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but the law wasn't really bothered about a bloke off the telly riding through central London, in daylight, without a helmet Riding without a helmet - like Steve McQueen in the Great Escape - is not recommended Photo: MOVIESTORE COLLECTION The story so fare... Your hero has accepted a stupid bet, namely that he can't ride a motorcycle from Hammersmith to Piccadilly Circus, sans crash helmet, without being run in by the law and fined £30. Not that he condones riding a motorcycle without a helmet, obviously. But should it actually be illegal? It's his head after all. There's £100 on it. The journey, for those of you unfamiliar with the layout of the capital, which includes me, would be as follows. I had agreed with my detractor, one Clarkson, that I would take the more circuitous 4.8-mile route through the busy bits of town... [read full story]
