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‘Not my fault the truck don’t surf’: Florida man arrested after driving car into the ocean (www.wfla.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A Florida man was arrested Tuesday morning after he drove through a closed beach and into the ocean in Volusia County.

According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 9 a.m., deputies were called to New Smyrna Beach after a vehicle drove around a closed gate and accessed the beach without paying the toll fee.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (10 children)

What is it with US citizens and driving cars into beaches?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (9 children)

well, usually, it's the tide. People either forget to check where the tide is, forget when the tide starts coming in, or loose track of time. they go out on the flats during low tide, set up their party, maybe get a little drunk.

Maybe whatever they're driving was never meant to go on sand. maybe they don't know how to drive on sand and get stuck.

and maybe it's not a problem exclusive to "US citizens"... (it happens everywhere there's a beach.)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (8 children)

But why drive onto the flats in the first place? Here we park up and walk to the beach. Pretty sure it's illegal to drive on the beach too...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

A local beach near me in Ireland has people parking exclusively on the beach, that said, it's a massive breach with plenty of space.

I never have heard of anyone's car getting overtaken by the tide, but perhaps the local farmer has pulled a few people out

Another local beach is as you described, no parking on the beach, walk on only. I think it depends on the kind of beach and the way things are set up

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