Climate action group's tyre deflation campaign 'quite refreshing in a way'

“There’s a big difference there because tyre slashing is potentially, criminally, illegal if you like, whereas deflating a tyre is not,” she said.“I think we can easily get carried away by the word slashing when that is not actually what happened in the case of the Churchtown SUVs.”She said she does not condone the action but said “in one way, it is quite refreshing” as it highlights the growing SUV problem in Ireland.

“Over 58% of all new car sales are now SUVs in Ireland and, even if many of them are now actually electric vehicles, the size of these cars and the extra weight they bring to them are cancelling out the emissions benefits of the fact they are EVs. She said the action is “certainly inconvenient” for the drivers who were targeted – but noted that Churchtown has good public transport and cycling infrastructure.

“We have no extra regulation on SUVs. The tax system does not deter people from purchasing very large vehicles, they have an out-of-sight impact on pedestrians and other vulnerable road users and they are simply not appropriate vehicles for densely populated urban areas - yet, they are dominating our streets.

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