bullbars for country and city

Submitted: Saturday, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:00
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We have just gone thru and had our bars tested for air bag compatablity and now they are saying that they want the bull bars to slope backwards. Don't you think if they are airbag compatable that they would also be pedestrain friendly also as in the case of an animal strike, pedestrian strike my bull bar brackets are designed and tested to bend and allow the bullbar to push backwards. Also I can design a large bullbar that would crumple as easy as a car bonnet,guard grill etc due to metal thickness and tensile, aluminum only, yet not fly apart in a major accident,also brackets with a sheer pin effect made of perhaps nylon for city applications where a decent kick will break it and face the bull bar back to the windscreen possibly brass or such for country applications.
Warning from a person building bullbars for 17 years
A bullbar that slopes backwards 10-15 deg at 50km will put a person on the bonnet and possibly into the windscreen or a bonnet which slopes up to the windscreen will do the same, 80km and over would put you under the wheels of any vechile following,
Keep bullbars facing forward or at least straight up so that an animal strike will go elsewhere than in the windscreen and thus keeping our drivers a little safer

PS......
Ever had a 5ft angry kangaroo sitting in the car next to you, I know I wouldn't like it
Plus it would only happen to you once and you wouldn't be around to tell the story
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