Thread: Bull bar blitz: rural drivers fined

Originally Posted by workingonit

Fifth Gear - Pedestrian Safety In Car Collisions Pt.2 - looks like RRC drivers will have to remove their air intakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aCumC7sJIg

Pedestrian airbags on the front of cars...... what they also need is a large hammer on an arm that extends out from the bonnet and clobbers those idiot pedestrians that walk out in front of cars as they are caught up in their own little world with a mobile phone texting of talking.

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

While I agree that the feral ute scene is full retard, I might take the opportunity to say that not all of Tamworth is like this.

Definitely agree with this - I used to have some good friends who lived in Tamworth and they were pretty pee'd off with some of the "ferals" who used to get around in vehicles like this.

I think that most of the problem is with "outsiders" who congregate in the area at certain times of the year. We see the same in Kalgoorlie.

Oh well, the old Deefer bar must be OK as I've passed quite a few Oxley Command Highway Patrol cars over the last few weeks

The bar on my old "F" truck probably wouldn't pass today's standards. Can't think of any other style that really suited these things though.



But I draw the line at some of the really "over the top" massive chrome bars that I've seen some people fit on these.

I think our legislators are morally bankrupt when they introduce new motor vehicle legislation and then apply it retrospectively across the years.

Originally Posted by BMKal

The bar on my old "F" truck probably wouldn't pass today's standards. Can't think of any other style that really suited these things though.



But I draw the line at some of the really "over the top" massive chrome bars that I've seen some people fit on these.

Nice, I like F-Trucks, here's my old F100


Baz.

This bullbar legislation and the banning of five posters has been around for years, I think at least 10 and maybe 20.
To plead ignorance as is reported is just not credible both from a manufacturer and buyer's point of view.

I can tell you my boss was very aware that his imported bullbars did not meet ADRs and the customers asked the question nearly every time. Some chose not to buy but others decided that "the look" was more important to them than the insurance .

You still see rocket launchers, when any intelligent person knows that they could slice and dice pedestrians.

I noted on last week's news that the cops had a Channel 7? bloke with them and they were pulling over 4x4s with lights on the cab, yet I saw one this morning .

The fact that the cops don't bother to enforce the law means there is no real incentive to obey it, but just don't whinge when you get caught and fined.
Luck of the draw.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

This bullbar legislation and the banning of five posters has been around for years, I think at least 10 and maybe 20.
To plead ignorance as is reported is just not credible both from a manufacturer and buyer's point of view.

I can tell you my boss was very aware that his imported bullbars did not meet ADRs and the customers asked the question nearly every time. Some chose not to buy but others decided that "the look" was more important to them than the insurance .

You still see rocket launchers, when any intelligent person knows that they could slice and dice pedestrians.

I noted on last week's news that the cops had a Channel 7? bloke with them and they were pulling over 4x4s with lights on the cab, yet I saw one this morning .

The fact that the cops don't bother to enforce the law means there is no real incentive to obey it, but just don't whinge when you get caught and fined.
Luck of the draw.
Regards Philip A

Philip, the Rocket launchers must be a QLD thing, places like Fraser Island etc , a bull bar carrying surf rods and a alvey side cast reel.
Since we aren't allowed to drive on the beach in Victoria we don't really see those accessories. I wonder if LED Light bars on top of bull bars have been approved for pedestrian cut wounds etc.

I wonder what statistics there actually are that give a number of pedestrians hit by a vehicle with a bull bar? How many pedestrians are hit by a bus? How many pedestrians actually walk out into traffic without looking and are hit by a vehicle, how many were on mobile phones at the time?