The Ten Worst Celebrity Drivers
Celebrities are just as bad behind the wheel as anyone else, but they tend to destroy nicer cars. Here are the beautiful people Jalopnik readers are keen to not see behind the wheel anymore.
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Why he's awful: In a celebrity race in 2007, George Lucas showed he has the same kind of delicacy behind the wheel as he has in the editing room, crashing spectacularly into the rest of the field.
9.) Ian Wright
Suggested By: Supersport
Why he's awful: Ian Wright, the British star soccer forward, famously totaled his Ferrari 360 Spyder back in 2004. He blamed the traction control, which he apparently turned off while downshifting going up a hill. He described the incident with a smile on a Top Gear interview back in 2005.
That was one of the most adrenaline-filled five seconds of my life.
8.) Paris Hilton
Suggested By: Jackie
Why she's awful: Aside against the crime against motoring that is her pink Bentley, Paris is just a generally bad driver. Her most notable act was when she backed her Range Rover into a parked Civic, then just drove away. We shouldn't blame her in the variety of other hit and run accidents she's witnessed, but we will anyway.
7.) Cristiano Ronaldo
Suggested By: FerMorcillo
Why he's awful: The Portuguese pretty boy totaled his 599 on the way to practice in a Manchester tunnel. Crashing what was a £200,000 car nearly made him uninsurable. We fear for the life of his new Aventador.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
6.) Britney Spears
Suggested By: evoCS
Why she's awful: Britney hasn't had any massive crashes to her name, but you don't have to crumple cars to be a bad driver. She drove with her baby on her lap without a seatbelt and later put the baby in a car seat facing the wrong way. Beyond that she's had numerous scrapes, dings, bumps and crunches to put her firmly in the 'don't drive with this person' category.
5.) Kelsey Grammer
Suggested By: GR1M RACER : Wrong Most of the Time
Why he's awful: He managed to actually flip his red Dodge Viper back in 1996. It was a gift from NBC. He was drunk at the time, which is not a good idea if you plan on driving that raw a sports car in the California hills.
Photo Credit: Associated Press, Dodge
4.) Eddie Griffin
Suggested By: Demon-Xanth
Why he's awful: The man smashed a Ferrari Enzo into a wall during the middle of a promo for Redline back in '07. We will never forgive him, even though that particular Ferrari has since been restored. #savetheenzos
Why he's awful: Hulk Hogan's son was arrested in 2007 (it was a bad year for celebrity drivers, apparently) for racing and crashing his hot-rodded yellow Toyota Supra, which he dubbed "a pussy magnet." He managed to put his passenger into the hospital for two years and later went on to getting into a fender bender returning from a fundraiser entitled "Keep It On The Track."
Why he's awful: Joel is so bad at driving he managed to get into a crash in a Citroën 2CV, just about the slowest, most un-crashable car ever built. He lost control of his '67 Charleston Citroën back in '04, jumping a curb and smashing into a house. He had crashed before in 2002, 2003, and had a motorcycle accident back in '83.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
1.) Lindsay Lohan
Suggested By: Kiwi_Commander
Why she's awful: The train wreck that is Lindsay Lohan also has a habit of wrecking cars, from drove a 911 into the back of an 18-wheeler this year, all the way back to getting a DUI back in 2007. May we never find ourselves in a car with her at the wheel.
Photo Credit: Associated Press