Poorly regulated beach driving is destroying nature, killing coastal birds, and endangering the safety and impacting the enjoyment of beachgoers.
Please sign onto the open letter below, using our form.
Our State's remarkable coastline is under accelerating and unsustainable pressure from uncontrolled beach driving, threatening South Australian people, wildlife, and natural heritage . Problems include:
Pristine beaches turned into rutted race tracks
Dangerous legal 100 km/h speed limits on many beaches
Hoon driving destabilising dunes
Waste and rubbish - including human waste
Beach-nesting birds having their eggs crushed and their chicks killed
Roosting shorebirds being run over and disturbed
Critical feeding grounds destroyed
Sacred and culturally significant indigenous sites damaged
A comprehensive 2019 SA Parliamentary Inquiry into these issues made a set of sensible recommendations, which have support from a range of stakeholder groups. In 2022, the SA Labor Party committed to act, but the recommendations have still not been implemented in SA.
We need urgent and strong State action and leadership, including legislation, to ensure a better, safer and more sustainable future for South Australian beaches.
We call on the Government of South Australia to regulate off-road driving in South Australia, for better outcomes and to improve safety for all.
