Look Mum, no brains

A Gold Coast man could face up to three years in prison on charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle after being caught performing handstands on top of his car while the vehicle was unmanned and in motion - with the whole thing recorded on his own mobile phone.

Police were called to Hutchinson St in a quiet industrial area of Burleigh Heads at 6.30pm on Tuesday after members of the public noticed the unusual activity. Members of Operation Takeback patrolling the area for bikie activity intercepted the Toyota Echo.

The Southport man, 30, admitted he had set up his smartphone to film the stunt with the intent of uploading the footage to Facebook site 'handstand Tuesdays". Footage taken on the man's phone, which police discovered on the side of the road, shows the man driving the car down the street, lifting himself from the driver's seat out of the window and on to the car's roof, and supporting himself on top of the moving car with his hands for about four seconds with the vehicle moving.

He is then shown getting back into the driver's seat through the window, making a U-turn and repeating the stunt four or five times. No one was injured and no damage was caused to the vehicle, which was towed as a result of the offence and will be analysed by police. Senior Sergeant Mat Kelly said the incident was very unusual and dangerous.

'The vehicle was without a driver while the man was doing a handstand on its roof and, if it had been hit by anything, that could have caused some very serious injuries," he said. 'It is alarming that young people are out there taking their lives into their own hands to take the vision to show off to the world." The man faced court after being arrested on the scene and is expected to reappear in Southport Magistrates Court on March 10.