No chargers here! Tesla driver is ruthlessly mocked after becoming stuck in sand while driving onto a Queensland beach
- Tesla became bogged on Queensland beach
- Internet users quick to poke fun in comments
- Tow truck drivers issued warning to reckless drivers
A Tesla driver has been ruthlessly mocked online after becoming bogged in sand.
The Tesla Model Y had to be towed from a beach on Queensland’s southeast coast just metres from a large sign that warned vehicles were not permitted.
The photo was posted to social media with the caption: ‘Sign needed to be more specific…”Beach Closed To Vehicles & Tesla’s”.’
Aussies were quick to poke fun at the Tesla driver’s dilemma.
The white Tesla became stuck on a beach on Queensland’s southeast coast just metres away from a large sign that warned vehicles were not permitted (pictured)
A number of inexperienced drivers who are buying kitted out 4WD’s and other expensive vehicles are getting bogged on beaches and other surfaces
‘Just another Tesla driver trying to do an insurance job on one that’s all,’ one joked.
‘Not stuck, just stopped to sip his soybean latte and adjust his man bun,’ another added.
A third joked: ‘It was heading for the water, to put the fire out but ran out of battery.’
‘The Tesla ran out of power, anyone have a spare generator,’ another added.
‘First rule of beach club, if you can get on there, you must be able to get off…’ a forth said.
It comes after tow truck drivers issued a warning to reckless 4WD drivers who became bogged on beaches, grasslands and swamps.
Many are unaware of how to safely operate these vehicles on surfaces other than tarmac and get stuck or break down hundreds of kilometres away from help.
Tow truck drivers have been making a fortune rescuing blokes ‘with all the gear and no idea’
Many who have opted to spend their weekends taking their new 4WD’s out onto different terrain are usually unaware on how to safely operate these vehicles on new surfaces
James Stewart, director of Driving Solutions, previously told Daily Mail Australia that more drivers purchased 4WD’s to travel around Australia during the pandemic when international travel was out of the question.
‘There’s more people travelling around Australia so the number of bogged vehicles is more visible,’ he said.
‘The cars [4WD’s] are more compatible [with off-road terrain] now and it makes drivers more comfortable and overconfident. Eventually conditions are catching people out.’
‘They [drivers] then usually give us a call and think, ‘Oh s**t, I wish I had done this course’.
Andrew Boyd from Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Australia said Aussies are buying 4WD’s without being properly informed by dealers on how to safely operate them.
‘They [buyers] take them out of the showrooms. The dealers would not tell these people the different buttons to press,’ Boyd said.
‘They then take them out to the beaches and get into all sorts of trouble.’
A group of travellers have been slammed for driving their Maseratis worth upwards of $150,000 onto a popular beach – only for the luxury cars to get bogged in the sand dunes
Last year, one driver became stuck when they took their $150,000 Maserati Levante SUV out onto Stockton Beach in northern New South Wales.
A photo surfaced online showing the bogged luxury vehicle, with a Land Rover Discovery behind it.
Locals from Newcastle, north of Sydney, said the tourists should have known that the Maserati was not equipped for driving on deep sand.
‘This is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in my life,’ one person commented.
‘Money doesn’t buy brains.’
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