‘There will be dead people on the beach’: Fury over Double Island Point 4WD antics

Some 4WD enthusiasts have called for a 12 month ban for drivers flouting beach rules after a picture was posted of two people riding on top of a vehicle.

Four wheel drive enthusiasts on Double Island Point have come under fire after riding on the outside of the vehicle.

Some four wheel drive enthusiasts have called for a 12 month ban for drivers flouting beach rules after a picture was posted of two people riding on top of a vehicle with one of them holding a can of drink.

“OMG, what were they thinking,’’ read the caption of a social post on a Double Island Point group with almost 50,000 followers.

Some said they were just having harmless fun, pointing to times “before social media this was the norm.’’

“Unregistered cars and motorbikes up the beach, towing behind cars on bonnets and esky lids, couches on backs of utes ect, having fun doing doughnuts ect. Now it’s just the nanny state full of whingers on Facebook who have prob never driven on a beach,’’ Daniel Harvey said.

Mitch Rae agreed. “Imagine if no one had phones with cameras in them, just a group of mates have a weekend up the beach. Happened all the time in the 60s to 80s and no one batted an eye. Whole country’s gone to sh*t.”

Four wheel drive enthusiasts on Double Island Point have come under fire after riding on the outside of the vehicle.

Matthew Yurko had a similar thought. “Having fun and creating a life long memory and not on their phones scrolling crap or photographing others How dare they?”

Joshwa Smith argued “life is survival of the fittest and fortune favours the bold. What’s life without a little thrill.

“Kids today need to learn from their own mistakes as we did. What kind of future leaders will we have if they can’t make their own decisions. You’ve clearly had your time, let them enjoy theirs”

Four-wheel drive enthusiasts playing "Russian roulette" at Double Island Point. FILE PHOTO: Carey Wallis.

But Niell Graham said people doing ‘stupid sh*t” should not be allowed to get a permit for 12 months.

Kath Richo said she feared someone would be killed or seriously injured.

Motorists tearing up the beach at Double Island Point.

“All it takes is one mistake and there’ll be people dead on the beach ~ because it was fun at the time!”

Keren Ham said those saying they used to do it ‘back in the day’ were forgetting there wasn’t as many cars up there so the chances of being hit by another while being towed behind the tte on an esky lid were small.

“These days it is just too dangerous to do those antics.”

Queensland Police were contacted for comment but only said they had not received any reports of incidents at Double Island Point on election weekend.

Originally published as ‘There will be dead people on the beach’: Fury over Double Island Point 4WD antics