickolaisimmons4638
    @nickolaisimmons4638 Před 3 lety +2876

    Clarkson: “we live in absurd times”
    Little does he know what’s coming in 2020....

    • @mannam9468
      @mannam9468 Před 3 lety +34

      Or all the ones that get you put in jail for saying jokes.

    • @goffharr6345
      @goffharr6345 Před 3 lety +41

      Shut down the country because of a 0.06% death rate flu, and guess what, the politicians and "experts" who lecture us like kids are violating the very same rules they set!

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 Před 3 lety +20

      Bus comes along. "Don't go on one of those,you'll get a disease".....................2020 Covid. How did he know?

    • @Streetw1s3r
      @Streetw1s3r Před 3 lety +13

      1:59 Little does he know...

    • @LP004
      @LP004 Před 3 lety +6

      Little did YOU know what’s coming in 2021....

  • @Benerif
    @Benerif Před rokem +9

    i cycle and i love this guy, and i love bikes and cars

    • @ii29k
      @ii29k Před rokem

      Same

    • @turolretar
      @turolretar Před 3 měsíci

      I love trees more than anything

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios Před 4 lety +1464

    He sounds like his only solution for happiness is to get out of London....

    • @liamc1102
      @liamc1102 Před 4 lety +9

      Happiness has nothing to do with the external.

    • @fmwr1397
      @fmwr1397 Před 4 lety +28

      It is.

    • @owenbunny4023
      @owenbunny4023 Před 4 lety +25

      big city problem

    • @walrusirl
      @walrusirl Před 4 lety +31

      He bought a farm just for that reason

    • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
      @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 Před 4 lety +3

      For a man like Jeremy or any other kind of celebrity for work reasons he has to but he owns a farm house in the country just for that reason

  • @edinborogh
    @edinborogh Před 4 lety +717

    I can listen to Jeremy complaining about anything all day long.

    • @kamperkreuger8419
      @kamperkreuger8419 Před 4 lety +8

      I can listen to him just talking all day

    • @mysteriousgadget7879
      @mysteriousgadget7879 Před 4 lety +9

      I'd love to hear that. The perfect podcast to make each day interesting.

    • @lord_scrubington
      @lord_scrubington Před 4 lety +1

      agreed

    • @Venividivici55555
      @Venividivici55555 Před 4 lety +3

      no doubt about it. lets say it would be live and he was going on for hours, i wonder how many hours could i listen to him , i think about 4 straight...

    • @robbymidgett3797
      @robbymidgett3797 Před 4 lety +2

      As can I. A smile gets plastered to my noggin when ever he states “they can fuck off”. Love it!

  • @jedisentinel1499
    @jedisentinel1499 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I’m a cyclist and I find this absolutely hilarious. Clarkson is the man! He’s half joking, and you have to get his sarcastic humor to appreciate him.

  • @MisterDaviso452
    @MisterDaviso452 Před rokem +12

    There's an interesting fact that I think a lot of people like him overlook; some people drive cars because they want to, but most people drive cars because they have to. Give half the road to cyclists and public transport, and you'll have 1/4 the drivers remaining on the road. Sure you'll have half as much road to drive, but you'll have twice as much space on what's left.

    • @aryotaheri7421
      @aryotaheri7421 Před 11 měsíci +1

      while there's an element of truth to what you said, the numbers you throw around seem highly inflated if not entirely made up. Sure, I'm certain many people drive cars because they have to. But will they actually stop driving, especially when the alternatives or buses and bicycles? I SERIOUSLY doubt that.

  • @46Dixey
    @46Dixey Před 4 lety +1159

    Imagine walking down the street and seeing Jeremy having a cuppa

  • @mylesspear
    @mylesspear Před 4 lety +2715

    “We live in absurd times.” I couldn’t agree more.

  • @DAG924
    @DAG924 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I don't agree with getting rid of trees for bike lanes, but car lanes can go.

  • @devforfun5618
    @devforfun5618 Před rokem +40

    alternativelly, remove the car lanes, so you can keep bikes and trees

  • @meansartin
    @meansartin Před 4 lety +1135

    The guy in the yellow vest keeps walking by thinking "Is that Clarkson?"

    • @GHound420
      @GHound420 Před 4 lety +1

      Do black people in England care who Jeremy is?

    • @Astonp99
      @Astonp99 Před 4 lety +80

      @@GHound420 Why wouldn't they ?

    • @damnokay2
      @damnokay2 Před 4 lety +46

      Woogie Harrelson what does black have to do with anything??

    • @johnrobertson6280
      @johnrobertson6280 Před 4 lety +29

      The yellow vested gentleman was an AA man and I'm sure would recognise Clarkson.

    • @jxtm4931
      @jxtm4931 Před 4 lety +5

      Dan Smith your a little white kid don’t be saying that shit

  • @ANTSEMUT1
    @ANTSEMUT1 Před 2 lety +784

    This is more about how inept the council of London is than it is to do with the usefulness of bikes.

    • @Erdath91
      @Erdath91 Před 2 lety

      Regardless, cyclists are a scourge on humanity and suffer from low testosterone one.

    • @frenkie14
      @frenkie14 Před rokem +3

      Exactly what i was thinking

    • @aleksandrastvardauskas7288
      @aleksandrastvardauskas7288 Před rokem +7

      Not necessary. I am assuming you are referring to the "cutting trees to put cycling lines" bit (not to the ambulance being stuck in traffic). According to my rough calculations (rough because I took carbon consumption of an average tree from Google), it would take 60 trees a year to consume the same amount of carbon I would produce by going to work in my car (not a Humvee mind you) for a week. If cutting 60 trees would make at least one person go to work by bicycle it might be worth the trade. Of course, cutting trees is not an optimal solution, but not necessary a bad one.

    • @anxiousearth680
      @anxiousearth680 Před rokem +7

      @@aleksandrastvardauskas7288 Yeah, you can plant trees elsewhere but the lanes HAVE to be there.

    • @logicphile6207
      @logicphile6207 Před rokem +1

      He directly says the last 7 words of the title.

  • @Iqoi
    @Iqoi Před 3 měsíci +2

    Hardest "try not to rage" challenge

  • @magic_cfw
    @magic_cfw Před rokem +10

    More or less stating the obvious:
    Smart use of cycle lanes is how you save the environment. A worst case argument is where you have to remove trees and make roads more congessed by restricting traffic flow.
    Obvious statements like "bikes for short distance and long distance" or the like are contributing as most people I think can agree unless they are staunchly against/for cycle lanes. Though having better and cleaner public transport in my opinion is still no.1 on the list imo.

  • @sbomorse
    @sbomorse Před 4 lety +760

    It's refreshing to actually hear him speak freely and not censored for swearing.

    • @VGScreens
      @VGScreens Před 4 lety +4

      tru n nace spellin bruh

    • @marioftw6182
      @marioftw6182 Před 4 lety +2

      @@VGScreens nice

    • @ijustpostedth1s724
      @ijustpostedth1s724 Před 4 lety +3

      Or punching a producer.

    • @dantos1991
      @dantos1991 Před 4 lety +4

      Refreshing like a cup of hot tea made with dog turds

    • @joshh465
      @joshh465 Před 4 lety +9

      Can't agree with this comment more. Sick of hearing all this censored BS everywhere, we're english man, fuck being PC about everything. It's only the nonce's in 'power' that talk like that.
      Wow I just sounded like a typical English football shirt wearing, council house dwelling, Brexit voting imbecile...
      Nah man, fuck PC. Go Jezza.

  • @nabri-nfg3262
    @nabri-nfg3262 Před rokem +65

    Everything he's saying is nonsensical,
    The only thing I agree with is you should not cut down trees for cycling lanes

    • @bogdanMr
      @bogdanMr Před rokem

      It's only for entertainment.

    • @fallu6224
      @fallu6224 Před rokem

      Yeah this is why you listen people who actually have researched the subject and published papers and not a senile man who uses a newspaper as his source and thinks he is an expert. People like Jeremy are the reason why the term Dunning-Kruger effect was created

    • @Omegon8536
      @Omegon8536 Před 11 dny

      @@bogdanMr it is. it's entertaining because it's true.

    • @Omegon8536
      @Omegon8536 Před 11 dny +1

      yes. don't make cycle lanes and don't have cyclists. common sense things.

  • @EdgePitSwing
    @EdgePitSwing Před rokem +3

    Not biased at all, this one.

  • @6pistons
    @6pistons Před 4 lety +510

    Was expecting James May to roll up on a bicycle and Clarkson shouting FACK OFF!!!

    • @AyushRaj1024
      @AyushRaj1024 Před 4 lety +17

      That is actually such a James May thing to do.

    • @mrpots31
      @mrpots31 Před 4 lety +8

      I was thinking that folding bike was May's

    • @coltonjacobs5383
      @coltonjacobs5383 Před 4 lety +1

      Then Jeremy would push him over and May would just yell: “CLARKSON”

  • @Altis_play
    @Altis_play Před rokem +2542

    I agree why remove a tree line when you can replace a traffic line with a bike path.

    • @Darwho
      @Darwho Před rokem +207

      But don't you agree that so many of his arguments are just plain flatly wrong. It's like sophism produced in chain here.
      He seriously thinks that not producing a 1.5 ton car and all the petrol consumption and delivery that come with it less environmentally friendly than a 500 calories per day superior need that can be FULLFILED OTHERWISE than by importing avocados, etc, by plane, OBVIOUSLY. That's a sophism by intentionally excluding other self evident low carbon cost alternatives (boat is extremely efficient for exemple). What a shame.

    • @jakesaari7652
      @jakesaari7652 Před rokem +100

      @@Darwho Yes this was well documented. The scene is well composed. I'm really not sure he even believes what he's saying though, so for me it comes across as just plain lying. It's like watching somebody spread misinformation in order to publicly take a political/economic position for personal gain.

    • @ianlanford6922
      @ianlanford6922 Před rokem +16

      @@Darwho well actually he just joking, obviously. maintained his character.

    • @Darwho
      @Darwho Před rokem +3

      @@ianlanford6922 How do you know

    • @kahtyman7293
      @kahtyman7293 Před rokem +12

      @@Darwho if you watch all the shows he was in, you'll se when there's a joke

  • @jeditimelords
    @jeditimelords Před rokem +2

    This is the definition of “old man yells at clouds”

  • @australianeastcoastpilotse2414

    Clarkson is a legend.....

  • @harryboi8485
    @harryboi8485 Před 4 lety +1492

    1:20 that’s me and my girlfriend walking in the background, after just having an argument on whether or not we just walked past Jeremy Clarkson, and in doing so ruining their take and getting scowled at by Jeremy as a consequence.

  • @DarylSolis
    @DarylSolis Před 4 lety +2461

    Plot twist: That's Clarkson's bike chained to the post

    • @theharborz1819
      @theharborz1819 Před 4 lety +13

      @Michelle Green that's a joke. Chill mate

    • @karlstone297
      @karlstone297 Před 4 lety +5

      If you'd ever watched the news on Top Gear you'd know that Jeremey insists he has a bicycle.

    • @nananayeyeye6229
      @nananayeyeye6229 Před 4 lety

      Michelle Green r/wooosh

    • @jacedavey3684
      @jacedavey3684 Před 3 lety +4

      He wasn’t on about having a bike. He was on about having theses cycle lanes, and trees are being pulled down to have them go back to 0:14 and he will tell you

    • @michaelsingh843
      @michaelsingh843 Před 3 lety

      🤯

  • @spacebear916
    @spacebear916 Před rokem +3

    4:22
    Thought Clarkson would pull that kid aside and yell:
    "DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW CRAZY THAT IS!??!"🤣

  • @DanielDroegeShow
    @DanielDroegeShow Před rokem +2

    You mean that if I don't ride a bike, I don't have to eat anymore? That will save so much money. Thanks!

  • @RoninOB
    @RoninOB Před 4 lety +793

    The most beautiful street in London .. the one that says 'You are now leaving London'

  • @osiris7800
    @osiris7800 Před 3 lety +1266

    I find it surprising that Jeremy can sit out side a pub anywhere without getting harassed.

    • @bassinblue
      @bassinblue Před 3 lety +125

      Well, it is London, people are anti social here xD

    • @Fexitol
      @Fexitol Před 3 lety +252

      Pretty sure a bunch of people did...but he told them to F*ck off

    • @chrisbuxton1958
      @chrisbuxton1958 Před 3 lety +14

      This is England.

    • @Alphae21
      @Alphae21 Před 3 lety +4

      @@chrisbuxton1958 L

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants Před 3 lety +5

      Why do i feel it's a green scrern

  • @Simon-hd6dc
    @Simon-hd6dc Před 7 měsíci +16

    This man is a national treasure.
    And I'm German.

  • @travismartinson1813
    @travismartinson1813 Před rokem +1

    I’d rather ride my bike on a nice shaded road than a hot sunny bicycle lane.

  • @jamespeoples662
    @jamespeoples662 Před 4 lety +255

    This man has one hell of a skill. The ability to complain, and make it entertaining. I could listen to it all day.

    • @koitorob
      @koitorob Před 4 lety +5

      They made the series. It was called Grumpy Old Men

    • @kobrien4121
      @kobrien4121 Před 4 lety +1

      F**k Off!

    • @mudgatebronn4438
      @mudgatebronn4438 Před 4 lety +2

      Loved his rant about airports in the grand tour!

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw Před 4 lety +1749

    Cutting down trees to build a cycling lane is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!

  • @dmitrimikrioukov5935
    @dmitrimikrioukov5935 Před rokem +1

    In my city it's very difficult to cycle along cycling lanes because there are always pedestrians walking along them, sometimes aggressive ones.

  • @RidesInforests
    @RidesInforests Před rokem +3

    I Love driving and I love cycling. What camp should I be in?

    • @hamzaanegm
      @hamzaanegm Před rokem +2

      driving, you look less of a clot being in a car than being on a bike.

  • @ronilaw8661
    @ronilaw8661 Před 4 lety +458

    The real Clarkson is here! Much better than the throttled BBC version

    • @WiggysanWiggysan
      @WiggysanWiggysan Před 4 lety +4

      The BBC version that he has not been on for years now ..... ?

    • @dirtytatter
      @dirtytatter Před 4 lety +3

      @@WiggysanWiggysan Is this like in grade school when the girl hits the boy she likes? And it's been four years and five months. If your going to hit someone with something at least put in a little effort. Silly Rabbit

    • @WiggysanWiggysan
      @WiggysanWiggysan Před 4 lety

      @@dirtytatter LOL

    • @josephkay4219
      @josephkay4219 Před 4 lety

      Big black cock?

    • @jasonchilton5023
      @jasonchilton5023 Před 4 lety

      I like this version...definitely more authentic. I really enjoyed hearing his rant about the state of Formula 1, and like here, it was spot on.

  • @sridhark9973
    @sridhark9973 Před 4 lety +477

    Clarkson's way of saying "f*** off" is very....classy🤣

    • @mrjohnnyk
      @mrjohnnyk Před 4 lety +4

      It's the only way to talk to those people, it's the only words they understand.

    • @Samon187
      @Samon187 Před 4 lety +2

      As if Jeremy is famous because he is classy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @garrybaldy327
      @garrybaldy327 Před 4 lety +7

      He didn't say "f*** off". He said "fuck off"

    • @SoundDiggerFozo
      @SoundDiggerFozo Před 4 lety +1

      I do agree
      👍😂🤣😅. Major of London is
      💩 and he isn't alone. All these, who's licking bums of greedy elites puppets, are.

    • @sridhark9973
      @sridhark9973 Před 4 lety

      @@garrybaldy327 that's cuz CZcams hates unfiltered words...idk why

  • @AlexLiYT
    @AlexLiYT Před rokem +2

    I got a bike ad before this

  • @peacefuljeffrey
    @peacefuljeffrey Před rokem +1

    There’s nothing he said with which a reasonable person could possibly disagree-all the more so because he said it all with THAT ACCENT!

  • @heislpartie
    @heislpartie Před 4 lety +1765

    Even though I am a cyclist, you are right. Please leave the trees!!

    • @nemlas85
      @nemlas85 Před 4 lety +56

      exactly. too much traffic is bad, but cutting trees is worse.

    • @jadoei13
      @jadoei13 Před 4 lety +24

      @@ElvenMans Short term, maybe, depends how many people use it. Long term, no, if people cycle instead of using a car, less oil has to be used, so less "co2" is pumped out of the ground. Those trees will die and will probably end up as fuel for a power plant, maybe they serve a few years as furniture, but in the end it is very likely the co2 ends up back in the atmosphere. The co2 that stayed in the ground cause less cars were required stays there, so yes it might actually be better to take them down if the only thing you care about is co2 emmisions. That they have more value than that is clear, kinda nice to have a green city, but in terms of CO2, your argument is a bit problematic.

    • @savagetuner2404
      @savagetuner2404 Před 4 lety +11

      super tomorrow honestly idk how it is in Europe, but here in the US, bicyclists are legally pedestrians (pedestrians can’t be in the street) but they’re also “licenseless drivers” meaning they have rights to the road. So basically these absolute retards use this legal ambiguity to give themselves the full road to themselves. Where I live, bicyclists purposefully ride in the street to slow down traffic. And it’s intentional. They want people to get mad and yell at them. Then they file complaints with the police for HaRRAsSmEnT. Of course, you can’t report the bicyclists for being retards who ride in the middle of traffic, because they don’t have license plates. It would be awfully nice to have decent bicyclists like yourself here.

    • @Rover200Power
      @Rover200Power Před 4 lety +5

      @@jadoei13 not as problematic as your reply. You think power plants run on trees?

    • @diogonunes1865
      @diogonunes1865 Před 4 lety +6

      Pretty much the only thing I agree in this video.
      The video barely is about cycling it's more about cycle lane construction

  • @paulwediting7175
    @paulwediting7175 Před 4 lety +506

    I could listen to Clarkson telling things to eff off all day.

    • @netweed09
      @netweed09 Před 4 lety

      @TiggerLiveToo xDD

    • @Pennsyltucky84
      @Pennsyltucky84 Před 4 lety +2

      Definitely. In fact, the best show ever, James May sits around very carefully assembling some kind of gadget while Clarkson tells him to hurry and fuck off while hamster crashes very expensive cars.

  • @vanjaobradovic4303
    @vanjaobradovic4303 Před rokem

    Are any of the wheels quick release?

  • @duncanwilson7281
    @duncanwilson7281 Před rokem +8

    Was the bike lane blocking the ambulance? Or was it all of the other cars?

    • @jeditimelords
      @jeditimelords Před rokem +1

      First responders in my city actually support bike lanes because unlike cars bikes get out of the way.

  • @btowngolfr812
    @btowngolfr812 Před 4 lety +679

    The problem isn't cycling lanes. Its London's planning committee XD

    • @marksemple297
      @marksemple297 Před 4 lety +10

      bingo.

    • @jamesbarker5254
      @jamesbarker5254 Před 4 lety +1

      No it's the lanes

    • @a.b2966
      @a.b2966 Před 4 lety +6

      @@jamesbarker5254 no it's the city planing

    • @Epck
      @Epck Před 4 lety +3

      @@a.b2966 I'm not from London or even Britain but its probably such a mess being an old city

    • @QoraxAudio
      @QoraxAudio Před 4 lety +1

      Same problems here in the Netherlands, having to deal with incompetent government.

  • @jacobhashbrown329
    @jacobhashbrown329 Před 4 lety +2513

    Clarkson for prime minister

    • @willypupo89
      @willypupo89 Před 4 lety +53

      Thats not as crazy it sounds. If some one told me that Borris Johnson would be PM after his appearance on Top Gear I would of called that person a loon.

    • @falcongamer5867
      @falcongamer5867 Před 4 lety +58

      Clarkson for Emperor of the Earth

    • @mii6619
      @mii6619 Před 4 lety +19

      @@falcongamer5867 All hail the emperor!

    • @am17frans
      @am17frans Před 4 lety +21

      Well, it would be an improvment over the one in office now. That however is a very low bar to clear.

    • @ketchup5344
      @ketchup5344 Před 4 lety +3

      OMG I was just about to make exactly the same comment. Lets get married lol

  • @jamesgunn3278
    @jamesgunn3278 Před rokem +25

    *Corrected title:* Clarkson demonstrates how his broken brain doesn’t understand that not everyone can afford a car

  • @vulcan4d
    @vulcan4d Před 7 měsíci +2

    Now we just need cycling drive through food services

  • @johku3733
    @johku3733 Před 4 lety +1068

    I wonder how many times he will say fu*k off on the next season of Grand Tour.

  • @jasoncollins5949
    @jasoncollins5949 Před 3 lety +1318

    Mayor of London: *has a bad idea
    Clarkson: Cycling is bad for the environment

    • @sardarkhan565
      @sardarkhan565 Před 3 lety +15

      I can not stand him

    • @mrflipflop1321
      @mrflipflop1321 Před 3 lety +21

      because it is!

    • @NikoBellaKhouf
      @NikoBellaKhouf Před 3 lety +46

      @@sardarkhan565 because he speaks the truth?

    • @m0nkEz
      @m0nkEz Před 3 lety +36

      His opinion is irrelevant, the way he rants about it entertains me.

    • @Batman.-
      @Batman.- Před 3 lety +8

      Guys he’s mostly kidding

  • @darbyroach6136
    @darbyroach6136 Před rokem +15

    A bicycle's performance is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, cycling is calculated to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation.[1] In terms of the ratio of cargo weight a bicycle can carry to total weight, it is also the most efficient means of cargo transportation.

    • @TheAnantaSesa
      @TheAnantaSesa Před 8 měsíci

      And if you use electric bikes you don't use any extra food calories but far less mechanical energy than a 100 stone car overall.

  • @boris001000
    @boris001000 Před rokem +2

    Paul Joseph Watson covered this once

  • @PenguinPizza418
    @PenguinPizza418 Před 2 lety +1486

    We all know the solution to this is to take a car lane and turn it into a bike lane

    • @nataliekhanyola5669
      @nataliekhanyola5669 Před 2 lety +64

      Exactly.

    • @Begbietheradge
      @Begbietheradge Před rokem +57

      Not everyone has a job where it’s ok to show up all sweaty with stinking armpits. It’s more of a sports gear than a mode of transport really.

    • @PenguinPizza418
      @PenguinPizza418 Před rokem +129

      @@Begbietheradge Then let those people who can cycle with proper infrastructures. Getting more ppl to cycle means clearing the road for people who really needs to use it

    • @biem7091
      @biem7091 Před rokem +158

      @@Begbietheradge You don't get sweaty if you cycle normally...? only if you try and go really fast... or if you are just fat and have a bad condition. Here in the Netherlands everyone goes with bikes, and I have never seen anyone sweating from using it normally

    • @biem7091
      @biem7091 Před rokem +107

      @floppa floppovich Have you ever seen a traffic jam of bikes? I haven't, and i think that's because bikes need like 10 times less space. Also, I would like to be able to move around rather than sit in the same position for a long time, but you probably have annother opinion on that

  • @Pepmins
    @Pepmins Před 4 lety +1157

    That black man in the beginning thought he was talking about him

    • @SteveOnlin
      @SteveOnlin Před 4 lety +22

      Poor soul

    • @Mullkaw
      @Mullkaw Před 4 lety +84

      this is why it's rude to point like that in public, prime example

    • @barney2159
      @barney2159 Před 4 lety +11

      @@501st91 I am a black person and I have a stool

    • @Commander639
      @Commander639 Před 4 lety +34

      @@barney2159 whose was it originally

    • @davel7037
      @davel7037 Před 4 lety +4

      @@501st91 comment reported

  • @billycookson8804
    @billycookson8804 Před rokem +2

    Jeremy's views hold a lot of valid points - I'd like to highlight one other in this debate. If cyclists wish to use the public highway & tarmac they should pay! Like other forms of transport do. Mandatory number plates for cycle dealerships/shops. And mandatory cycle tests. This way I believe when you hit a cyclist you can just exchange details and leave the scrap push bike on the kerb!! or the (scrap bike lane) when it's announced.
    I believe the average car possibly weighs 1750 kg. @ 30mph- I'm not sure about the average cycle weight but I'm aware cyclists like to purchase bikes that are lighter than a sparrows poo... ?? Is this something to consider on impact??

    • @billycookson8804
      @billycookson8804 Před rokem +1

      @Daniel Lawson danielle morning - i was referring to registration fees, roadworthiness test fees, number plate fees, these are all a form of taxation for the government bank account - If you need a yearly licence to own a television or fishing rod why shouldn't you need a annual licence to own a cycle? Level 2 or level 3 training is a one-off payment of £20 for life!
      I think cyclists should pay more tax for their chosen mode of transport. It's a grey area for the highway agency I'm sure the e-scooters will be copping government charge next year.