Puncture scam? Huge hole in my car's tyre caused by a screwdriver

It happened on a highway while I was travelling with my family. The puncture repair guy tried to keep the screwdriver with him but I threw it away into a ditch.

BHPian maheshm619 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

This incident happened to me on 31st Dec '23. Yes, my last puncture of the previous year. We were happily cruising to Udaipur and were about to reach Kota in an hour. Around 10am, the TPMS (aliexpress one) gave an alarm in the rear right tyre of a rapid air loss. 34 psi to 24 psi in 2-3 seconds, drove me onto panic mode.

On inspection, I could hear the sound of air gushing through and a huge nail jutting out of the tyre. Some petrol pump staff nearby told of a puncture shop 300 meters ahead.

While fixing the puncture the object was a portion of a screwdriver and made a huge hole in tyre. The puncture-wala was trying to retain the metal bit with him, which I managed to throw away into a ditch. Wasted 40 minutes and 200 rs and I was off.

While I thanked my stars that the puncture didn't appear in the early morning while I was driving through remote areas in thick fog with family, the behavior of the puncture guy, and the proximity of his shop, gave an impression that the item was planted.

Here's what BHPian vaibhavyagnik had to say about the matter:

The same thing happened to me! My tyre was punctured by a screwdriver with the screwdriver still in the tyre when I reached the puncture shop. My screwdriver though was very bent and I thanked God that it had not caused a crack in the alloy.

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