i've been keeping count of paul temple's car accidents. i've collected, in another 8 episodes, another two incidents of being forced off the road, two incidents of being shot at, three car bombs. why do the temples ever bother with cars? and how is it they are never killed or wounded? i especially have doubts about forcing people off the road. you first have to know where someone is going and when, and they'd have to be on a bad stretch of road and the weather would need to be dark and stormy and you'd have to pass them just where there is a railway or ditch or river and force them off without killing yourself and how do you know someone else isn't going to be driving on the same road at that time and these people never get in trouble for speeding.

things i have learnt from paul temple:

a) to silence someone, beating someone up is more effective than killing them. if you get caught you wouldn't hang for murder, you'd just get a few months for assault, and usually the person is too scared to talk afterwards anyway.

b) always leave dangerous parcels at the cloakroom and always mail the ticket, not keep it on your person.