Hoons spotted doing 'donuts' on a popular beach inches away from young children fishing sees cops ban four-wheel driving at the tourist spot
Hooligan drivers spotted doing 'donuts' on a popular beach inches away from children have convinced cops to crackdown on four-wheel drive use at the tourist spot.
Footage captured from inside a lifeguard patrol ute on August 13 shows a red 4WD swerving dangerously around Teewah Beach in the Cooloola recreation area.
The ute is very close to children who are fishing on the shoreline. The ute continues to make several tire patterns in the sand before coming to a halt next to a tent filled with people.
As the lifeguards approach the driver again takes off, throwing the tail of the car around in shallow water before driving erratically towards a group of people walking on the beach.
The video was shared on the Queensland Environment Department Facebook page and the post suggests visitors may be stopped from using the area because of the actions of the driver.
'We're reviewing visitor capacities for the Cooloola Recreation Area following ongoing poor behaviour and unsafe activities by some visitors to Teewah Beach,' the post reads.
Footage captured by Queensland lifeguards shows a red ute swerving violently and doing donuts on a popular Teewah beach in the Cooloola recreation area
'Some people were risking their own safety and the safety of others by treating Teewah Beach as a drag strip.
'The ongoing Operation Sand Strike between us and the Queensland Police Service highlights the dangerous risk-taking activities of some drivers'.
Facebook users were outraged at the dangerous driving in the footage, calling for the driver's national park permits to be cancelled.
The driver swerves near children fishing before pulling up next to a tent and violently speeding off towards walkers while fish-tailing down the beach
'Cancel their permits straight away. Then start a registry and blacklist offenders names/vehicle rego from getting future permits to ALL national parks and beaches ever again,' one commenter wrote.
Another added: 'Punish the criminals, not the population. I should be able to take my family for a trip without fear of them getting squashed by hoons.
'And as a law abiding citizen who pays my fair share for track maintenance and policing, I should be able to do it whenever I like.'