Someone else caused me £100 worth of damage.

Having to buy a new car tyre because a screw punctured them.
This has happened twice now. £100 to £120 per tyre. Second time it caused a flat that I was unaware of, so could have caused an accident. Me the victim has to buy a new tyre through no fault of their own.
Where are the screws coming from? The screw should ether be ether properly inserted into some wood or a wall, or kept in a storage container. So I don't understand how the screw ends up on the road between the two places?
This has happened twice now. £100 to £120 per tyre. Second time it caused a flat that I was unaware of, so could have caused an accident. Me the victim has to buy a new tyre through no fault of their own.
Where are the screws coming from? The screw should ether be ether properly inserted into some wood or a wall, or kept in a storage container. So I don't understand how the screw ends up on the road between the two places?
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Have you ticked off a neighbour ???
Curiously - these idiots don't think that far ahead..... they think maybe 1 step ahead of where they are at now.... no further.
yes sad to say have had that experience from neighbours out of control kids in the past
but so there are certainly people about who do that kind of thing,and who think its funny to do it as well, fortunately I was only temporarily renting my place at the time and was able to move elsewhere...but I can assure you I still always check my tyres before getting in my car even now.
As I wrote the above I was reminded of this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LLY3jdAIo "sword in the field" Skip to 1:15
The older I get, the better I was.
The type of person who would do that lacks the mental capacity to make that connection.
So how do you know it was a deliberate act?
Things get dropped. it could easily have fallen from a moving vehicle, or been dropped by a pedestrian.
By the sounds of it and in the absence of any evidence to suggest foul play, you need to MTFU and stop bleating.
Yes, its annoying when things go wrong, but life isn't a perfect canvas.
do you want to sue the council/ tyre manufacturer etc when you get a puncture in your bike tyre?
Then read MY BLOG @ http://www.pebennett.com
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I've replaced a few over the years. Local place always says "we can't repair that, we can do you a new tyre". Took me a while to ask the right question and find a guy who does these repairs.
Took it to a guy on an industrial estate who kept it for 2 days and came back with a vulcanised repair and it's been fine - he can repair holes even on the corner of the tyre (not sure about that sidewall).
Not a cowboy either - just a little place that specialises in tyre repairs and alignment - had a brand new Aston Martin up on the ramp when I was there sorting out the tracking.
I'd assume the best and that the screws are just accidents.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
agree
tyre manufacturers recommend you don't repair them, but if you have caught it in time and not driven on it, there is a chance of a repair.
'Yummy mummies' on the school run often park their cars right across my drive despite the yellow lines, blocking it completely and making me late for work (if I'm in the car). I've often been tempted to let their tyres down on days when I'm cycling in, but have now purchased some 'joke' exhaust whistles as a safer deterrent. (Talking to them or leaving a note just leads to a stream of abuse).