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ATTENTION - we deflated one of the tires on your SUV.

You'll be mad, we know. We're not upset with you, but with your car.

We've done this because using a car as huge as this in a city like Turin has equally huge consequences on everyone else.

The auto industry is very good at convincing us we need gigantic cars to get around, but the use of SUVs in urban centers has made cities dirtier and more dangerous. Small particles in the air kill thousands of people every year (60 thousand in Italy alone) and your car unfortunately contributes to these deaths. What's more, SUVs are more likely to kill people in collisions, and not just because of their size. Many studies have shown that SUV drivers are more likely to take risks on the road. Huge cars like this one make those inside them feel safer, but they endanger everyone outside them.

SUVs are useless, pure vanity. It makes no sense to drag two tons of steel with you every time you go out.

SUVs require larger spaces for parking, and their excessive dimensions worse traffic in the city; not only do they make life more difficult for everyone here in Turn, but luxury cars like this one are also a disaster for our climate. You won't believe us, but SUVs are the second largest cause of the global increase in emissions of carbon dioxide in the last decade - more than the entire air transport industry.

Politicians should have limited the use of cars like this to the (few) people who really need them. But given that nothing has been done to limit their impact on our cities, we have decided to act directly with this demonstration, like many other people are doing across Europe. We want having a car like this to be as inconvenient for their owners as their widespread adoption is for everyone else.

We have only deflated your tire (with an innocuous lentil), we haven't caused any other damage. We know you worked hard to get yourself a car like this [translators note: lol, lmao], and we're sorry we had to do this. Unfortunately big business knows how to make us think we need things we really don't.

You've already got this car. But for today you can get around on foot, by bicycle, or with public transit. And in the future, rebel against those who try to convince you you always need more. Living better requires the collaboration of everyone.

For more information visit tyreextinguishers.com

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Naturally the comments are full of redditors handwringing about "i hate SUVs too but this is counterproductive" and other extremely predictable lib shit. but i thought you all would appreciate some praxis by our fredo comrades

Death to cars

Death to America