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North Wales has seen a rise in complaints of illegal off-road driving, including SUVs, motorbikes and e-bikes, causing damage to protected areas.
The new law will allow police in North Wales (UK) to confiscate cars for driving off-road in protected areas or on private property, reports Carscoops.
Authorities say unauthorized off-road driving and other “inappropriate” vehicle use are increasingly damaging protected natural sites. Because of this, British laws were amended. Now the police have the right to immediately seize the vehicles of violators without issuing prior warnings.
The police already have a case in their archives that proves the need for such a law. In 2025, seven SUVs traveled from Liverpool to the Berwyn site in Wales, which has special status. A group of reckless people broke the lock on the gate, tore down signs prohibiting the movement of private cars, and traveled more than three kilometers through private territory. Unfortunately for the violators, they published a video of their trip on social networks.
The footage shows cars driving through protected peat and raised bogs, leaving deep ruts behind them. Two SUVs got stuck and had to be pulled out by others in the convoy, which only made the situation worse and caused even more damage. Social media posts helped identify the drivers and identify the vehicles.
As a result, three men were convicted. John Robinson and Michael Williams were ordered to pay about two thousand pounds sterling (about 200 thousand rubles) each. They were also deprived of their driver's licenses for two months. Joseph Hodgson was later ordered to pay more than £2,000 and given a three-year ban from the entire 254 square kilometer Berwyn conservation area.
North Wales Police said complaints about illegal off-road driving were increasing despite last year's incident. Moreover, not only drivers of SUVs and motorcycles, but also drivers of electric bicycles break the law.

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