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That's fucked up.
Cyclists should keep a nice, long screw in their bag. When someone parks like an asshole, no need to say anything, just prop the screw up under one of their tires and get on with your day.
It's reusable and leaves essentially no evidence of tampering. Additionally, if the person cares about safety at all, they'll stop the car immediately and the tire can be reused, but if they keep driving, it's ruined.
Takes hundreds of times longer
No it doesn't, you don't have to wait for it to empty and remove the stem. Just loosen it a bit.
What's the name of this object?
Tire stem/valve tool
As someone who was yelled at for “parking in the bike lane” because I had a flat tire and that was the only place I could find to pull over …. Just assuming the worst and jumping right to violence is part of the problem, not the solution
Just a note here: Having mechanical issues with your vehicle (your private property) does not give you the right to break driving laws. A car with a flat is still capable of driving enough to move out of the way to a space that isn't impeding traffic and/or putting others in danger.
Granted, blocking a bike lane isn't likely to put someone in immediate danger, but you are still blocking people from getting past so some amount of anger should be expected. Cyclists have to deal with so much crap being parked/dumped/littered in their bike lanes.
It may put bikers in danger though, because you force them to move out of the bike path into the car lane.
The danger it puts cyclists in is minimal. A bit of paint is not much protection, and cyclists cycle safely in the car lane on many roads.
Making it about danger is hyperbolic.
Appeal to "trust me bro ive seen the numbers"
Didn't expect to see "a painted cycle lane is significantly safer than no cycle lane" in this comm
If that were true, we wouldn't need bike lanes in the first place
what part of your story justifies beating an innocent person unconcious?
They yelled at them of course! /S
In response to
One violent attack doesn’t justify an arms race.
you are replying to the wrong person
Giving someone a flat tire is not even remotely comparable to beating someone unconscious
Why park in the bike lane instead of the car lane?
Do bikes with flat tires pull over and park in the car lane?
You can choose whichever you like but I’m more comfortable risking getting run over by one than the other
Importantly this was in a city.
Deflating tyres is not violent.