A MAN allegedly riding a motorised esky on a South Australian road has been reported and his cool ride impounded.

Police say the high-powered beer box was spotted being driven through a shopping centre car park.

Officers spoke to the driver and warned the man that the esky could not legally travel on roads.

Despite this, police say, they saw the man driving the contraption on Northcote Drive at Para Hills.

The A 26-year-old Para Hills West man did not have a drivers licence and — to no one’s surprise — the esky was not registered or insured.

Senior Sergeant Nils Uellendahl, the officer in charge of the SA Police Traffic Operations Section, said that vehicles such as motorised eskies could not be driven on the road.

“Police would like to remind the public that these novelty motor vehicles which includes the likes of ‘pit bikes’, ‘motorised eskies’ and the likes cannot be registered and therefore cannot be legally driven or ridden on the road,” he said.

“They are for private property novelty use only and can be a danger to the drivers and other road users.”

The 26 year-old was reported for driving unlicensed, unregistered and uninsured vehicle and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

The esky was also impounded. So far it hasn’t been sent to the cooler.