20 cars have their tyres deflated in Broughty Ferry
Tyre Extinguishers activists say they have now disarmed around 100 SUVs in Dundee
Last updated 13th Jul 2022
The local branch of Tyre extinguishers, DundeeFlators, have struck again in Broughty Ferry with 20 SUV's having their tyres deflated.
The group say this is at least their fourth action in Dundee and they have now targeted around 100 SUV's since May.
In their latest action the group say they "disarmed a Volvo on double yellow lines and a Range Rover that managed to be larger than the portable house behind it."
Discussing the reason for their vandalism and why Broughty Ferry, a representative from the group said: "We target posh areas where people have no need of a massive huge tank to drive around the city."
They added: "want to make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4x4 in the world’s urban areas. "
The representative added: "If you think this cost of living crisis will affect people very badly, wait till the climate crisis fully hits. Right now rivers are drying up in Italy, putting food production in danger. There are even hosepipe bans and reservoirs running dry in the UK. We are in a climate emergency. In this context, it's immoral and selfish to own an SUV."
When asked if there will be future action taken in Dundee, a representative said: "Oh yes. This is our 4th action in Dundee and there will be more."
Stephanie Fox from Minnesota found her rental car tyre deflated this morning as she prepared to head to St Andrews to take in the 150th Open.
She said: "It was very frustrating to find the tyre like that this morning. We were heading out to the Open in St Andrews and I got in the car and my husband had put a piece of paper in the car and I started looking at it and read the note from the Tyre Extinguishers and I realised they said they had deflated the tyre.
"We got out to look at it and we didn't know what to do. We thought we could maybe drive to a local gas station and fill it up but we pulled out on to the next road and realised we'd never be able to drive that far. Thank goodness I happened to see a gentleman in an auto repair type vehicle and I got out and asked him if he could help and he was actually there because others had reported their tyres had been deflated.
"So we waited for about half an hour, forty minutes and another gentleman came with an air compressor to help fill up the tower. "
She added: "I felt really bad. Not so much for us because we were just coming to watch golf for the day, but, I was feeling bad for people who maybe had a medical emergency who might not be able to get to the help they needed. Or if they had some kind of a job that requires them to be there on time where they could potentially get fired if they're not there. There are so many consequences to this that I don't think these people are thinking about."