![]() Due to the number of deaths and injuries caused by the rigid fronts of cars, often with metal bullbars (2,000 deaths and 18,000 serious accidents per year in Europe, according to official studies in the UK ), the sale of new metal bullbars which did not comply with a European Union Directive was banned in the European Union. This is because the bull bar is rigid, and so transmits all the force to the pedestrian, unlike a bumper which resists some force and crumples. Studies have shown that using bull bars increases the risk of death and serious injury to pedestrians. The "bull" in the name refers to cattle, which in rural areas sometimes roam onto rural roads and highways. They vary considerably in size and form, and are normally composed of welded steel or aluminium tubing, or, more recently, moulded polycarbonate and polyethylene materials. Push bar of a police car in Abu Dhabi, used to move stranded vehicles out of the wayĪ bullbar or push bumper (also kangaroo bar, roo bar, winch bar or nudge bar in Australia, livestock stop (initially a term used to refer to locomotive pilots) or kangaroo device in Russia, and push bar, ram bar, brush guard, grille guard, cactus pusher, rammer, PIT bar, PIT bumper, or cattle pusher in the United States and Canada) is a device installed on the front of a vehicle to protect its front from collisions, whether an accidental collision with a large animal in rural roads, or an intentional collision by police with another vehicle. ![]() ![]() A bullbar on a Land Rover Discovery fitted with spotlights and a sand flag. ![]()
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