BIGdaddy
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Ran across a site containing data about the perceived effectiveness of Bull-bars. It's a fairly comprehensive survey done in Australia in 2011. Interesting read, if nothing else...
http://www.aaaa.com.au/data/BullBarSurvey.pdf
I've always maintained that a bull bar of some sort is somewhat mandatory on my 4x4's having some very near misses with various hooved animals and some assorted smaller animals.
This is aside from the normal day to day urban dangers from other vehicles. I haven't bought a car yet whose cooling system and front-of-engine bits are well protected, thereby removing the need for front end protection.
I was hit 3 times in the back and twice in the front in my Jeep while I owned it. The bull bar very much took the brunt of the force in both frontal cases. Both had to do with un-aware drivers backing in the front of my car. Both times it damaged their car and not mine.
I didn't search, but I wonder if there is a thread chronicling BullBar "saves" when damage was avoided due to one being fitted.
(And for the sake of full disclosure, no, I do not work for ARB...lol. But I do play a ARB bumper owner on TV) :sombrero::sombrero::sombrero:
Ran across a site containing data about the perceived effectiveness of Bull-bars. It's a fairly comprehensive survey done in Australia in 2011. Interesting read, if nothing else...
http://www.aaaa.com.au/data/BullBarSurvey.pdf
I've always maintained that a bull bar of some sort is somewhat mandatory on my 4x4's having some very near misses with various hooved animals and some assorted smaller animals.
This is aside from the normal day to day urban dangers from other vehicles. I haven't bought a car yet whose cooling system and front-of-engine bits are well protected, thereby removing the need for front end protection.
I was hit 3 times in the back and twice in the front in my Jeep while I owned it. The bull bar very much took the brunt of the force in both frontal cases. Both had to do with un-aware drivers backing in the front of my car. Both times it damaged their car and not mine.
I didn't search, but I wonder if there is a thread chronicling BullBar "saves" when damage was avoided due to one being fitted.
(And for the sake of full disclosure, no, I do not work for ARB...lol. But I do play a ARB bumper owner on TV) :sombrero::sombrero::sombrero: