A motorist was pictured driving through a foot of floodwater to reach a power charging point – and topping up his Tesla vehicle while he was standing in water.
The man, who gave his name as Jake, from Oxfordshire, drove through floods to reach the power charging points erected in a car park of a hotel in Berkshire.
Passers-by watched as he reversed up to one of the stations, got out of his car and plugged the vehicle into the mains.
After plugging his car in, he got into the back seat of the Tesla and calmly waited for the charge to trickle into the batteries.
A man who said his name was Jake, from Oxfordshire, drove into floods to reach power charging points erected in a car park of a hotel in Berkshire. Passers-by watched as he reversed up to one of the charging stanchions, got out of his car into more than a foot of floodwater which had engulfed the electricity charging points and plugged the vehicle into the main – ignoring the risk of potential electrocution, they thought
After plugging his car in, he got into the back seat of the Tesla and calmly waited for the charge to trickle into the batteries
Photos were taken by a passer-by near the hotel in Sindlesham, near Reading.
They show the driver standing in the middle of floodwater which engulfed the hotel grounds and the Tesla charging area after the nearby River Loddon burst its banks.
Roads just a few yards away were made impassable by the waist-deep water.
One eye-witness said: ‘He took a terrible risk. The electric charging points were engulfed in the floods and so was the parking area.
‘The water was up to the top of his car’s wheel arches. He was standing in the floodwater holding the electric cable which he plugged into his car.’
As these photos, taken by a passer-by near the hotel in Sindlesham, near Reading, Berkshire, show, the driver was standing in the middle of flood water which engulfed the hotel grounds and the Tesla charging area after the nearby River Loddon burst its banks and sent millions of gallons of water cascading into the hotel grounds. Nearby roads, just a few yards away, were made impassable by the waist-deep water
