Disturbing footage has emerged of a Tesla driver using a road shoulder to speed past and undertake several cars on a busy highway.
A frightened driver whose dashcam captured the incident was among those past by the Tesla at St Ives on Sydney‘s upper north shore on Friday morning.
They later shared dashcam of the incident to a northern beaches community Facebook page to accuse the motorist of being ‘reckless’.
‘What was your reason? Must have been a pretty good emergency!’ they captioned the footage.
The dashcam showed the recording car travelling in the inside lane when the Tesla sped up beside it in the left road shoulder.
The EV overtook the car before weaving back onto the road and sped past more vehicles in the outside lane.
The dashcam driver claimed the right lane was travelling about 88km/h in a 90km/h zone, prompting stunned viewers to question if the Tesla was speeding.
‘How do these people have a licence?’ one wrote.
A Tesla driver was seen using the left road shoulder to undertake cars on Sydney’s upper north shore
The Tesla driver was slammed as ‘stupid’ and ‘reckless’ after dashcam capturing the EV weaving in and out of traffic was shared online
Another added: ‘We all get impatient at times with slow cars in the right lane but this is insane.’
A third wrote: ‘No emergency is worth risking other people. Hopefully they lose their licence.’
Other viewers labelled the Tesla driver as ‘stupid’ and urged the dashcam motorist to take the footage to police.
An NRMA road safety expert also weighed in slam the Tesla driver.
‘There is no excuse for this behaviour on our roads,’ they told Yahoo News
‘Roads rules are in place for a reason and everyone needs to obey them.
‘The growing prevalence of dashcam and security camera footage on our roads means that these drivers are increasingly more likely to get caught.’
NSW Police confirmed that any motorist caught driving in a similar manner would likely face heavy fines and loss of demerit points.
NSW Police warned cars driving similarly to the Tesla could face heavy fines or demerit point loss
Motorists are also risk losing their registration plates or have their vehicle seized, depending on the nature of the offending.
Unsafely overtaking a vehicle can result in a $410 fine and two demerit points while undertaking a car could see a driver fined $227 and two demerit points.
Other offences could include negligent driving – with a fine of $544 and three demerit points, or reckless or dangerous driving – which could incur a fine of up to $2,200 or up to nine months in prison.
Undertaking is typically illegal in Australia with the action only permitted in limited circumstances, including if another vehicle if it is waiting to turn right or if the vehicle ahead is stationary.
