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Old 09-13-2005, 11:36 AM
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Default Re: Worse Than a Humvee

Speaking of how people abuse vehicle sizes by buying SUVs that are really too large for their needs:

Anti-SUV vigilantes deflating SUV tires at night - classic !!!

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,...=newsletter_to

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PARIS -- A band of eco-vigilantes is taking a firm but gentle stand against fast-growing SUV sales in France and Europe, deflating the tires on gas guzzlers in a protest against conspicuous waste.

Members of a group called Les Dégonflés say they recently let the air out of tires on about half a dozen SUVs parked in the upscale VI arrondissement using bicycle pumps -- a technique that they say causes no lasting damage -- and plastered windshields with leaflets proclaiming that "nearly everyone needs an oxygen mask." A spokesman for the group said they hope to recruit new foot soldiers to the cause by demonstrating their technique in an internet broadcast next month.
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