 A foolish driver managed to park their car on a sandy beach and got it stuck when they tried to turn back. The Mercedes SUV was seen by a dog walker in Newquay, Cornwall, at 5am yesterday morning. The pictures show the car's front wheels buried deep in the sand. To add insult to injury, one cheeky joker had even placed a 'road narrows on left ahead' triangle sign next to it for full measure. The Mercedes was pointing towards the exit ramp which indicates the driver had driven onto the beach and turned it around to face towards the road but got stuck in the deep wet sand instead. A metal detectorist can be seen combing the beach for treasure behind the car, completely oblivious to the scene. The dog walker confirmed the owners managed to retrieve the silver Merc just before 10am after it was towed away by a tractor. Local swimmers posted a photo of the scene on social media and captioned it: 'Looks like some halfwit visiting Newquay mistook the beach for free parking.' Locals said the driver has more money than sense (Picture: CornwallLive/BPM Media) Others had a field day, with one person responding: 'I can't get my head around it…..No seriously I can't. Another baffled and bemused local added: 'What makes people look at a beach and think you know what, I'll drive my car on there.' Others were less supportive of their fellow man (or woman). One local wrote: 'More money than sense. You buy a Chelsea tractor with 4WD and think that means it really will go anywhere. Only it won't.' Someone else summed it up well and said: 'Idiot season is here.' This is not the first time scenes like this have occurred in Newquay. A rebellious van owner decided to park on Newquay Harbour Beach, in Cornwall, in the summer of 2021. But the fool didn't realise that the tide was coming in and his van ended up flooded. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.){kind=link}
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A foolish driver managed to park their car on a sandy beach and got it stuck when they tried to turn back.
The Mercedes SUV was seen by a dog walker in Newquay, Cornwall, at 5am yesterday morning.
The pictures show the car’s front wheels buried deep in the sand.
To add insult to injury, one cheeky joker had even placed a ‘road narrows on left ahead’ triangle sign next to it for full measure.