They should try that on english roads, they'd get about 500 meters, hit a pot hole and face plant the tarmac at 30mph. A Darwin Award would await.
Speaking of which, he's an entry that shows why you shouldn't try that kind of thing without skates:
http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2004-10.html
The Darwin Awards are about people who have removed themselves from the gene pool by doing stupid things.