Unlicensed schoolies are driving motor scooters around Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast while drunk or having taken drugs Schoolies, elderly residents and parents with young children were forced to flee their apartments after a car caught fire in the basement of a Surfers Paradise hotel early this morning. UNLICENSED schoolies are roaring around Surfers Paradise on motor scooters under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Hundreds of school leavers have hired scooters during the celebrations this week but many insist they have not been asked for proof of age or valid licences. STASH: Schoolies downing drugs to avoid police RELATED: Schoolie handcuffed after being hit by car Police say they are aware of the issue and have warned shonky operators to be more responsible. Schoolie Mhari Chalmers said revellers could visit a handful of hire shops and pay a $25 fee and $100 bond without having to provide any documentation. "You just rock up, they don't care if you're drunk," she said. They must be making a fortune off schoolies so they are not even bothering to check you have a licence or know how to drive most of the time. It's pretty dangerous, lots of people are wasted. Some get pulled over by cops but heaps do it. Acting chief superintendent Des Lacy said police were doing their best to educate schoolies of the risks. There are plenty of police on the streets pulling people over and we are spreading the message that skylarking won't be tolerated.