Last week Police in West Iceland came to the rescue of a group of foreign travellers who had gotten their SUV stuck in mud while driving off-road in wet heathland in the foothills of Hafnarfjall mountain, south-east of the town of Borgarfjörður.
Read more: Police constantly assisting travellers stuck on impassable roads which they thought were shortcuts
According to a post on the Facebook page of the Police in West Iceland, police was notified of a SUV which had been driving off-road and seemed to be stuck. When officers arrived on the scene they discovered that a group of foreign travellers had attempted to make a shortcut around a closed road, driving at least 500 meters (1,500 feet) in a cottage home neighborhood in Hafnarskogur forest south of the mountain Hafnarfjall. Since the ground was wet the group had managed to leave deep tracks in the vegetation before they finally became stuck. Police towed the car back on the road and took the travellers to the Police station where they gave a statement and paid a fine of 50,000 ISK (440 USD/420 EUR).
We at Iceland Insider would like to use this opportunity to remind all of our readers that all off-road driving is illegal in Iceland, and that such behaviour is not only damaging to delicate and fragile vegetation, but almost guaranteed to get you into trouble, both with the law and nature. One of the surest ways to get your car stuck is to drive off-road!
Last week Police in West Iceland came to the rescue of a group of foreign travellers who had gotten their SUV stuck in mud while driving off-road in wet heathland in the foothills of Hafnarfjall mountain, south-east of the town of Borgarfjörður.
Read more: Police constantly assisting travellers stuck on impassable roads which they thought were shortcuts
According to a post on the Facebook page of the Police in West Iceland, police was notified of a SUV which had been driving off-road and seemed to be stuck. When officers arrived on the scene they discovered that a group of foreign travellers had attempted to make a shortcut around a closed road, driving at least 500 meters (1,500 feet) in a cottage home neighborhood in Hafnarskogur forest south of the mountain Hafnarfjall. Since the ground was wet the group had managed to leave deep tracks in the vegetation before they finally became stuck. Police towed the car back on the road and took the travellers to the Police station where they gave a statement and paid a fine of 50,000 ISK (440 USD/420 EUR).
We at Iceland Insider would like to use this opportunity to remind all of our readers that all off-road driving is illegal in Iceland, and that such behaviour is not only damaging to delicate and fragile vegetation, but almost guaranteed to get you into trouble, both with the law and nature. One of the surest ways to get your car stuck is to drive off-road!
