THREE men - including a Western Australian - caught skateboarding on the South-Eastern Freeway through the Heysen Tunnels this morning were fined $171.
The men - a 23-year-old of Kingscote, a St Morris man, 22, and a South Fremantle man, 20 - were captured on security cameras riding longboards through the Heysen Tunnels about 2am.
Police later stopped the men and issued on-the-spot fines for riding a skateboard on a road at speeds over 50 km/h, riding a skateboard at night and riding a skateboard on the freeway.
The tunnels are constantly used by hundreds of vehicles, including heavy trucks.
The misuse of roadways should be reported to the police, Constable Kynan Lang said.
"This (skatebording) is not appropriate and will be dealt with accordingly," he said.
" it's idiotic and dangerous and should be done elsewhere."
They were doing it 'elsewhere',... on an empty road at 2am, where they couldnt get hit by traffic coming the other way.
You cant tell me some of the legislated legal roads are safer than that. Roads without lines marked are often so narrow you could have a head on, not to mention oblivious motorists backing out of driveways.
The lads picked their spot taking safety and risk into consideration. Their lives,.... their risk.
The government has no idea of the risk they are enforcing by dictating the when and wheres.
Awesome Dani!!,... You came across really well.
They finished the story by saying they hoped the publicity would help prevent this kind of activity.
wtf??????
When did that EVER work for ANYTHING????
Channel 10 have just introduced more people to our sport,.... HA!!!