David Hasselhoff tried to escape a speeding ticket by blaming it on the car off Knight Rider. A mini-bar fridge may or may not have been involved.
The 61-year-old actor - most known for his role in the 1982 TV series as an undercover Las Vegas police detective Michael Knight who has the help of a car named KITT (and a little something by the name of Baywatch) - resorted to telling police the vehicle drove itself and should therefore take the blame for his being caught going too fast ahead of this year's Gumball 3000, which took place in London on Sunday.
He confessed: "Police pulled me over, for speeding. Normally on Gumball, when I get pulled over by the police, I have a photo with them and they let me off. But not this year. I told them that it wasn't my fault, because KITT drives itself." He then wooed the assembled with his preferred ditty for such a scenario.
David Hasselhoff - Jump In My Car from Rodrigo Silva on Vimeo.
The Hoff was at the annual international motor rally, which saw more than half a million fans line Regent Street when the stars arrived for the London leg of the event.
He was joined by other A-Listers including Deadmau5 (AKA Joel Zimmerman, pictured below), who managed to miss the whole thing by taking a wrong turning.
The producer failed to make it onto the grid and was forced to return to his hotel red-faced. At least he has that big mouse head to hide behind (apologies).
The rally sees the Gumball teams roaring 3,000 miles across two continents and five countries in seven days, from Miami to Ibiza.
