Australia: Rollovers on Fraser Island Prompt Demands for Tighter Controls on Drivers

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 16th, 2009 | Trackback

The recent death of a Japanese tourist in a car accident on Fraser Island led to a call for tougher regulations on who can drive on the world’s largest sand island. Fraser is a popular destination for Australians and foreign visitors who camp on its extensive beaches and explore the sandy expanses via four-wheel drive vehicle. But driving a 4X4 in sand requires skill, especially in reading the beaches, dunes and gullies, and many tourists who rent the vehicles have little or no experience driving them in such circumstances. The Japanese tourist died when the vehicle he was riding in flipped; seven others were injured. This accident followed a similar rollover that killed two tourists in April. Since 2003 there have been some 120 serious accidents on the island, and in almost half of them, foreign tourists were at the wheel.

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