A 29-year-old man has been handed a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to 42 counts of attempted criminal damage, as well as counts of criminal damage, assault, threatening behaviour, possessing an offensive weapon in a public place andtheft from a shop, relating to other incidents.
Cambridgeshire Live (link is external) reports Ife Bellow used a pair of scissors to slash 42 bike tyres in Cambridge at 2am on October 18 last year. His "reckless" spree took place in Drummer Street and Guildhall Street, close to where he was soonarrested by police.
CCTV operators saw him puncture the bikes' tyres before throwing scissors, which were later recovered, into a bin.PC Jack Burgess said.
"To this day we still have no explanation for Bellow's reckless actions. He caused great inconvenience and expense to his victims and has shown himself to be a violent criminal in other areas too. I am glad we were able to bring him before the courts,"
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-1-september-2023-303593#live-blog-item-49171
2 days ago
" Glad to bring him before the Courts " Gets a 12 month Community
Sentence !! How about COSTS for the tyres !!
Part of the sentence should be learning how to replace bike tyres, then replacing 84 of them.
2 days ago
" Glad to bring him before the Courts " Gets a 12 month Community Sentence !! How about COSTS for the tyres !!
Part of the sentence should be learning how to replace bike tyres, then replacing 84 of them.
The original and best:air out of the tyres of 120 vehicles and leaving behind leaflets explaining to the owners why they had taken the action.
Tyre Extinguishers (link is external), the activist group that targets SUVs due to the damage the vehicles cause to the environment as well as the risk they pose to vulnerable road users including cyclists struck again in London last night, letting the
The direct action group, one of whose members we interviewed in the latest edition of the road.cc Podcast, undertook its latest direct action intervention in several affluent areas of the capital – namely Hampstead, Primrose Hill, Paddington andKensington.
The group is calling for “bans on SUVs in urban areas, pollution levies to tax SUVs out of existence, and massive investment in free, comprehensive public transport. But until politicians make this a reality, Tyre Extinguishers’ action willcontinue,” they add.
According to Department for Transport figures, some 74 per cent of SUVs are registered to owners with addresses in cities, and affluent boroughs in the capital account for six in 10 sales of such vehicles.action.
A spokesperson for Tyre Extinguishers said: “We are facing the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. The climate crisis is an existential emergency.
“To safeguard a habitable world, we need to move off of fossil fuels as fast as possible. As the Just Stop Oil campaign has exposed, the first step is to stop all new fossil fuel licenses. This is a basic, common sense policy for meaningful climate
“This action was taken because removing SUVs from urban areas is a necessary part of reducing unnecessary fossil fuel demand, supporting the energy transition, and securing a habitable world.including Zurich in Switzerland and Colorado in the US, and has also received requests for its leaflets to be translated into languages including French and Italian.
“Three quarters of these 'off-road' vehicles are purchased by people living in towns or cities. We cannot allow SUVs to continue the incineration of our planet. Owning an SUV is dangerous. It can no longer be accepted.
“Just Stop Oil, Just Stop SUVs,” they added.
Besides London, the movement – which similar to Critical Mass has no formal organisational structure and has supporters worldwide – has previously targeted SUVs in UK cities including Brighton & Hove and Edinburgh, and further afield in places
https://road.cc/content/news/tyre-extinguishers-strike-again-targeting-suvs-london-292175
Tyre Extinguishers, the direct action group calling for SUVs to be banned from cities, have struck again, targeting 30 vehicles in London’s upscale Cheyne Walk area in the district of the capital that gave 4x4s their ‘Chelsea Tractor’ nickname.
Tyre Extinguishers spokesperson Marion Walker said: “These people live in the dead centre of London with access to copious amounts of public
transport. There is no need to own a massive polluting SUV here.”
https://road.cc/content/news/tyre-extinguishers-target-suvs-home-chelsea-tractor-292965
On 01/09/2023 04:16 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
2 days ago
" Glad to bring him before the Courts " Gets a 12 month Community
Sentence !! How about COSTS for the tyres !!
Part of the sentence should be learning how to replace bike tyres, then
replacing 84 of them.
Did you tell that to your learned brother judge, M'Lud?
The odds are that he hasn't got any money anyway.
And why 84? The headline alleges damage to only 42.]
An anti-SUV group known as the Tyre Extinguishers have taken credit for
the sabotage of more than 60 4x4 vehicles at a Land Rover dealership in Exeter.
Claiming responsibility for Sunday night's damage, the group posted
grainy night-vision footage on X (formerly known as Twitter) showing activists sneaking up to the cars and deflating their tyres.
It suggested the attack was carried out in retaliation to an incident in
July which saw a Land Rover smash through the fence of a prep school in Wimbledon, south-west London, killing two eight-year-old girls and
injuring 15 other people.
Tyre Extinguishers said Monday night's wreckage was intended as a
"peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw the attention to the
presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities".
However, their agenda goes beyond preventing accidents involving large
SUVs, with the group also rallying against their contribution to climate change.
Activists have damaged vehicles well beyond the UK, with the group now believed to be operating in 18 countries.
The Tyre Extinguishers describe themselves as a "leaderless, autonomous movement of groups that act independently".
Their modus operandi is fairly straightforward: under the cover of
darkness, their activists deflate tyres of parked SUVs and leave a note
for the owners to explain what happened.
With the heading "Attention – your gas guzzler kills" the note tells how 4X4s are a "disaster for our climate" and how they are far more likely to kill people during collisions. They add: "You'll be angry, but don't take it personally."
The group, is believed to have started in the UK, first hitting the
streets from March 2022 and gradually expanding their network of countries.
The Tyre Extinguishers' main goal is to "make it impossible to own an SUV
in the world's urban areas", in the name of "climate, health, and public safety".
Following their recent mission at Jaguar Exeter in Devon, on Sunday
night, the group made reference to the recent crash at The Study Prep
School, which resulted in the deaths of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau.
On their X profile, they said: "SUV's are 8 times more likely to kill children in crashes than smaller cars... This act of retaliation is
intended as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw attention to
the presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities.
"TX firmly believes that their action is a necessary escalation to try
and stop these vehicles from wrecking further lives and continuing to
push the worsening climate crisis of the cliff edge.
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Citing an International Energy Agency report from December 2021, the
group says on its website: "The increasing pace of SUV buying is
cancelling out all the carbon savings from people switching to electric
cars. If SUV drivers were a country, it would be the sixth-largest emitter in the world."
It adds that at a local level, heavier air pollution produced by SUVs
puts people at risk of illness, while pedestrians and cyclists are at
more danger of injury, with studies showing drivers of these vehicles are more likely to take risks on the road.
How have they been criticised?
Other than people who take issue with criminal damage, some have
criticised the group for deflating the tyres of electric and hybrid
vehicles, which they see as counterproductive.
But as Tyre Extinguishers say on their website: "Hybrids and electric
cars are fair game. We cannot electrify our way out of the climate crisis
– there are not enough rare earth metals to replace everyone’s car and the mining of these metals causes suffering. Plus, the danger to other
road users still stands."
Others have said that the damage caused often results in more CO2
emitting vehicles being driven on the road in order to handle the situation.
For example, 28-year-old fitness instructor Carly Bateman, from Didsbury, Manchester, was left unable to get to work when her Skoda Yeti was
deflated and ended up getting an Uber while her father drove over to pump her tyre.
She told Sky News: "Worst-case scenario someone could have a really bad health condition or be on their way to meet someone who is dying… and because they've deflated their tyres they can't get there.
"At the end of the day, they've not really done much good there because
I've had to involve two vehicles instead of one."
What is the Tyre Extinguishers' method?
On their website, the group encourages people to target "posh/middle
class" areas of towns and cities in order to find SUVs to sabotage.
It tells activists to unscrew the cap on the tyre valve and to drop a
small bean, such as a lentil, inside the valve cap.
They are then instructed to put the cap back on and tighten it until they hear air hissing out, as the lentil pushes down on a pin inside.
"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," says the group, who refer to their activists as "bean bandits".
The group also invites activists to print out a template note from their
site and to inform the local press of their actions using secure email services.
It's hard to put a number on the Tyre Extinguishers' membership given
their decentralised nature, but they are now thought to be operating in 18 countries.
They have claimed credit for deflating tyres in several cities in the US
– where SUVs are particularly popular – including New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal are
also among the countries to be targeted by the group.
The Tyre Extinguishers say they want to make it impossible to own an SUV
in an urban area. (@T_Extinguishers/X)
An anti-SUV group known as the Tyre Extinguishers have taken credit for
the sabotage of more than 60 4x4 vehicles at a Land Rover dealership in Exeter.
Claiming responsibility for Sunday night's damage, the group posted
grainy night-vision footage on X (formerly known as Twitter) showing activists sneaking up to the cars and deflating their tyres.
It suggested the attack was carried out in retaliation to an incident in
July which saw a Land Rover smash through the fence of a prep school in Wimbledon, south-west London, killing two eight-year-old girls and
injuring 15 other people.
Tyre Extinguishers said Monday night's wreckage was intended as a
"peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw the attention to the
presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities".
However, their agenda goes beyond preventing accidents involving large
SUVs, with the group also rallying against their contribution to climate change.
Activists have damaged vehicles well beyond the UK, with the group now believed to be operating in 18 countries.
Here Yahoo News explains the Tyre Extinguisher's goals, methods and what
we know about them so far.
The Tyre Extinguishers describe themselves as a "leaderless, autonomous movement of groups that act independently".
Their modus operandi is fairly straightforward: under the cover of
darkness, their activists deflate tyres of parked SUVs and leave a note
for the owners to explain what happened.
With the heading "Attention – your gas guzzler kills" the note tells how 4X4s are a "disaster for our climate" and how they are far more likely to kill people during collisions. They add: "You'll be angry, but don't take it personally."
The group, is believed to have started in the UK, first hitting the
streets from March 2022 and gradually expanding their network of countries.
The Tyre Extinguishers' main goal is to "make it impossible to own an SUV
in the world's urban areas", in the name of "climate, health, and public safety".
Following their recent mission at Jaguar Exeter in Devon, on Sunday
night, the group made reference to the recent crash at The Study Prep
School, which resulted in the deaths of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau.
On their X profile, they said: "SUV's are 8 times more likely to kill children in crashes than smaller cars... This act of retaliation is
intended as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw attention to
the presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities.
"TX firmly believes that their action is a necessary escalation to try
and stop these vehicles from wrecking further lives and continuing to
push the worsening climate crisis of the cliff edge."
Citing an International Energy Agency report from December 2021, the
group says on its website: "The increasing pace of SUV buying is
cancelling out all the carbon savings from people switching to electric
cars. If SUV drivers were a country, it would be the sixth-largest emitter in the world."
It adds that at a local level, heavier air pollution produced by SUVs
puts people at risk of illness, while pedestrians and cyclists are at
more danger of injury, with studies showing drivers of these vehicles are more likely to take risks on the road.
Other than people who take issue with criminal damage, some have
criticised the group for deflating the tyres of electric and hybrid
vehicles, which they see as counterproductive.
But as Tyre Extinguishers say on their website: "Hybrids and electric
cars are fair game. We cannot electrify our way out of the climate crisis
– there are not enough rare earth metals to replace everyone’s car and the mining of these metals causes suffering. Plus, the danger to other
road users still stands."
Others have said that the damage caused often results in more CO2
emitting vehicles being driven on the road in order to handle the situation.
For example, 28-year-old fitness instructor Carly Bateman, from Didsbury, Manchester, was left unable to get to work when her Skoda Yeti was
deflated and ended up getting an Uber while her father drove over to pump her tyre.
She told Sky News: "Worst-case scenario someone could have a really bad health condition or be on their way to meet someone who is dying… and because they've deflated their tyres they can't get there.
"At the end of the day, they've not really done much good there because
I've had to involve two vehicles instead of one."
On their website, the group encourages people to target "posh/middle
class" areas of towns and cities in order to find SUVs to sabotage.
It tells activists to unscrew the cap on the tyre valve and to drop a
small bean, such as a lentil, inside the valve cap.
They are then instructed to put the cap back on and tighten it until they hear air hissing out, as the lentil pushes down on a pin inside.
"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," says the group, who refer to their activists as "bean bandits".
The group also invites activists to print out a template note from their
site and to inform the local press of their actions using secure email services.
It's hard to put a number on the Tyre Extinguishers' membership given
their decentralised nature, but they are now thought to be operating in 18 countries.
They have claimed credit for deflating tyres in several cities in the US
– where SUVs are particularly popular – including New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal are
also among the countries to be targeted by the group.
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To give an idea of how many cars they are hitting, a recent post on X describing action undertaken in Berlin says: "ANOTHER 100 SUVs hit in
last 2 nights in the Wannsee and Kladow areas.
"Berlin is challenging Paris for most-extinguished city!! 4th action in
last 2 months, 350 SUVs made safe."
On July 28, the group said it had deflated the tyres of 70 SUVs in Turin, Italy the previous night. It added: "SUVs need more space, and their disproportionate size worsens the city traffic.
"They don't make everyone's life more difficult only in Turin, they're
also a disaster for our climate.
Guerrilla climate activists Tyre Extinguishers have claimed their
“largest ever night of action against SUVs”, with 900 of the vehicles targeted around the world.
“Last night (the evening of Monday 28 November and early morning of
Tuesday 29 November), citizens in eight countries deflated tyres on
nearly 900 polluting SUVs,” the activist group said in a statement.
“This is the biggest coordinated global action against high-carbon
vehicles in history, with many more to come.”
Climate change activists have deflated the tyres of at least 15 SUVs in an affluent Melbourne neighborhood.'
The Tyre Extinguishers group left messages on the windscreens of the vehicles in Toorak, claiming the 'gas-guzzlers' contribute to environmental harm while encouraging owners to consider using public transport as an alternative.
The group confirmed on Friday that 'concerned citizens' had taken action to 'disarm' vehicles in Melbourne 'in the first action in a new wave of climate protest in Australia'.
'The Tyre Extinguishers is a new movement springing up across the globe, encouraging people to take action against urban SUVs,' the statement said.
'The Tyre Extinguishers are a leaderless group where citizens take action in their local area by using a website to learn how to deflate the tyres and to print off a leaflet to leave at the SUV to inform the owner of what has happened, for their safety.
Victoria Police are now investigating the incident.
At least 10 four-wheel drive and sports utility vehicles in the vicinity of Tintern Avenue were tampered with,' a police spokeswoman said.
'Notes were also left on the vehicles describing the environmental impact of these types of vehicles. The investigation is ongoing.'
One impacted owner bought his new vehicle just three days ago.
'I'm angry, disappointed, annoyed … I tried to get to work nice and early and then this happened,' the man told 3AW.
'When I first read the note I laughed and said 'you've got to be kidding me'.
'They're taking more time and energy and pollution in printing these, and wasting people's time and energy.'
The note left on windscreens read: 'ATTENTION — your gas guzzler kills'.
'We have deflated one or more of your tyres,' the note read.
'You'll be angry, but just take a minute to think about why your car is a big problem.
'Car companies try to convince you that we need massive cars, but we don't. Driving around urban areas in your massive vehicle has huge consequences for others.
'SUVs and 4x4s are also a disaster for our climate. SUVs are the second-largest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade — more than the entire aviation industry.
'Even if you don't care about the impacts on people far away from you, perhaps think about the impacts around your neighbourhood. SUVs cause far more air pollution than smaller cars.
'SUVs are more likely to kill people than normal sedans in collisions. Psychological studies show SUV drivers are more likely to take risks and put others at risk. SUVs just aren't necessary, especially when most of us live in overcrowded cities.
'The world is facing a climate emergency. According to scientists and the United Nations, millions of people are already dying from the consequences of global heating — droughts, fires, hurricanes, floods, forced migration and starvation.
'While the impacts on you so far have probably been minimal, everyday millions of people are directly affected. Emergency action is needed to reduce emissions immediately.
'That's why we've temporarily stopped you driving your SUV. Your tyre isn't damaged and you will have no difficulty getting around without your gas guzzler. Maybe try walking, cycling or using public transport.'
'If SUV drivers were a country, they would be the sixth largest polluting country in the world,' it said.
'The Tyre Extinguishers want to see bans on SUVs in urban areas, pollution levies to tax SUVs out of existence, and massive investment in free, comprehensive public transport.
'But until politicians make this a reality, Tyre Extinguishers action will continue. We have no leader — anyone can take part, wherever you are.'
Police urge witnesses or anyone with CCTV or other footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
It comes weeks after group members damaging the tyres of at least 60 SUVs at a car dealership in the UK.
They justified their actions as a response to the tragic deaths of two eight-year-old schoolgirls. These girls lost their lives when a woman, while driving her Land Rover, crashed through a fence and into their school in southwest London on July 6.
'This act of retaliation is intended as a peaceful and nonviolent demonstration to draw attention to the presence of grossly-inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities,' the activists said.
'Tyre Extinguishers firmly believes that their action is a necessary escalation to try and stop these vehicles from wrecking further lives and continuing to push the worsening climate crisis off the cliff edge.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12468713/Climate-extremist-group-Tyre-Extinguishers-targets-SUVs-Melbourne-suburb-Toorak.html
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 01/09/2023 04:16 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
2 days ago
" Glad to bring him before the Courts " Gets a 12 month Community
Sentence !! How about COSTS for the tyres !!
Part of the sentence should be learning how to replace bike tyres, then
replacing 84 of them.
Did you tell that to your learned brother judge, M'Lud?
The odds are that he hasn't got any money anyway.
And why 84? The headline alleges damage to only 42.]
Indeed. From the original report:
“Cambridgeshire Live (link is external) reports Ife Bellow used a pair of scissors to slash 42 bike tyres in Cambridge…”.
I expect this is just another case of Mason over-egging the cake, or just perhaps showing off his ability to multiply a two-digit number by 2.
More than 80 SUVs have had their tyres deflated as part of an
environmental protest overnight. The vehicles were targeted in St Mawes
and Falmouth by a group calling themselves The Tyre Extinguishers.
Some of the vehicles vandalised were parked in St Mawes' main car park.
Each car had a note left on it titled 'attention - your gas guzzler kills'.
The poster reads: "We have deflated one or more of your tyres. You'll be angry, but don't take it personally. It's not you. It's your car. We did
this because driving around urban areas in your massive vehicle has consequences for others." It goes on to state that urgent action is
needed to reduce emissions and that SUVs are likely to cause more
pollution than smaller cars.
The note added: "Even if you don't care about the impacts on people far
away from you, there's also consequences for your neighbours. SUVs cause
more air pollution than smaller cars. SUVs are more likely to kill people than normal cars in collisions. Psychological studies show SUV drivers
are more likely to take risks on the road. SUVs are unnecessary and pure vanity."
The Tyre Extinguishers have now released a full statement claiming responsibility. It read: "On the night of Wednesday the 23rd of August,
over 80 SUVs were targeted, their tyres deflated, in Falmouth and St
Mawes area, an action aligned with The Tyre
"SUVs are a danger for the climate, safety and our health, all so that a privileged few can flaunt their wealth in their shiny status symbols.
"Because our Government has failed to protect us from this worsening
threat, we have opted to protect ourselves. This is an act of
retaliation, and is intended as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration
to draw attention to the presence of grossly inappropriate private
vehicles in our town. Our intent is not to incite harm but rather
catalyse change and ensure a safer environment for all.
"SUVs are a climate disaster: If SUV drivers were a country, they would
be the sixth largest emitter on the planet, International Energy Agency researchers were shocked in 2019 to find that SUVs are the second-largest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade
- more than shipping, aviation or heavy industry.
"We believe this is a proportionate and necessary escalation to try and
stop these vehicles from worsening the climate. We will not stand by and watch whilst greed dictates how we react to this crisis. Our aim is to
make it impossible to own an SUV in the climate we now live in." The Tyre Extinguishers reiterated that the protest was peaceful and only involved
the letting down of tyres.
Devon and Cornwall Police has confirmed some of the incidents have been reported. A force spokesman said: "Police have received multiple reports
of car tyres having been deflated in residential streets in Falmouth overnight. Enquiries continue."
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/climate-activists-deflate-tyres-more-8701680
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