Bull bar blitz: rural drivers fined

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

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.

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Quote from Modifications book issued by Qld. Dept. of Transport and Main Roads.

Driving lights/brackets must not protrude forward from the front face of any bumper or above the top of any bullbar.

Rod holders ...... must only be attached to the left side of the vehicle.


........must be designed to carry no more than four fishing rods.


....... must be either removed when they are not in use or retracted behind the profile of the bulbar.

Note also that no protuberances like lights or the top of any bull bar must be visible from the position of the driver's eyes.

If not retrospective, does this then not apply to pre-2002 vehicles?

Otherwise our Perenties will be in trouble. Top of revised brush bar is quite visible from drivers seat. Plus they have integrated towing eyes forward of the bumper.

Actually they are all sold with a blue slip in NSW so they must have passed the law.


Ex-Military Unimogs,Trucks,Land Rovers,ATV's,Bike &Trailers

Does anyone have a copy of The Standard, or a subscription to enable them to download one for me to read? As it isn't really aligned to the industry I work in, it would look a bit sus for me to request a copy... :angel:

Be very interesting to see how it is worded.

AS4876.1-2002 is the one, if anyone is interested.

I remember, not so long ago , up in 1770 when there was no permanent police presence, every now & again a team of police & Transport personnel from Bundaberg would do a blitz. [ usually during peak time, & the locals would be given the nod] Apart from the usual, drink driving etc, the boat trailers at the ramp would be inspected. Part of the inspection would be " remove your tail light cover Sir". Any one with bulbs tapered at each end & slotted between two connectors would be fined.


Apparently it was too easy for the bulb to fall out on a bumpy road, making the light U/S . [ That's why we put rubber bands around the connection. ] Many complained, but were told there was legislation against using these connections. Didn't stop trailer makers using them, & the trailers being registered. You can still buy those rod holders in Qld, work that out. Bob

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Originally Posted by Basil135

Does anyone have a copy of The Standard, or a subscription to enable them to download one for me to read? As it isn't really aligned to the industry I work in, it would look a bit sus for me to request a copy... :angel:

Be very interesting to see how it is worded.

AS4876.1-2002 is the one, if anyone is interested.

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Yep. I've got a copy somewhere. PM me your postal and I'll post it to you when I find it.

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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. :p

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/08/911.jpg

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. :o

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I like it when you post that photo,just a nice clean unmolested Effy. Pat

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Originally Posted by Basil135

Does anyone have a copy of The Standard, or a subscription to enable them to download one for me to read? As it isn't really aligned to the industry I work in, it would look a bit sus for me to request a copy... :angel:

Be very interesting to see how it is worded.

AS4876.1-2002 is the one, if anyone is interested.

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One suggestion was if your ( or a relo or friend) at uni or Tafe you could borrow it to read, or download it for free from the uni for a week or so. Their words where to print it ASAP ;) as otherwise you must pay for a copy.:eek:

Having a bar that slopes backwards scares hell out of me, hit something like a cow, horse, emu, or a roo on the up part of its hop, and that animal is coming through the windscreen.

Pedestrian safety? Sorry, but doing well over 25,000km a year at night outside of suburbia means I care more about my own personal safety and my ability to drive home after an animal strike than I do about the wellbeing of the next brainless drone who wants to try comitting suicide.

It's a bit different in a lifted 4WD, I'd wager regardless of the slope of my front bar, anything I hit, Giraffe excluded, is going underneath....
Interesting the comment about not being visible from the drivers eyes....does that mean if I'm sitting in the drivers seat, I'm not allowed to see the top rail of my bullbar or my driving lights? I can do both......
Basically, I think it comes down to....
a) If you're driving some ****box with a massive bar lapping mainies
b) the cop is having a REALLY bad day and you draw the short straw
Then really, things like the visible profile of your ARB bar from the drivers seat aren't going to get you in trouble.
I've been told to separately wire any lights I fit on the roof so I can declare them to be work lights..... Not sure how valid that is...