Activists claim to have deflated the tyres of hundreds of SUV vehicles in Bristol and beyond as part of a new wave of climate protest across the UK.
The campaign group, which calls itself the Tyre Extinguishers, says it is leading a new movement across the country encouraging people to take action against urban SUVs. Hundreds of vehicles had their tyres deflated on Monday night (March 7) in more than a dozen locations including London, Brighton, Edinburgh, Sheffield, and Edinburgh as well as Bristol. The group claims they have specifically targeted affluent areas of the UK.
This incident marks the first night of action by the new movement by the group, who claim to be leaderless. They are operating under the aim to make it impossible to own an SUV in the UK’s urban areas, claiming SUVs are unnecessary “luxury emissions”, that contribute to air pollution and pose a danger on roads.
