How To Slash A Tire Quietly Like An Accident And Without Getting Caught?

What If we get into some fight  or someone starts chasing us? Then how to slash a tire for our self defense quietly without getting caught and like an accident.

If i ain’t wrong, are you not facing such a kind of situation.

Unfortunately if you are facing this right now then let me tell you one thing that you are in the right place.

Because this guide is about how to slash, puncture, deflate and flatten a tire quietly like an accident and without getting caught by just using a household knife, screwdriver or nail.

How to slash a tire (4 Easiest Ways To Puncture, Pop, Deflate or Flat Tires)

How to Slash a Tire? To slash tires you need sharp objects like knives or nails. Take any of these, grip it into your hand firmly and poke it into the tire sidewall. Tire will take minutes to hour, to deflate or flatten completely depending upon the puncture size and a tire air pressure. The larger you slash (Puncture) a tire the minimum time it will take to flat.

If you want to learn in detail about how to slash a tire, their consequences, law against slashing and prevention against slashing then you have to scroll down

Definitely Reading of whole article would be worthwhile for you

4 Best ways to slash a tire              

These are the best ways to slash a tire. If you want to slash a tire then you need a sharp thing in order to cut a tire.  

Method 1: Knife

How to slash tires with a knife

To slash or puncture tires with a knife you will need to hold the knife into hand firmly. After that, poke the knife into the sidewall of a tire and pull it downward, it make a huge cut. Tire will start deflating and it will take approximately seconds to flatten completely with a knife depending upon the size of the puncture you made.

In this method we are using knife to slash a car tire. For this process you can take any household sharp knife.

1. Take a household knife into your hand.
2. Grip the knife firmly from the back side so that it couldn’t slip from your hand.
3. Now poke the knife into the side wall of a tire with adequate force.
4. As soon as air starts moving out of the tire, start moving the knife inside it. This will make a wide cut into the tire
5. Now move out the knife.
6. Tire will take minimum seconds to 30 minutes to deflate and flatten completely.

Yes, with this you can easily slash someone’s car tire easily. But I will suggest you practice it on the old tires. As soon as the tire is cut you will hear a loud “PSH” sound if the tire has a normal standard pressure inside it.

Quickly

If you want to slash tires quickly with the help of a knife then i would suggest you to poked the knife into the sidewall of a tire.

This is just because the tire sidewall is the weakest part of a tire and it doesn’t take time for a knife to poke into it.

Slash like an accident

If you want to slash a tire and make it look like an accident then use Swiss Army Knives instead of normal household knives and poke it into the tire tread. Tire tread is the hardest part of the tire and it can not cut by an ordinary household knife. Moreover it will require more force to poke swiss knife into it.

Tire tread is a common area for punctures when someone drives a car on a sharp object. So when you poke swiss knife into tire tread, it slash the tire tread and give it an accidental look. And the owner of car will think that he may have driven the car over sharp glass pieces that is why his car tire got punctured.

Time duration

Normally if you are slashing a tire with a knife then the car will take minimum seconds to maximum 30 minutes to come on a flat tire. But how long can car sit on flat tire this is another mystery you can find out here.

Besides it actually depends on the tire pressure, car load and the size of the puncture. The greater is the size of the puncture minimum time a tire will take to deflate and flatten completely

Safety measure

In order to slash an automobile tire safely you will confirm that your face is not facing the tire directly. Otherwise, it can hurt you.

Read Also: Why Do You Only Slash 3 Tires Instead Of 4?

Method 2: Nail

How to puncture a tire with a nail

To puncture or slash a tire with a nail you’ll first need to hold the nail into your hand from shank strongly. Now aim for the sidewall of a tire and poke it into the tires sidewall by applying adequate force on the head of nail. After that pull out the nail from tire, as soon as you remove the tire will starts to deflate and takes almost an hour to flatten completely with a nail. This is  because the puncture made by the nail is very small and allows air to move out from the tire slowly.

In this method we are going to slash tires with nail.

1. Take a nail and hold it with head from other side
2. Now poke the nail into the tire
3. After poking remove the nail from the tire.
4. Tire would take 30 minutes to hour to complete deflate and flatten. Definitely it depend on the quantity of the pressure inside and size of a tire.

Quickly

Do you want to slash tires quickly with nail? Then it is very simple just poke nail into the sidewall of a tire as it’s the weakest part of a tire.

Slash like an accident

With a nail it is little bit difficult to slash a tire like an accident. As we already know that tire-tread is very hard area as compare to the side wall. So for a nail it is very hard to poke into the tire tread. Personally i will not suggest you to do that.

Time

Tire slashed with nail take little bit more time to complete deflate or flatten as nail produce a little outlet for air. It easily take from 30 minutes to hour depending upon tire size, pressure and condition.

Method 3: Screwdriver

How to puncture a tire with a screwdriver

To puncture or slash a tire with a screwdriver you will first need to hold the screwdriver from its handle firmly so that it can’t slip. Now aim for the sidewall of a tire and poke its tip into with enough force, this is because the screwdriver tip is not much pointed as of the nail. Tire will start to deflate and take almost minutes to hours to flatten completely with the screwdriver depending upon the size of the puncture.

This method is for those who don’t have any knife. But if you found a knife then go for that rather than that of a screwdriver. This is because rubber bounce back the object which are pushed against them in wrong way.

So if you have decided to slashing the car tire with screwdriver then follow these steps.

• Take that screwdriver which have sharp tip.
• Grip the screwdriver firmly so that it is not able to move out of your hand grip. Furthermore, it will stop it from slipping from your hand.
• Now poke Screwdriver into the tire surface. Yes, it will require adequate force to do that.
• As soon as you find out air coming out of the tire, move out the screwdriver. Tire will flatten completely after 30 to 40 minutes.
• Now hold up your pants. Because it’s time to flew away.

Quickly

If you want to slash tires quickly with screw driver then poke the screw driver into the tire sidewall or shoulder. For this you will need little time and minimum force to slash a tire completely.

Slash like an accident

if you want to slash a tire like an accident with a screwdriver then put the tip of the screwdriver against the tire tread and poke into it.

Method 4: Ice Pick

How to slash tires by using an ice pick

To slash tires with an ice pick you will first need to hold it firmly. Now aim for the tire’s sidewall and poke the ice pick into it by striking it from the back side of its handle head. Tire will start deflating and can take minutes to hours to flatten completely with an ice pick depending upon the puncture size.

In this method we are going to slash a tire with ice pick.

1. First put the tip of the ice pick against the tire rubber
2. Now slap the handle of the ice pick from behind and poke it into the tire rubber slowly
3. Air start moving out as you poke the ice pick into the tire rubber.
4. It also take 30 minutes to hour to flat the tire completely.

Quickly

If you have a short time and want to slash tires quickly with a ice pick then put the ice pick against the tire sidewall. After that slightly poke the ice pick into the sidewall. As soon as you see pressure is reduce inside tire then pull out the ice pick out of the tire. Tire will flat itself after some minutes to one hour.

Slash like an accident

If you don’t want to get caught by the car owner then slash tires like an accident by using an ice pick. For this you have to put the tip of the ice pick against the tire tread. After that with adequate force, poke ice pick into the tire tread slowly

Tire will slash as you poke the ice pick into it. As soon as the pressure of the tire starts to minimize, remove the ice pick from it. It will almost take 30 minutes to a maximum one hour to deflate fully depending upon the tire pressure and the size.

Time

When you slash tire with ice pick it cause little damage to a tire. So it take enough time for an air to fully move out from the tire. It may take 30 minutes or one hour to flatten tire completely.

What does slash a tire mean

Slashing a tire means to puncture, pop or flatten a car tire.

In simple words we can say that a slash tire means to deflate a tire by other means rather than that of a valve stem. Other means can be anything like slashing tires with a knife. Don’t get confused, we will discuss all these after that in detail.

Difference between slashing a tire and puncturing a tire

There is no such big difference slashing a tire or puncturing a tire.

Generally the term puncture, we use when our car tires get in an accident. On the other hand the term slashing we use mostly when our car tires are damaged after someone’s act of vandalism.

But here we will not discriminate between the slashing a tire and puncturing a tire. This is because both have the same end result.

What is a flat tire?

First understand the normal tire pressure. 

If the pressure of a tire is between 30 and 35 PSI then it is said to be a healthy tire pressure of a car.

So as soon as the pressure of a tire goes below the 20 PSI, it is considered to be a flat tire.

What does deflate a tire mean

The deflating of a tire is to reduce the existing pressure of a car tire and make them flat

Normally we deflate a tire by using a valve stem but here as our topic is how to slash tires, so we will deflate it by slashing.

How to Pop a Tire (Bang a tire)

In order to pop the tire, tire pressure must be greater than of a normal pressure tire. Normal pressure of a tire comes between 30 to 35 PSI. If tire having low pressure then first increase the pressure of tire by using tire pump to maximum. After that take sharp knife I suggest you to use swiss knife for that purpose. Now poke the swiss knife as fast as you can into the tire side wall. This will literally pop (Bang) the tire completely.

How to deflate tires (Using Valve Stem)

If you don’t want to slash a tire then you can deflate it easily. This method you can also use for your own car tires to normalize the pressure of the automobile tires. But our topic is slashing a car tire so we have to come back to our concern.

Our main aim is to make the tire flatten so that it looks like a slash or puncture tire. In this method we don’t need any other tool. Just follow my steps

• First you have to find out the tire valve on the tire.
• After finding this you have to remove the cap of the valve. You can easily to it with you fingers
• When you make the tire valve you see the valve stem. Remove this valve stem just by twisting it.
• Tire will take almost 30 minutes to flatten completely
• Now put this valve stem your pocket and flee away. Tire will itself deflate easily.
• This will confuse the owner of the car. Owner will think about the tire whether it’s slash or puncture

Deflating tires air pressure

Open the cap of the car tire valve. After that insert the needle of the tire pressure gauge into the valve through the valve stem. Note down the current pressure. Pressing the button of the tire valve will start deflating the tire. As soon as it comes to your desire pressure you can release the button of the gauge

Till now we have discussed all the best methods of slashing someone’s car tires. Let’s take a look at the other side of the coin. Haven’t you thought about what you do if someone slash, puncture or deflate your automobile tires.

How to slash tires without getting caught

If you want to slash a car tire without getting caught then you must check that there are not any security cameras and CcTv cameras or any other hidden cameras. Must see the entire area around the car and also see the wall of the buildings beside the car to ensure that there are not any hidden cameras.

After ensuring all this the next thing you have to ensure that there are not any crowds of people where a car is parked. In order to slash a car tire without getting caught then mute place is the best moment and an area without any hidden cameras is the best place.

Sometimes hidden cameras are present inside or on the car also. The main aim of all these ensures that no person is used as a witness against you. And when it comes to identification of perpetrators then nowadays securities cameras are playing an important role.

So I am strictly telling you to beware of the hidden cameras when you are going to slash a tire. In order to slash a car tire without getting caught then mute place is the best moment and an area without any hidden cameras is the best place.

How to slash tires and make it look like an accident

To slash tires and make it look like an accident you will need a nail. Now first hold the nail firmly and aim for the tire-tread instead of tire sidewall and poke it into it. This is because the tire sidewall is a common area for sashing and if you slash it from the sidewall you will be easily caught and it will not give puncture an accidental look. Tire will take almost 30 minutes to an hour to deflate and flatten completely.

I have personally experienced and saw many slashed tires and all of them are slashed from the sidewall. From this we can easily conclude that slashing a tire from the sidewall is an international slashing style of perpetrators. So if we do the same way we couldn’t give it an accidental look.

Now if you want to slash tires and make it look like an accident then take a sharp long nail and put it into the tire tread rather than on the sidewall, although it will require enough force but it will definitely give an accidental look.

The victim would think that his tire had been punctured or he drove the car over the nail and will not be able to tell if tire was slashed by someone. In this way you can easily convert vandalized acts to accidental.

How to slash tires without making noise

Sound of an slashing tire depend on two things:

Pressure inside a Tire

If you are going to slash a tire having enough pressure then I suggest you first deflate the tire through its valve stem. After reducing the pressure of a car tire it’s up to you now that which tool you want to use.

My recommendation is to use a sharp and narrow nail or sharp and narrow tip knife for that purpose. Because it will make a little bit of sound and in this way you can easily slash tires without making noise. I have personally experienced this when I was going to slash off my old pressurized tire.

It gave a sudden loud burst sound as I put the knife into the tire

Size of the cut (Damage)

Most of the time if you give a sudden big cut to a tire it bursts and gives you loud noise. So if you are going to slash a tire with a knife I suggest you do not put the knife completely into the tire immediately.

Firstly slash a little bit , so that it reduces the air pressure inside it then make a deep and wide cut onto the tire. If you follow these instructions then definitely you would be able to slash tires without making noise.

Why do people slash tires (Psychology of slashing tires)

Previously we have discussed all the consequences of slashing, puncturing and flattening someone’s auto tires. Now we are going toward the other side of the same coin. What do you think? What are those conditions? When will we have to slash, puncture and flatten a tire?

Slashing or puncturing a tire will not cause any crime if it is done under the condition. These are the major conditions where you can slash, puncture and flatten tires

Self-defense purpose:

If someone’s intent is to hit you with his car then you have a choice to make his tires flatten by slashing it. This action will come under self-defense act rather than that of criminal act. Under this condition you will not get any plenty, fine and imprisonment.

Someone chasing you:

This is the second valid condition of slashing or puncturing a car tire. When someone is chasing you then you have complete freedom of getting rid of that enemy. At this time, you will have to find a way to make the tire flat by puncturing it.

Under these conditions slashing or puncturing car tires is just like protecting ourselves. After this take precautionary measures and call to 911 immediately for further help.

Is it illegal to slash tires

Put down the bat immediately! Let me tell you one thing. If you are going to slash a car tire then you will pay a very heavy fine.

Slashing or puncturing someone’s car tire and making them flat in the act of revenge is like a legal crime. Any crime can be said to be a legal crime which punishment is present in the state law. I personally not find any such many possibilities where you need to slash, puncture or flatten an automobile tire.

This may lead to a fine and also to imprisonment.

What is the law against slashing a car tire (Mischief, Felony or Misdemeanor)

Let me tell you that slashing automobile tires is criminal mischief and also comes under felony. Any type of criminal act in which you damage someone’s property is said to be mischief crimes.

And felony crimes apply when someone is individually creating violence.

We are taking this into more depth so that we know when and why these rules applies. When you slash someone’s tire it means you are destroying someone property, so immediately you come under the mischief crimes.

Now next is the cost of the damage that you do to someone’s property. If damage done is $1000 or greater than this means you did felony crime. On the other hand, if the damage is less than this amount then crime is said to be a misdemeanor

The amount of the damage will decide your fine and penalty and imprisonment.

So, if you are going to slash someone’s car tires just because of revenge or grudge then my advice is to leave it.

Just calm your breath and move on.

“Till now we have discussed every method of how to slash a tire.

Now what if we have been victim of vandalism and someone slash our car tire“

Then

How far can you drive on a flat tire without damaging the rim

From my personal experience and research, without damaging a rim you can easily drive your car to 1.497 miles or you can say 2.4 km. After that you must go to an automobile service station.

But to travel such a long distance with having slashed tires is not funny at all. You must have to follow these instructions in order to save your wheel rim.

Keep drive slowly

Having a slash tire means that your rim hasn’t any type of rubber tire on it. So, speeding up a car means to damage the rim of the tire. To save car rim from wearing out you have to drive slowly so that you can reach a nearby automobile work station.

While driving, always keep an eye on the speed meter so that speed does not exceed 32 km/h. I will recommend you to maintain the car speed between 32 km/h to 24 km/h.

Always drive on smooth and flat road

Don’t ever think to drive on newly paved and surfaced roads with slash or puncture tires. Not only will it damage your rim but also you get into a new fatigue of removing tar from your car tires.

The tar, aggregate, road tar, asphalt and gravel presence on the broken or newly constructed road can lead to changing your tire rim. So, save your rim by driving a car on flat road if you are struggling with your slashed punctured tires.

Just drive straight forward

I am saying this because taking sharp turns create a lot of pressure and stress on the tires. And if the rim with slashed or punctured tires does that you can think to yourself how much it would damage your tire rim.

This is why you must choose a straight road if you are driving with your damaged slash tires. Don’t choose a route which has a lot of turn otherwise you will get into a deep puzzle.

Drive toward safe place

Driving while having slash tire is not compulsory. Now you might be thinking about the safe place that i have talk in the top. We have just discussed how far we can drive with slashed tires. It doesn’t mean that you need to travel 1.497 miles.

You just have to drive your car to that place which is far away from traffic and the main road. Right now, our main aim is to take our car with slashed tires to a safe place so that we fix the tire.

When you park the car in a safe place pull the handbrake and turn on the emergency indicator. This will indicate the other automobile to be cautious. Move out from the and freshen yourself if you feel the car is at safe place. But keep this in mind that prolong sitting of car on flat tires can damage the rim.

Read Also: How Long Can Car Sit on Flat Tire Without Damaging The Rim?

Don’t drive Too Far with slashed tires

Although you can drive up to 1.497 miles with you slashed tire but i suggest you to don’t do that find as much as possible the safe place nearby you. So that you can take further action

So, what about a BMW with a slashed tire?

Let me tell you one thing about BMW is that it comes with Run flat tires. This gives it an advantage on other passenger cars. So, if you have a BMW you don’t need to change your bloody car tire in between the heavy traffic. You can easily drive up to 50 miles with run flat tires

What to do when someone slashes your tires

We have discussed every from how to slash a tire to how far can you drive on a flat tire. But after all that we have to do something also to heal the tire. Let’s discuss each and every possible act that we do to fix our flat tires. Keep in touch with me.

Search out the gas pump nearby

If you are driving on the highway and you notice recently flatten tires then find the gas station immediately. Almost every gas station on the highway has experienced worker to deal such situation.

You will be lucky if your tires are deflated only. Because that’s just need to air pump to fix it. On the other hand, if you got puncture your tires then they will just need patches. The worst condition you could ever face in the form of a flattened tire is a slashed tire. Because they will need replacement.

Take out your extra tire

Whenever I drive on a highway, I put extra tires in my car trunk. So, if you are standing at the side of the highway replace your slashed tire with your spare tire. Keep this in mind don’t drive exceed of 88 km/h with a spare tire.

Call to emergency vehicle

Most of us don’t carry spare tires while driving due to short storage. And we also mostly don’t know about how to replace a slashed tire, whether if we have a spare tire also.

In this situation I will suggest you call an emergency vehicle. This can be any car Towing Services or pulling services nearby. So, whenever you go for a long drive, always keep your phone charged. you should be ready to face any mishap situation

Use Run-Flat Tire

Nowadays most of the car comes with a flat Run-Flat Tire which will gives you time to drive toward the save place so that you can change your flatten tire there.

What are run flat tires

Run flat tires are basically special types of tires which come with an inside pillow. This pillow is present between the rim and the car tire which minimize the impact of pressure on the rim when the tire gets flatten. You can easily drive up to 160 km/h with a run flat tire.

But it doesn’t mean that you never need to fix up your tire. One thing that you have to keep mind that it just gives you some time drive your car toward safe place, So that you can easily change your tire

Working of Run Flat tire

Working of run flat tires is very simple. Normally wheels have just rim and rubber on it. On the other hand, in a run-flat tire there is a pillow inside it. This pillow is present outside of the rim so if your tire gets flatten this pillow protect the rim against any type of friction and pressure.

Run flat tires in mini cooper

Mini cooper also comes with run-flat tires but you can drive up to 50 miles with 50 mph. Definitely it is enough for us to drive to the MINI Center.

Identifying Run-flat tire

Identifying run-flat tires is not so difficult. See the sidewall of your tire, if you see any code like ROF, EMT or ZP then this is a run-flat tire.

Read Also: How To Tell If Your Tire Was Slashed?

How to fix/change slash or puncture car tires

This is the worst situation that you can ever feel, if neither you will have a spare tire nor you have a nearby petrol pump. Now, what will you do? After this we will have only one option left behind that is fixing a slashed tire.

So that is why we are discussing this here.

Fixing punctured tire

The fixing of a punctured or Slashed tire will be the same no matter what type of ride you have right now. This method is applicable on:

• Car
• John Deere riding mower
• Riding lawn mower
• Wheelbarrow
• Mountain bike
• Electric scooter
• Snowblower tire

Follow these steps to fix any type of flatten tire which slashed like a punctured

• First remove or dismount the flat tire.
• After that remove the rim from the tire.
• Move out the tire tube from it.
• Check out the tire tube and tire
• Take a marker and mark the puncture spot on the tire and tire tube.
• After that cleanse the puncture area with spray and cleaning chemical
• Now apply rubber cement or vulcanized fluid on the mark with a brush. Let it dry.
• After that apply the patch on the mark area with force. Put roller tool on it so that it stick on it tightly
• Now reassembled your car tire again and enjoy your ride

It will just cost you 15$ to 30$ if you patched it from the service center. And the cost will blow up if you damage your tire completely. So as soon as you get your tire slash or puncture move toward the service center.

Conclusion:

We have discussed each and every method of how to slash a tire. I would personally don’t suggest you to slash someone’s tire. but in the case of self-defense or someone chasing you then you can use a sharp knife to slash that one car tire.