One expensive puncture

[Chippy_Tea]

New tyre, new wheel and a day in court.

 

[honeymonster]

Brilliant! I'm pretty sure a few years worth of AA/RAC membership would have been cheaper than that is bound to cost to fix!

 

[bobsbeer]

some Tyron bands would have prevented that. but a bu**er when you get a flat tyre to change.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The moral of the story is check you have the locking wheel nut removing tool in the car, you would be surprised how many people buy cars and don't check it is in the car and are surprised the tyre service garage doesn't have anything that can remove it. (i have seen this many times)

 

[TRXnMe]

Unless the alloys are worth nicking (very rare for me) I get rid of any locking wheel nuts the day I buy the car. I've never had an alloy nicked (I only own old motors) but every car I've had, and left the locking nuts on, has given me grief at some point when a wheel had to come off

It wold probably have been cheaper for the car owner to call out breakdown to swap to the spare than buy a new alloy, let alone replace the tyre and pay the fine!

 

[narmour]

It wold probably have been cheaper for the car owner to call out breakdown to swap to the spare than buy a new alloy, let alone replace the tyre and pay the fine!

If the driver didn't have the lock nut spanner then the breakdown van wouldn't have been much use to him!

 

[Hawks]

Unless the alloys are worth nicking (very rare for me) I get rid of any locking wheel nuts the day I buy the car. I've never had an alloy nicked (I only own old motors) but every car I've had, and left the locking nuts on, has given me grief at some point when a wheel had to come off

I thought the same until a few years ago I walked out a mates house after staying the night, car was sat up on bricks

 

[TRXnMe]

It wold probably have been cheaper for the car owner to call out breakdown to swap to the spare than buy a new alloy, let alone replace the tyre and pay the fine!

If the driver didn't have the lock nut spanner then the breakdown van wouldn't have been much use to him!

Could have towed him off the motyorway, even a car transporter tow would have been under £300 quid to the nearest garage, that looks like a nice wide alloy, so it plus the tyre are probably over that. I'll be the fine wasn't a £60 job either.

The nearest garage would have been able to defeat the lock nut, heck the breakdown guy might have been able to defeat it depending on type :)

 

[Vossy1]

What an absolute arse****...put others in danger because of your own selfishness and stupidity. Driving is a privilege not a right and his/her/their license should be taken away or severely endorsed.

If the driver didn't have the lock nut spanner then the breakdown van wouldn't have been much use to him!

It would have at least taken them off the motorway and stopped them being a danger to others.
I don't apologise for my stance on this, I can't stand irresponsible drivers :nono: