Police in the region of Waterloo, Ontario, about an hour west of Toronto, said they received more than 30 reports of tires being deflated in the area this weekend. All of the reports came from the owners of SUVs.
A group called the “Tyre Extinguishers” has taken responsibility for the act and, in a letter to local news outlets, such as The Record, said they deflated the tires on 60 vehicles in the Waterloo region on the night of Saturday, July 16.
The tires had objects inserted into their air valves, allowing the air to run out. In tweets, the group refers to this as “disarming” the SUVs. No other damage was reported to the vehicles, but pamphlets warning drivers that SUVs contribute disproportionately to climate change were left on their windshields.
Read Also: Environmental Groups Should Be Allowed To Sue Regulators, Euro Court Advisor Says
The Record (Ontario): “More than 30 SUVs have tires deflated in Kitchener”https://t.co/TTIDT387HS
— The Tyre Extinguishers (@T_Extinguishers) July 17, 2022
The Drive recently reported that the group, which is based in the U.K., has recently started making inroads in North America, targeting SUVs in large cities such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Members of the group jam small objects, such as a lentil or a piece of gravel, under the valve cap, letting the air out of the tire. The group does not slash tires.
In its leaflet, the group tells owners that, despite having a deflated tire, they should have “no difficulty getting around without [their] gas guzzler, with walking, cycling, or public transport.” It has been translated into 10 languages, and the group has claimed responsibility for similar action in places like France, New Zealand, and Sweden.
Fundamentally, the Tyre Extinguishers aim to make it “impossible to own a huge polluting 4×4 in the world’s urban areas.” Citing the climate crisis, the group has singled out SUVs, which were also called out by the United Nations for their impact on the planet. The group is also targeting the large vehicles for their added danger to other road users, like pedestrians and cyclists.
buy ivermectin 6mg – generic carbamazepine 200mg oral tegretol 200mg
buy accutane cheap – order isotretinoin 40mg zyvox 600mg for sale
buy amoxicillin without prescription – purchase combivent sale brand ipratropium
azithromycin 500mg sale – buy tindamax 500mg for sale bystolic 5mg without prescription
clavulanate pills – order duloxetine 20mg for sale buy duloxetine 20mg pill
monodox price – order albuterol inhalator sale buy glucotrol pill
buy augmentin 625mg sale – augmentin 375mg tablet buy generic duloxetine for sale
purchase rybelsus online – buy semaglutide generic order cyproheptadine online
purchase tizanidine for sale – buy zanaflex without a prescription order hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg for sale
cheap generic cialis – viagra 100mg cost purchase sildenafil
order sildenafil 100mg generic – order viagra 100mg pills rx pharmacy online cialis
order lipitor 20mg without prescription – prinivil generic cost zestril 5mg
cenforce 50mg for sale – buy cenforce pills for sale metformin 1000mg sale
omeprazole pills – oral metoprolol oral atenolol 50mg
methylprednisolone 8 mg pills – aristocort 10mg price triamcinolone online buy
buy clarinex generic – dapoxetine generic priligy for sale online
order misoprostol sale – buy cytotec online cheap order generic diltiazem