Yeah even for this person's selfish thought process i don't see how they feel comfortable doing this. The whole time it's there they should be constantly worried that their car will get keyed
You don't know what you're talking about. The air valve is separate from the tire. It attaches to the rim. There's no inner tube.
A new tire is 50-200 bucks. 50 probably being a used POS.
That valve? Many tire shops will replace for free, or very cheap (a few dollars max.)
Side wall damage? You're gonna need a new (or used, not recommended) tire.
Also. Go for a small, sharp smooth blade. There's a good chance it'll just slow leak and they'll make it to McDonald's or whatever and then run flat. XD
A while back there was a local kerfuffle because some vandal was slashing the tires of cars which came to visit a local park at the top of a bluff. The vandal would only slash 3/4 tires and it apparently made getting insurance to cover it hell because insurance would cover 4 damaged tires but not only 3. Also 3 tires is more likely to be less than/about the insurance deductible thereby making it more costly to the owner. So the vandal was really causing maximum possible chaos by slashing only 3 tires
What stretch of Bryant has the bike lane? I biked downtown to the greenway last summer and it was just shared car lanes on a two-way (though I think I only encountered one non-parked car), this looks nice.
EDIT: like like about 35th to 50th South. Very cool, I'll try to check it out this week!
Report it on the Minneapolis 311 app, usually bike lane parkers are gone by the time someone finally shows up to investigate, but they use the reports to direct infrastructure improvements to try to keep this from happening again.
I had some asshole parked in the protected bike lane on my ride home elsewhere in Minneapolis tonight and I really should have reported them but I didn't.
I was going to say, just call a few tow companies. They are the worst scum of the earth class traitors ever. They're looking to take anything they can to hold for ransom.
You just have to be vaugue enough about the vehicle that they send one of their guys getting $15/hr who doesn't give a shit to show up before the tow companies owners realize that's their family/friends truck.
Tow company has to have a contract with the city, they can't just randomly go abduct cars without it. So you have to know which companies have that contract.
Always report to the authorities (police or whatever), even if they don't do anything. If the complains keep pilling up, it will fuck their stats and eventually someone will be forced to do something.
Donāt you see the thin strip of Ā«Ā same concrete as the road but palerĀ Ā»?! Totally protected now!
Also, if it was a higher wall, a car could get slightly damaged if it veered of course. Totally unacceptable. Human bodies donāt scratch the paint off as much.
Not that slow. Most cars stay in place over the course of a day around 23h (maybe not at a time), but still: if the driver doesn't hop in immediately, the tire will be mostly or totally deflated at when they arrive.
The car I was hitting was "owned" by someone who did nothing legally. I eventually figured out the reason he drove cars like they were stolen was because they were actually stolen.
It turns out that we're both stupid. At least where I live, all crimes people casually refer to as "vandalism" are in fact legally handled under the charge of "mischief". But also included are things like blocking someoneās driveway, interfering with computer data, preventing lawful use of property, and tampering with infrastructure. Which of course can be much more serious crimes than keying someone's car and can come with significant jail time, for mischief.
Fucker is parked left of center too. Other than an obviously "not a parking space" you're supposed to park in the same direction as traffic faces. Always a pickup.
No no no. You've got the spirit, but the wrong idea.
You start the tow company, and also get one of those car compactor things. The kind that takes full size cars, and compacts them to itty bitty squares that will fit in your other car's backseat.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you could set up a registered non-profit ("Cycle Lane Awareness and Promotion"), and have that charity set up & own a towing company ("Cycle Lane Towing Co."). Then have the articles of incorporation of Cycle Lane Towing Co. specify that all profits go to Cycle Lane Awareness, which in turn spends them on ... cycle lane awareness and promotion.
Then make an app + mobile Website for cyclists to report parking like this with a few taps / clicks ...
Looks like the vehicle of a big, strong, alpha who carries his gun to the grocery store in case there's a trans person in aisle 4 who would viciously attack. /s
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zakobjoa@lemmy.world · 114 pts · 165d
"Poke." says the knife.
"Pssshh!" answered the tire.
Beacon@fedia.io · 38 pts · 165d
Yeah even for this person's selfish thought process i don't see how they feel comfortable doing this. The whole time it's there they should be constantly worried that their car will get keyed
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 165d
Subtler, safer, and more damaging to damage the air valve instead.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 165d
You don't know what you're talking about. The air valve is separate from the tire. It attaches to the rim. There's no inner tube.
A new tire is 50-200 bucks. 50 probably being a used POS.
That valve? Many tire shops will replace for free, or very cheap (a few dollars max.)
Side wall damage? You're gonna need a new (or used, not recommended) tire.
Also. Go for a small, sharp smooth blade. There's a good chance it'll just slow leak and they'll make it to McDonald's or whatever and then run flat. XD
Burninator05@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 165d
The tires for my minivan run $130 to $220 each. The tires on that truck are not standard and are extra wide. Id bet closer to $300-$400 each.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 165d
It's not the cost, it's the inconvenience.
Even if he has a spare tire for that monster, I wanna see him try replacing it, it'll be hilarious.
Or he'll have to call a tow and wait for it.
Either way, awesome. Push comes to shove, "your honor, I offer to settle this dispute by paying the cost of the valve I supposedly damaged."
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 165d
That's an interesting perspective.
But usually the spare or donut comes with it's own rim and valve.... So shouldn't need a tow.
But that's also why you always slash more than one tire. Nobody is carrying multiple donuts.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 163d
A while back there was a local kerfuffle because some vandal was slashing the tires of cars which came to visit a local park at the top of a bluff. The vandal would only slash 3/4 tires and it apparently made getting insurance to cover it hell because insurance would cover 4 damaged tires but not only 3. Also 3 tires is more likely to be less than/about the insurance deductible thereby making it more costly to the owner. So the vandal was really causing maximum possible chaos by slashing only 3 tires
NomNom@feddit.uk · 83 pts · 165d
Cars aren't supposed to park here.
I'm so tired of this shit.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 165d
Beautiful weather and sunset we had tonight though.
PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 165d
What stretch of Bryant has the bike lane? I biked downtown to the greenway last summer and it was just shared car lanes on a two-way (though I think I only encountered one non-parked car), this looks nice.
EDIT: like like about 35th to 50th South. Very cool, I'll try to check it out this week!
Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml · 74 pts · 165d
Call it in. I got a truck just like this towed within an hour and a half for illegally parking, partially blocking an alley street.
Expensive and very inconvenient for the owner, which is just what we want š
TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 165d
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AlexLost@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 163d
Also, tow companies love making money. Most won't hesitate to tow an illegally parked vehicle.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 165d
Report it on the Minneapolis 311 app, usually bike lane parkers are gone by the time someone finally shows up to investigate, but they use the reports to direct infrastructure improvements to try to keep this from happening again.
I had some asshole parked in the protected bike lane on my ride home elsewhere in Minneapolis tonight and I really should have reported them but I didn't.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 165d
It would be a shame if they had to take longer because they needed to inflate a mysteriously flat tire...
CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml · 54 pts · 165d
Sure would be expensive for them to replace that set of tires because the sidewalls blew out for some reason
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 165d
Take off the valve stem cap, place a small pebble in the cap, screw it on so that it slowly deflates.
If youāre very enterprising you could bring you own caps with a BB superglued to the inside.
lnxtx@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 165d
Another option is a valve key. It's easy to unscrew those valves.
SARGE@startrek.website · 5 pts · 165d
PointyFluff@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 164d
a common tool carried on a bike.
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca · 43 pts · 165d
saltesc@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 165d
Don't tell us, tell the tow company. Make sure you collect the spotters fee if they offer one.
tomi000@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 165d
Have it towed then?
SillyDude@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 165d
I was going to say, just call a few tow companies. They are the worst scum of the earth class traitors ever. They're looking to take anything they can to hold for ransom.
You just have to be vaugue enough about the vehicle that they send one of their guys getting $15/hr who doesn't give a shit to show up before the tow companies owners realize that's their family/friends truck.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
Tow company has to have a contract with the city, they can't just randomly go abduct cars without it. So you have to know which companies have that contract.
CactusEcho@piefed.social · 32 pts · 165d
Always report to the authorities (police or whatever), even if they don't do anything. If the complains keep pilling up, it will fuck their stats and eventually someone will be forced to do something.
After reporting, do whatever you want ;-)
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 165d
European brains cannot comprehend that this is a ācarā and not a semi-truck.
Also, isnāt it dangerous to do the stabby stabby with tires? Because they might burst? Asking for a friend.
towerful@programming.dev · 14 pts · 165d
Also can't comprehend the "protected" bike lane.
It just looks like more road
Tuxman@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 165d
Donāt you see the thin strip of Ā«Ā same concrete as the road but palerĀ Ā»?! Totally protected now!
Also, if it was a higher wall, a car could get slightly damaged if it veered of course. Totally unacceptable. Human bodies donāt scratch the paint off as much.
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 165d
Lentil under the cap, slowly releasing the pressure.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 3 pts · 165d
Do you regularly carry lentils for this purpose?
Rocks are both free and everywhere. I see some in this picture
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 165d
Can you eat rocks when hunger attacks, NO!
This is why I always carry my pocket lentils!!
CannedYeet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
So they don't notice and then they drive with flat tires and crash into and kill decent pedestrians and cyclists?
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 163d
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
Not that slow. Most cars stay in place over the course of a day around 23h (maybe not at a time), but still: if the driver doesn't hop in immediately, the tire will be mostly or totally deflated at when they arrive.
PointyFluff@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 164d
yes, just let the air out.
THEN STABY-STABY
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
If it's a car, you can stab 30PSI and not die. If it's an actual, real truck, it's well past 100PSI and will blow your hand off.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 165d
Ok good to know that I will not die when itās 30PSI. But will I be deaf? Will it blow loudly so everyone notices?
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
If you poke it slowly, it will make a slow leak. However it will be easily repairable.
Personally I started to cut brake lines instead.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 165d
The tread is easily repairable but you cant repair sidewall damage legally, at least where I am. š
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 165d
The car I was hitting was "owned" by someone who did nothing legally. I eventually figured out the reason he drove cars like they were stolen was because they were actually stolen.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 165d
Tow truck companies love the commission.
PointyFluff@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 164d
I mean you could handle this like an adult and let the air out of all his tires.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 163d
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 163d
I know it sounds silly or archaic but "mischief" is a very serious charge with significant penalties. You'd rather get vandalism.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 163d
It turns out that we're both stupid. At least where I live, all crimes people casually refer to as "vandalism" are in fact legally handled under the charge of "mischief". But also included are things like blocking someoneās driveway, interfering with computer data, preventing lawful use of property, and tampering with infrastructure. Which of course can be much more serious crimes than keying someone's car and can come with significant jail time, for mischief.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 163d
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 23 pts · 165d
Also, spark plugs are cheap, windows aren't.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 165d
Maybe they have one of those fancy laminated side window that immune to ninja rock. Body paint vs key? That's a different thing.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 163d
Good call!
Exusia@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 165d
Fucker is parked left of center too. Other than an obviously "not a parking space" you're supposed to park in the same direction as traffic faces. Always a pickup.
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 163d
looks like a one-way road.
obinice@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 165d
Is the truck parked behind that main battle tank?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 164d
No, the car is inside the tank
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 165d
ābryant ave šŗšøš Concerned Residents š šŗšø Facebook Pageā
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 165d
The group Tire Extinguishers suggest unscrewing the valve vap, a grain of rice, and screw the cap back on. The tire goes flat slowly.
I like the UK system where you can report them online with video evidence.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6g2GP912ku4lPd-155-Vw
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 163d
Call a tow
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 165d
Set it on fire.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 165d
Apply a screwdriver to the rubber it floats around on
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 165d
Amateur hour.
Stick a BB in the valve stem caps. It will leak slowly, but surely, from all four tires, and it will take a while before they discover it.
TheHotze@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
The only problem is, you want them to know it's because they parked like a idiot.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 163d
For that, keep a gel deodorant stick in your bag. Apply gel to the door handles.
Also helpful if you forget to D.O. before work.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 165d
Unprotected bike lane.
theblurstoftimes@leminal.space · 7 pts · 165d
Start our own tow company for these guys. I hear thereās money in it anyway.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
No no no. You've got the spirit, but the wrong idea.
You start the tow company, and also get one of those car compactor things. The kind that takes full size cars, and compacts them to itty bitty squares that will fit in your other car's backseat.
duncan_bayne@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 164d
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you could set up a registered non-profit ("Cycle Lane Awareness and Promotion"), and have that charity set up & own a towing company ("Cycle Lane Towing Co."). Then have the articles of incorporation of Cycle Lane Towing Co. specify that all profits go to Cycle Lane Awareness, which in turn spends them on ... cycle lane awareness and promotion.
Then make an app + mobile Website for cyclists to report parking like this with a few taps / clicks ...
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 165d
MN License YNE5564
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 163d
They can't (legally) drive without a license plate.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 6 pts · 165d
where I am at you can take a picture and send it to a city office that will have a parking ticket created and sent out.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 165d
Dodge ram owners are just rich Nissan Altima assholes.
SoloPhoenyx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 163d
Looks like the vehicle of a big, strong, alpha who carries his gun to the grocery store in case there's a trans person in aisle 4 who would viciously attack. /s
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
This guy knows exactly what he is doing and thought to himself...try me big boy bicycler..
NachBarcelona@piefed.social · 3 pts · 165d
you still got some ground snow there oh damn my fart
anyway the ram driver can eat the damned fart
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 165d
Call the cops.