The misguided trend of activists deflating the tires of SUVs and larger vehicles has now spread to Australia. Participants, fancying themselves as crusaders, target the vehicles in a self-styled campaign that many regard as both pointless and counterproductive.
Far from winning hearts and minds, such tactics tend to alienate the very public the activists hope to influence. The international spread of the trend illustrates how a disruptive idea can travel, leaving frustrated vehicle owners in its wake.