According to Clarkson’s column in The Sun last month, he and Hammond’s piloting of an Aston Martin Vanquish and a Porsche GT3, respectively, were seen as in fact very disrespectful by the gendarmes.
Apparently, members of a new French anti-speeding team were waiting for the duo as they approached a tollbooth, fining them on the spot for the convenient sum of everything they had in their wallets and issuing a three-month ban on driving in France for each of the British TV hosts, effective immediately.
Though most French highways have a max limit of 81 mph, the pair failed to notice that they’d entered a 56 mph section. Clarkson and Hammond were picked up by their camera crew, who drove them and the two cars home.
We’re sure this is just a coincidence, but Clarkson’s revelation comes just as the very footage they were filming is prepping for a release. The annual Top Gear DVD, titled The Perfect Road Trip, goes on sale Monday.
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