Tire Extinguishers can fuck right off

[tireextinguishers]

Woke up to deflated tires because I drive an SUV.

Jealous, petty wankers.

Anyone got got this morning?

Show me where I said it was unnecessary.

Suvs in cities are a bit unnecessary

All of this.

Cities often have quite good public transport for getting kids to school

This happened locally to a rural doctor who then wasn't able to see his patients. I'm all for environmentalism but sometimes it's really misguided

And yes, I don't madly like SUVs either, but in understand that those who travel in rural areas need them

Another case of people thinking it's okay to ignore the law and democratic process, just because they can't get their way.

I don’t like the way the letter implies people should be driving ‘smaller cars’. Larger cars are safer and people are more likely to survive crashes on motorways. I can understand people wanting the safest car they can afford. I’d do the same.

Agree, but op lives in a city

*agree they are useful in rural areas

You're spot on. They're demonised because people can't understand SUV covers any car nowadays that's a few mm higher than your average and not just range rovers and jeeps.

I have no doubt that my hybrid estate is less energy efficient than your suv. It's a petrol engine (which I think is bad for the environment as much less efficient than a clean EU6 diesel) plus a heavy battery that does a whopping 37 miles by the book but actually less than 20 and takes hours to charge.

Slashing tyres is a massive waste of environmental resource. I don't see how they think this helps.

Larger cars may be safer for the people inside them, but are generally less safe for anyone they happen to collide with, including pedestrians, cyclists and occupants of smaller cars.

I mean, aye that’s annoying, but I highly doubt it stems from jealousy 🙄

TotalAbsence apparently pedestrian deaths in road traffic accidents have skyrocketed in the US, after decades of slowly declining. It's down to SUVs 😪

So these people want us to scrap the already made SUVs and replace them with small cars that don't suit our needs and use additional resource to produce?

All cars are bigger now. The new Polo is the same size as a mk4 golf. That's a whole class size that car has moved up. It's not an suv tho. A golf but higher and a slightly different shape is a t-roc. Are they slashing the tyres of a t-roc but not a golf?

Honestly, these people aren't jealous. They are just ignorant cunts who don't have an understanding of cars and emissions.

Totally agree with you - fucking arseholes..... I'd be absolutely fuming

for you x

It just turns into a who's got the biggest car arms race - before you know where you are everyone who can is driving round in a 6 tonne monstrosity and the planet is even more screwed than it is already.

And you are right in the respect that in the case of SUVs for one set of people to become more safe, the rest of the world generally becomes less safe.

Why would a smaller car not 'suit the needs' of a city dweller?

If you actually look at the energy and emissions used to make an electric vehicle - it's not actually better for the environment.

Can't remember the exact stat but read a report that said something similar to - you would have to drive it for 100 years to make it worth producing. (Yadada MN hates people without sources bla bla).

It's all smoke and mirrors.

But OP I would be livid too.

It is ironic that, when a child is 8x more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV compared to a normal car, SUVs are bought in such quantities by suburban parents who then all convene on tight crowded roads around schools with lots of children wandering around on pavements and roads.

You'd think it would be a huge safeguarding issue.

75% of new SUV sales are to those in urban areas. I doubt they're all going down the farm on the weekend to haul heavy equipment out of a muddy ditch.

https://www.novumlaw.com/blog/novum-blog/suvs-and-child-safety-around-schools/#:~:text=Research%20into%20SUVs%20and%20child%20safety&text=A%20study%20published%20in%20the,typically%20smaller%2C%20lighter%20passenger%20car.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/07/stereotype-of-chelsea-tractor-reflects-reality-of-urban-suv-sales-says-report

This may also be linked to increasing speed limits.

@Allfur who are you to ask?

Maybe they want to travel in comfort and not be squished. Maybe they have kids and can't carry their pram and shopping in a mini. Maybe they go on a camping trip 4 x a year and can't afford to rent a car for such times.

A small car is not suitable for my family needs and I don't care to explain why.

I wouldn't class a camping trip or shopping en famille as "needs" tbh. Wants and convenience, sure.

For the record, I donate monthly to greenpeace and protest/support etc. I recycle and ensure everything I do is as environmentally friendly as possible but I cannot excuse these actions.

City dwellers do not need suvs