Thread: Bull bar blitz: rural drivers fined

Originally Posted by V8Ian

You forgot daylight Bob. The only animal strike I've had in the Disco was a 5' 'roo (note not wallaby) a bit west of Kununurra at 15.00 hrs at a leisurely 80 kph. There was no hope of missing that kamakazi kanga, regardless of skill level.

In my opinion, five posters are just **** factor, it doesn't matter how tuff, tough or strong they are, they're still only bolted to a bit of tin that's going to bend.

I once helped a panel beater mate refit one of those pieces of crud to a Commodore ute after extensive repairs caused entirely by the lack of approach angle, when the car ventured into a table drain. Had the car not been fitted with a bar, or fitted with an approved bar, there would have been no damage.

I agree, Ian. The only place for utes with 5 posters, bull horns on the front, bundy rum & R.M.Williams stickers plastered all over is out the back of batchelor & spinster balls, doing donuts. Oh, almost forgot, bulls balls, hanging off the tow ball. None of the above having any practical use what so ever. Bull bars, like recovery points, need to be engineered for the vehicle. Non compliant bull bar? don't complain if you get pulled up. Bob

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

I just got my animal/pedestrian/cyclist control device fitted today.
Looks a million bucks too


Andrew

That looks spot on, the best I've seen, Bob

I agree with you Bob. Before seeing this, if I had a new or near new D4 I would be reluctant to put a full bar on it, but after seeing this I would not be able to do it quick enough.

I would disagree I don't attend any of them **** events as there not my scene however my bars there for a purpose which it does it very well...I feel its the same situation as most things that have been banned by the government ya give em an inch and they take a mile...I don't like those little lowered commodores with the fancy rims and **** but I'd still stick up for them when they try to make modifications/accessories uncompliant as it will help the 4wders in the long run...i used to find 5 posters a joke however after testing them against other bars I now like them but once we let them take the 5 posters etc etc away that'll only leave them with 1 option and that's target something else!!

Originally Posted by c.h.i.e.f

I would disagree I don't attend any of them **** events as there not my scene however my bars there for a purpose which it does it very well...I feel its the same situation as most things that have been banned by the government ya give em an inch and they take a mile...I don't like those little lowered commodores with the fancy rims and **** but I'd still stick up for them when they try to make modifications/accessories uncompliant as it will help the 4wders in the long run...i used to find 5 posters a joke however after testing them against other bars I now like them but once we let them take the 5 posters etc etc away that'll only leave them with 1 option and that's target something else!!

So it is a social thing it is not about the bull bar as such but your beliefs about government trying to control you. Got to love that one.

I must be a bad driver then because I've hit a few animals over the 28 or so years I've lived in Western, North Western Queensland.


Yes, I slow down, yes I brake to avoid them & yes I have a bull bar.


I think I have done pretty well over the years with only about 5 big roo's, A couple of cattle, 1 pig & probably 20 or more plains turkeys, they sleep in the middle of the road.


My current bull bar has a nice big ding from a large Hopperty Thump.


In every case (even with alloy bars) I have been able to continue driving thanks to my bull bars. So I have not been stuck 180k from Normanton & 180k from Burketown waiting for someone to come along which could take hours.


I think some bull bars are a bit over the top but to each his own, it's a semi-free country.
I would not like to drive out here without mine.


Jonesfam

If someone can tell me with 100% certainty which way to turn at 100km/h when chasing down a roo on the highway, to avoid hitting it, I will gladly remove my bull bar.

Some people will say follow the path that it is taking. Others will say go in the opposite direction. Others will say keep the car straight, and let the bar do its job...

My bar is there for mine, and the families protection. If I hit something big & hard & heavy, then at least we have a better chance of not only surviving, but being able to drive the car some distance to seek further help.

Pedestrians get treated as roo's. I will stay out of their space, being the footpath, if they stay out of mine, being the road.

Originally Posted by Basil135

If someone can tell me with 100% certainty which way to turn at 100km/h when chasing down a roo on the highway, to avoid hitting it, I will gladly remove my bull bar.

Some people will say follow the path that it is taking. Others will say go in the opposite direction. Others will say keep the car straight, and let the bar do its job...

My bar is there for mine, and the families protection. If I hit something big & hard & heavy, then at least we have a better chance of not only surviving, but being able to drive the car some distance to seek further help.

Pedestrians get treated as roo's. I will stay out of their space, being the footpath, if they stay out of mine, being the road.

Don't head any direction - keep it as straight as possible, brake hard & try to let the nose of the car lift a bit just as you hit them (should you hit them).
Changing direction or swerving is a good way to roll, happens a bit out here sometimes by people who should know better. 2 Police have rolled trying to avoid wildlife in the past couple of years.
Jonesfam