Bit of a dick move but tbh it shouldn’t matter as you shouldn’t be close enough for it to matter.
Ha, I’m curious as to these are supposed to do exactly? Is this a one off thing done by someone with a Mad Max fetish or is this some sort of new security fad meant to deter would-be thieves?
If the intention was to stop some muppet running down the road hitting the wing mirror, is this any difference to properties putting barbed wire or spikes on fences to prevent would-be criminals?
I really hope this isn’t some kind of coal rollingesque anti cyclist conspiracy and rather more a strong local fetish scene.
Presumably the intent is to injure cyclists whilst overtaking.
Vehicle forfieture seems appropriate, amongst other penalties.
Obviously not an acceptable vehicle modification but this also has nothing to do with cyclists.
More MAMIL victim complex posting.
Construction and use offence, you can’t have any sharp edges or presumably points from the vehicle. Unfortunately proving made, adapted or intended as a weapon might be difficult
Can anyone explain what this has to do with cyclists?
Spikes or not hitting someone with your wing mirror on purpose is going to do damage
I can only assume this is to stop cyclists holding onto the mirror as there is no other purpose for this.
I can understand that they don’t want someone touching their car but this is just stupid. If anything they’ll get their car smashed up because of it.
At a guess, it’s a crue attempt to stop the wing mirrors from being stolen.
Meh, if you’re that worried about someone riding pass you and damaging your car, get a dashcam installed, just a shame you might not I.D the Cyclist but you’ll catch the motorcyclist.
‘Despite an uproar on social media, the owner of the vehicle has hit back at the haters and said he installed the spiked caps to stop the ‘little b******s’ who have been ripping his wing mirror off.
Jonathan Tomney, 41, said: “I’m sick to death of my property being vandalised.
“Every Saturday night when I park the van up… I put the spike on.
“I only put it on over the weekends to stop my property from being vandalised.
I just hope that if one of the little b******s tries to take my wing mirror again they’ll sever their hand.”’
Does anyone believe this?
I hope he has strengthened the plastic wing mirror mountings. First cyclist to see that will kick it off the door then use it’s very useful spikeyness to break the windscreen.
I don’t even ride a bike any more, but it would be the first thing I would do.
Careful where you park it matey.
I dont like cyclists but there’s no need to try and give them tetanus when you drive past them.
Wtf. Not only dangerous hitting cyclists, but also pedestrians. Pretty perfect height to hit a primary school child in the face. Should be a big punishment to act as a deterrent. Bad enough with all the knife crime, acid attacks etc going on.
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Obviously this has nothing to do with Brexit, but it does make David Davis’s claims that we’re not going to descend into a “[Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/19/david-davis-brexit-britain-mad-max)” ring somewhat hollow.
Bit of a dick move but tbh it shouldn’t matter as you shouldn’t be close enough for it to matter.
Ha, I’m curious as to these are supposed to do exactly? Is this a one off thing done by someone with a Mad Max fetish or is this some sort of new security fad meant to deter would-be thieves?
If the intention was to stop some muppet running down the road hitting the wing mirror, is this any difference to properties putting barbed wire or spikes on fences to prevent would-be criminals?
I really hope this isn’t some kind of coal rollingesque anti cyclist conspiracy and rather more a strong local fetish scene.
Presumably the intent is to injure cyclists whilst overtaking.
Vehicle forfieture seems appropriate, amongst other penalties.
Obviously not an acceptable vehicle modification but this also has nothing to do with cyclists.
More MAMIL victim complex posting.
Construction and use offence, you can’t have any sharp edges or presumably points from the vehicle. Unfortunately proving made, adapted or intended as a weapon might be difficult
Can anyone explain what this has to do with cyclists?
Spikes or not hitting someone with your wing mirror on purpose is going to do damage
I can only assume this is to stop cyclists holding onto the mirror as there is no other purpose for this.
I can understand that they don’t want someone touching their car but this is just stupid. If anything they’ll get their car smashed up because of it.
At a guess, it’s a crue attempt to stop the wing mirrors from being stolen.
Meh, if you’re that worried about someone riding pass you and damaging your car, get a dashcam installed, just a shame you might not I.D the Cyclist but you’ll catch the motorcyclist.
‘Despite an uproar on social media, the owner of the vehicle has hit back at the haters and said he installed the spiked caps to stop the ‘little b******s’ who have been ripping his wing mirror off.
Jonathan Tomney, 41, said: “I’m sick to death of my property being vandalised.
“Every Saturday night when I park the van up… I put the spike on.
“I only put it on over the weekends to stop my property from being vandalised.
I just hope that if one of the little b******s tries to take my wing mirror again they’ll sever their hand.”’
Does anyone believe this?
I hope he has strengthened the plastic wing mirror mountings. First cyclist to see that will kick it off the door then use it’s very useful spikeyness to break the windscreen.
I don’t even ride a bike any more, but it would be the first thing I would do.
Careful where you park it matey.
I dont like cyclists but there’s no need to try and give them tetanus when you drive past them.
Wtf. Not only dangerous hitting cyclists, but also pedestrians. Pretty perfect height to hit a primary school child in the face. Should be a big punishment to act as a deterrent. Bad enough with all the knife crime, acid attacks etc going on.