What would you do? (Tyre pic inside)

Bug One said:
Has anyone tried putting a knife through a fully inflated tyre? Rather you than me.
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Yup, used to be standard practice at the fleet place I used to do some work at. Being a fleet owner they got their money's worth out of the tyres, so were no use to someone else. If we didn't charming local travelling folk would have them away over night. Good sharp, fixed blade knife, straight into the sidewall.
 
Seems harsh to report them.

At least give them a warning. If it was a case that they drove from work to home each day over a few miles and simply didn't check their tyre, then it seems a bit over the top to have the cops come and give them hassle.

A note explaining the situation would have sufficed, but then again I'm one for keeping myself to myself. The argument of "it might affect me" is a bit vague.

I'd expect your car to be keyed for the trouble personally.
 
sports_brah said:
Seems harsh to report them.

At least give them a warning. If it was a case that they drove from work to home each day over a few miles and simply didn't check their tyre, then it seems a bit over the top to have the cops come and give them hassle.

A note explaining the situation would have sufficed, but then again I'm one for keeping myself to myself. The argument of "it might affect me" is a bit vague.

I'd expect your car to be keyed for the trouble personally.
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Driving a few miles a day is no excuse you wouldn't even need to be paying any real attention to notice that those tyres are ****ed.
 
sports_brah said:
If it was a case that they drove from work to home each day over a few miles and simply didn't check their tyre, then it seems a bit over the top to have the cops come and give them hassle.
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At a few miles per day it'd take years for the tyres to end up with cords showing.
 
There's no way the tyres of your car should be able to reach that condition without you knowing.

If they have, and you don't, I'm not sure you should be allowed on the road at all.
 
sports_brah said:
Seems harsh to report them.

At least give them a warning. If it was a case that they drove from work to home each day over a few miles and simply didn't check their tyre, then it seems a bit over the top to have the cops come and give them hassle.
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Did you even look at the picture in the OP?

That's not a tyre that the driver just hasn't noticed has gone below the legal limit. That's a tyre that's been way below the legal limit for months. I don't even want to think about what the stopping distance would be on a wet road, never mind the massively increased risk of a blow-out at high speed.

sports_brah said:
A note explaining the situation would have sufficed, but then again I'm one for keeping myself to myself. The argument of "it might affect me" is a bit vague.
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Even if it doesn't directly affect you, who's to say you won't be stuck in the 5 mile tailback caused by this idiot losing control and killing (hopefully only) himself on the motorway?

sports_brah said:
I'd expect your car to be keyed for the trouble personally.
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Which unfortunately sums up the mindset of arrogant, selfish **** who drive their cars on the road in this state.

It's never their fault for not maintaining the car properly, it's the fault of the guy who reported it, the person doing the emergency stop in front of them, or the kid who ran into the road to get his ball.
 
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**Update**

When I left the office last night, it was still parked.

However... The car is back today, parked in another spot. No idea if the tyres have been replaced. Might go and take a peek later on, covertly, to see if there is any change to the tyres.

It may well be someone from the other offices here.

Currently my car is not yet keyed..
 
The thing is, it must drive terribly. To get that bad, the tracking would need to be way out, so it will be pulling all over the road. I had tracking out once and kept not fixing it. 2000 miles later, both tyres were almost bald on the inside edge (still had tread, but very little!) Hit a puddle on a bend and the front of the car just did what it like, which didn't include cornering! Fortunately new tyres were on order, but these are so much worse I can't imagine how little grip they must have.
 
Not every situation is straight forward though.

I had a mate replace his rear tyres on his M3 800 miles later he goes out to find both flat.
Turns out a couple of bushes had gone and just raped the inner edge of both tyres in 800 miles. The day before they were through to the cords and no-one would think about checking them so soon.


However that is the opposite of the op
 
touch said:
There's a video on youtube called "Tire-slashing goes VERY wrong for this idiot".

(not going to post link as i dont have sound atm and there could well be swearing in it)
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Yikes that video is brutal. You can see a hefty amount of blood on the floor when he gets up if you look closely :eek:
 
MooMoo444 said:
Yikes that video is brutal. You can see a hefty amount of blood on the floor when he gets up if you look closely :eek:
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Yeah I just did a quick search for that video, seems he cut his arm up with his own knife! Probably took a bit of a knock to the head as well from the landing.
 
Well, the owner has had a warning (assuming OP did leave a note) and apparently ignored it. All sympathy/chances of it being an honest mistake now gone!

Just had a proper look at the original pic. Didn't realise it had gone to the cords all the way across, thought it was only the outside shoulder!

Is the car even taxed and insured?
 
mattyg said:
Not every situation is straight forward though.

I had a mate replace his rear tyres on his M3 800 miles later he goes out to find both flat.
Turns out a couple of bushes had gone and just raped the inner edge of both tyres in 800 miles. The day before they were through to the cords and no-one would think about checking them so soon.


However that is the opposite of the op
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yeah that's quite innocent in comparison. on an old car both my inside shoulders were wearing pretty damn thin (no strings yet) but the tyres looked like they had loads of tread! it was only when I left the wheel on full lock after parking up did I happen to notice how warn the inside edge was and got them replaced and tracking (or what ever it was) sorted. was literally on the corner so looked to be fine when the wheels were straight.

this guy's had his chance...BRING ON THE BACON! :p
 
Nothing more you can do now, you can't contact the police again. Perhaps they have put a flag on the car which will be picked up by the next ANPR he crosses?
 
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