Car Surfing Definition

Car Surfing Defined The Parliament of New South Wales:

“Car surfing is the name given to the dangerous activity of passengers sitting or standing on moving cars and utes as though they were ‘surfing’. People ride on the bonnet, roof, or boot lid of moving cars, stand up and balance in the tray of utes, or hold to or be towed by vehicles while skateboarding or roller blading. In some instances, people engaging in car surfing leap from one moving vehicle to another. The recklessness and dangerousness of such actions arises from the lack of occupant restraint devices to keep these persons on the vehicle, and the lack of protective clothing, such as helmets, that would minimize injury if these persons fell from the vehicle.”

Injuries from car surfing occur so quickly that there is no time to try to break the impact, and typically include severe head injuries such as skull fractures and intracranial haemorrhage, as well as major bruising and abrasions to the face, hands and legs. The outcomes of head injury are such that the individuals involved, and the community, bear a significant cost in treatment, rehabilitation, and long term disability.