Thread: Bull bar blitz: rural drivers fined

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Absolutely. I shook hands with him once and it tickled.

Are you sure it was his hand?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Are you sure it was his hand?

Well it could have been someone else's. Perhaps it was the hand of his dead, but preserved mother. They're a funny lot out in the country.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Are you sure it was his hand?

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Well it could have been someone else's. Perhaps it was the hand of his dead, but preserved mother. They're a funny lot out in the country.

You have assumed the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

Maybe the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

Originally Posted by vnx205

You have assumed the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

Maybe the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

Same answer.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

They're a funny lot out in the country.

Originally Posted by vnx205

You have assumed the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

Maybe the question was:
Are you sure it was his hand?

I had originally intended to answer along the lines of "I knew it wasn't his cock, as that had a ninety degree bend in it", but then I decided to be a little obtuse instead.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

and have 'cow catchers' on the bottom.

In the heavy truck business these bars were known as pig rails. Their purpose being to stop smaller animals, pigs, dogs, roos, sheep, etc. from going under the main beam and getting stuck under the vehicle.

Member for Dubbo,Troy Grant, Media Release, re. the Minister for Roads and Freight Mr. Duncan Gay: "Mr Gay said however, bull bars that grossly exceed the current Australian Standards that are called up by NSW Regulations will not be exempt."


RMS (NSW) website: "These roadworthiness requirements and the relevant construction safety standards will be reviewed after Standards Australia completes a proposed Australian Standard on bull bars"


So it seems that we must conform to a standard that doesn't exist.


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Originally Posted by Phil HH

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So it seems that we must conform to a standard that doesn't exist.


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You don't state where your quote comes from, but the statement is incorrect. The standard was published in 2002 and was applied in most jurisdictions since 2003.

Standards Australia has published an Australian Standard AS 4876.1-2002 “Motor vehicle
frontal protection systems Part 1: Road user protection”. Part 1 of the standard concentrates
on the issue of minimising the risk of injury to pedestrians as a result of colliding with a
vehicle fitted with a bull bar.

The standard has this image which makes things fairly clear.


https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/~/me...stration2.ashx


What TUFF bullbars are objecting to is the standard doesn't explicitly state 5-posters are illegal. Which is true, but a proper interpretation of the standard and the images above make it pretty obvious.
Many states have interpreted the standard and released guidance documents. This image is from the WA document:



However I am sure they knew full well they were flouting the standards/law/state guidance documents.


http://www.tuffbullbars.com/media/SI...ize/123048.jpg

I will be very disappointed if the fines are repealed...

EDIT - I note TUFF seem to have added the tube corners outside the last post around when the standard came in.