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3 off-road drivers cited after getting stuck at Death Valley National Park
Posted on 12/30/23 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 12:58 pm
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Three drivers were cited and face possibly thousands of dollars in restitution after going off-road in protected Death Valley National Park and getting stuck, park officials said Friday.
On Dec. 22, a rented Porsche and a pickup hired against park commands to retrieve it both got stuck; and on Wednesday, a man drove a BMW and got stuck in the sand, the National Park Service said.
“Vehicles driving off roads can damage fragile ecosystems and damage archeological sites,” park superintendent Mike Reynolds said in a statement. “They also impact the experience of other park visitors. People want to take photographs of the park’s beautiful landscapes without car tracks in the picture, which can last for many years.”
All three drivers were issued criminal citations, the park service said.
The park will also seek damages, said Abby Wines, a spokesperson and management analyst at the park.
The amount is not known, but she said a different off-road case a few years ago resulted in an order for $50,000 in restitution.
In the Dec. 22 case, two men in a rented Porsche SUV drove off road and got stuck in the mud while driving toward a salt flat, the park service said. It only made it 200 yards.
A park ranger told them that park personnel needed to oversee the removal, because trying to do so can cause even more damage, the park service said.
But they hired someone in a pickup to try it anyway when the park service was not there, officials said. The truck, too, became stuck.
The Wednesday incident occurred when the driver of a BMW SUV drove a half-mile through Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and was stuck, the park service said.
Death Valley National Park covers 3.4 million acres of desert landscapes in California, near the Nevada border. It has extreme temperatures and holds the record as the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth — 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913.
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Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:02 pm to rickgrimes
Pretty poor judgement. There are plenty of routes if they want to go off road or just go west of DV on BLM land where it’s legal to drive off road. Why would someone try this in a designated wilderness?
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:03 pm to rickgrimes
That pic screams douchebag.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:07 pm to rickgrimes
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rented Porsche
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a BMW
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going off-road
These people are idiots.
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:11 pm to TimeOutdoors
I imagine we'll be seeing their TikTok video of this soon.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:13 pm to rickgrimes
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the record as the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth — 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913
Holy frick Global Warming was a bitch back then.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:14 pm to saint tiger225
That they ignored orders and tried to hire someone sneakily should bode well for them in the judgement
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:14 pm to rickgrimes
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Porsche SUV
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BMW SUV
fricking dumbasses
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:18 pm to rickgrimes
Is it something I'd want to do? Yea, probably if it weren't illegal. It is though so that's just not one of the things I'm gonna risk anything for.
If Lake Mead were to dry out and become traversible by vehicle, I might try that.
If Lake Mead were to dry out and become traversible by vehicle, I might try that.
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:23 pm to LSUSkip
Would be cool to do if the flooded town was still standing
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:33 pm to rickgrimes
this screams Persians or Armenians
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:35 pm to rickgrimes
Dumbasses.
Death Valley is awesome. Stood on the lowest dry land point on Earth earlier last year. It was a hoot seeing that little sign a couple of hundred feet up the ridge that said ‘sea level’ .
Death Valley is awesome. Stood on the lowest dry land point on Earth earlier last year. It was a hoot seeing that little sign a couple of hundred feet up the ridge that said ‘sea level’ .
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:38 pm to rickgrimes
The fact they got arrested and nothing will come if it just means more clicks and attention to their ‘influencing’.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:45 pm to rickgrimes
$50,000 (similar case) of restoration for 200 yards of mud in the most inhospitable place on earth. Park service has to handle this “delicate job”. Get out of here with that stupidity.
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 1:55 pm to zippyputt
Wilderness area. Will be handled by a hand crew I expect. 50k sounds pretty cheap.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 2:32 pm to rickgrimes
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a rented Porsche
Of course.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 3:09 pm to rickgrimes
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3 off-road drivers cited after getting stuck at Death Valley
They're lucky Riverside Towing didn't get there first.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 3:31 pm to Godfather1
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Death Valley is awesome. Stood on the lowest dry land point on Earth earlier last year. It was a hoot seeing that little sign a couple of hundred feet up the ridge that said ‘sea level’ .
We were there a few days ago. It was really cool to see Badwater Basin as a lake…still…from the remnants of the hurricane that came up through there back in August. I thought for sure it would’ve dried out by now.
I love that park. The views/vistas are incredible and so much to explore.
It’s a shame those persons did that. People gonna people.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 3:41 pm to rickgrimes
They are stupid as anybody who runs off road in California knows this is the place not to run off road. There are places you can run off-road all day long and not get fined.
Someone renting a Porsche should be a dead give away they are morons.
Someone renting a Porsche should be a dead give away they are morons.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:21 pm to rickgrimes
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Death Valley National Park
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