SUV Tyres Deflated on Burbage Road

[Rockets]

CPR Dave Wrote:

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> The problem with diesel (as the labour government

> that led the dash to diesel neglected to tell us)

> is NOx emissions, not carbon emissions.

>

> If people are concerned about carbon specifically

> there are other far more anti-social activities

> with a high carbon foot print that get completely

> ignored. Like dog ownership. A typical dog has the

> same annual carbon foot print as a range rover.

> And many dog owners have no civic responsibility

> at all, leaving sh*t all over the pavements and

> parks and letting their dogs p*ss on people's

> private property and all over the street.

>

> Why aren't people going round deflating dogs too?

Might I suggest that the brilliant idea of deflating dogs doesn't satiate the bizarre self-absorbed virtue-signalling needs of the type of person who feels compelled to go and deflate someone's car tyre to "disarm" it? Disarm it....really....talk about tone deaf given the current crisis in Ukraine.

It's a special kind of person who engages in such direct action and thank goodness there aren't more of them else the world would be an even scarier place.

[KidKruger]

Pure cowardice letting car tyres down.

And adolescent short-sightedness regarding potential dangerous consequences of their bed-wetty tantrum flouncy behaviour.

[Spartacus]

Apparently they have given themselves a name

Tyre Extinguishers ---- not quite the name I would call them..

BBC News - Tyre Extinguishers: Scores of SUVs have tyres deflated by activists

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60660711

[Rockets]

Very telling this line from that Tyre Extinguisher website:

Locate an SUV. In towns and cities, you won?t have to walk far to find one. Target posh / middle-class areas.

It's like Class War for cars......

I love the caveats in bold they have on their site:

Avoid: Cars clearly used for people with disabilities, traders? cars (even if they?re large), minibuses and normal-sized cars.

They also seem to be encouraging their followers to damage the tyre by wedging something in the vale:

To get the air out of the tyre, there must be something pushing down on the pin located in the center of the valve. Drop a small bean (we like green lentils, but you can experiment with couscous, bits of gravel, etc) inside the valve cap. Replace the cap, screwing it on with a few turns until you hear air hissing out. Even if it?s only hissing out a little bit, that?s enough - it will deflate slowly. The whole process should take about 10 seconds.

The sooner these idiots get arrested/a visit from the police the better - if everyone decided to take direct action on any cause they felt passionate about the world would be a very dangerous place.

[James_C]

Wow mrwb what a comment !

"Regardless of the cause, its a slippery slope to hell"

Given the context of the world right now this is a bit of an over reaction !

[Nigello]

J Vine will be featuring this between midday and 2pm (perhaps 1pm) today, Wednesday, on BBC Radio2.

[Angelina]

a small bean or lentil? that's interesting - clearly missing from cartoons and the film industry who both usually use a big drawing pin under the wheel.

[KidKruger]

Eastdulwich84 Wrote:

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> I feel let people drive what they want, damaging

> other peoples property is a nasty thing to do.

> When people work hard for something it?s the least

> they deserve. Do we damage the bigger homes due to

> energy consumption or those who eat meat? We want

> a society of freedoms but don?t respect other

> peoples choices unfortunately. I think the ulez

> helps against pollution with judgments on c02.

You didn?t think damaging other peoples property was ?a nasty thing to do? when you kicked my dog in the head, knocking out one incisor immediately, ripping its gums, and causing the remaining incisor to be removed via surgery soon after.

We?ll be going to small claims court for that one Mr. Ooh Don?t Damage Peoples Property.

[mrwb]

Not really, if you accept people are allowed to break the law then your previously civilised society won't be like that for much longer.

Who gets to decide who is allowed to break which laws and for what reasons?

James_C Wrote:

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> Wow mrwb what a comment !

>

> "Regardless of the cause, its a slippery slope to

> hell"

>

> Given the context of the world right now this is a

> bit of an over reaction !