bull bar

[bubble]

hi bubble here,anyone know if it against the law to have a bull bar on a swb 120 1999 transit? i thought there was a law there somwhere maybe it was for 4x4s,anyway anyone know?

[stevew]

No it's not against the law, plenty of people have them. I was going to get one myself. Personally I think they improve the look of the van and will save you a minor repair when someone reverses into you in Tesco's carpark
However I think you have to weigh that up against the fact that they make your van much more dangerous to pedestrians. It's a personal choice. I've never run into anyone but I know it could happen and if I caused someone a serious injury or even killed them because I had fitted a bullbar I couldn't live with myself. It's a tricky issue.
Steve

[Gunslinger]

yup very tricky issue, some whould argue that a flatter front is better as its not likely to throw the pedestrian up and into the windscreen as much

didnt top gear or one of those programs do a test on a rangerover or something similar versus a lower fronted vehicle with some unexpected results recently ?

[gazza]

i thought you couldnt fit em after a fairly recent cut off date, if its part of original spec its ok (hence crappy ali things on merc ml 4 x 4 etc) but retro fit i was under impression its a no no

[100ps_drw_hicube]

another grey area i think, the law seems to be full of them people keep telling me there illegal but i have been stopped by loads of traffic cars and they havent mentioned anything about them, they were more concerned about my tax disc being upside down

[MrMPuk]

Have had plenty of traffic cops look at mine but none have said anything, the bullbar couldn't be much bigger!