Lyon: an ecological group “by mistake” deflates the vehicle of a disabled person
Environmental activists targeted “by mistake” an SUV belonging to a disabled person in Lyon.
They suggested the blow with their action, it is missed. Collective”Tire extinguishers“, which appeared in the United Kingdom in 2021, works to deflate the tires of SUVs or other polluting 4x4s in urban areas, in the name of breathing better together.
Last weekend in Lyon, in the Confluence district, the French branch of the collective wanted to take action and flatten the tires of many SUVs in the city.
Activists, eager to want to prevent owners from driving, consider these vehicles polluting but also dangerous.
“Mistakes can happen”
As the report BFM-TVthe operation which was to be a publicity stunt has somewhat turned against the ecologists.
Of the 14 “disarmed” SUVs in Lyon, one of them belongs to a disabled person. Worse, the activists used an image of the vehicle in question to illustrate their evening.
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14 decommissioned SUVs in the La Confluence district of Lyon, France, as a new TX group takes its first action.
Paris, Toulouse, Nantes and now Lyon, where is the rest? France, you’re on fire right now…https://t.co/cmqm5IOM5F pic.twitter.com/4zjzrAPz2J
— Tire Extinguishers (@T_Extinguishers) October 9, 2022
A parking card for disabled people is indeed present on the windshield of the vehicle.
Quickly relayed on social networks, the case was confirmed by Release which indicates that the SUV was parked in a reserved space.
The collective recognizes on Checknews that this is an error. “Errors may occur when you deflate nearly 10,000 SUVs! We tell people not to target handicapped vehicles but it happens sometimes. The fact remains that 99% of these vehicles are not necessary and are legitimate targets”, persistent and sign the activists.
On its site, Tire Extinguishers claims to have already struck in France on more than 240 vehicles, in Paris, Lyon, Clamart, Meudon or Toulouse.