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Tire shops in Norman sees numerous customers with flat tires due to nails, screws

This week, driver after driver brought in cars with nails in their tires.

Tire shops in Norman sees numerous customers with flat tires due to nails, screws

This week, driver after driver brought in cars with nails in their tires.

OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, IT REALLY IS. AND RIGHT NOW I’M STANDING CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION HERE OF ROBINSON IN 24TH. AND NOW THIS IS WHERE A SHOP OWNER SAYS THAT MANY OF HIS CUSTOMERS HAVE COME IN, SAYING THAT THEY’VE SUFFERED NUMEROUS FLAT TIRES FROM GETTING SCREWS IN NAILS. WELL, IT’S BEEN PRETTY BAD. IT’S A LOT WORSE THAN USUAL, I GUESS WE’LL PROBABLY SEE IN ABOUT 2025 CALLS A DAY WITH FLAT TIRES. I MEAN, THIS IS PRETTY BAD ON AVERAGE WB TIRE NOT A MOTIVE SAYS THEY SEE USUALLY 3 TO 4 VEHICLES A DAY NOW THEY’RE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING ENOUGH INVENTORY UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP. I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN FIND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW? WELL, I MEAN, OTHER THAN THAT, WE DON’T WHAT TO DO. MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS SAY THEY RAN OVER THE NAILS OR SCREWS ALONG ROBINSON STREET, 24TH AND 36 AVENUES. EVERYBODY’S TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TIRES BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY REPAIR A TIRE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF IT. YOU GOT SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE COMING BACK THREE TIMES A WEEK. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO NORMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE’VE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE SOMEONE IS DOING TH
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Tire shops in Norman sees numerous customers with flat tires due to nails, screws

This week, driver after driver brought in cars with nails in their tires.

Tire shops in Norman have seen numerous customers with flat tires due to nails and screws.This week, driver after driver brought in cars with nails in their tires. "It’s been pretty bad. It’s a lot worse than usual. We’re probably seeing 20-25 cars a day with flat tires. I mean, it’s pretty bad," said Nicholas Williamson, owner of WB Tire and Automotive.On average, they said they see three to four vehicles a day. Now, they’re having trouble keeping enough inventory."Unfortunately, some people were not able to help. Some people you have to. Hopefully, they can find it Walmart or something else but other than that, we don’t know what to do," Williamson said.Most of the customers said they ran over the nails or screws along Robinson Street, 24th Avenue and 36th Avenue."Everybody is talking a little bit about the tire situation, and you can only repair a tire so many times before they have to get rid of it and you got some of the same people coming back three times a week," Williamson said.KOCO 5 reached out to Norman police to see if they’re involved since many believe someone is intentionally covering those intersections, but KOCO 5 hasn’t heard back.

Tire shops in Norman have seen numerous customers with flat tires due to nails and screws.

This week, driver after driver brought in cars with nails in their tires.

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"It’s been pretty bad. It’s a lot worse than usual. We’re probably seeing 20-25 cars a day with flat tires. I mean, it’s pretty bad," said Nicholas Williamson, owner of WB Tire and Automotive.

On average, they said they see three to four vehicles a day. Now, they’re having trouble keeping enough inventory.

"Unfortunately, some people were not able to help. Some people you have to. Hopefully, they can find it Walmart or something else but other than that, we don’t know what to do," Williamson said.

Most of the customers said they ran over the nails or screws along Robinson Street, 24th Avenue and 36th Avenue.

"Everybody is talking a little bit about the tire situation, and you can only repair a tire so many times before they have to get rid of it and you got some of the same people coming back three times a week," Williamson said.

KOCO 5 reached out to Norman police to see if they’re involved since many believe someone is intentionally covering those intersections, but KOCO 5 hasn’t heard back.