Bull-bars are dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and two wheeler riders.Bull-bars may interfere with airbags from opening during accidents by upsetting the sensors during a crash.Bull-bars make crumple zones ineffective by transmitting crash energy directly to the body structure, thus causing injuries and death to the occupants.It means every car has a design approval and nothing should be allowed beyond this.
Car bashbar purpose registration#
According to section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act, “No owner of a motor vehicle shall so alter the vehicle that the particulars contained in the certificate of registration are at variance with those originally specified by the manufacturer”.
Unauthorised fitment of bull bars attracts a fine ranging between Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 or imprisonment from three months to three years, while the punishment for seller could be Rs 5000. Recently, this popular accessory that is sold by car makers themselves, has been banned by the Indian government’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on cars and SUVs. The heavy built structure, without covering the entire front of the car, provides tough protection for the lower grille, and center and underside of the front bumper. Varying in size and form, they are normally built of welded steel, aluminium tubing, moulded polycarbonate and polyethylene materials. Bull bars are sometimes used as a platform for mounting spotlights too. Obviously across the world the bulbar is known by different names – push bumper, brush guard, moose bumper, etc. Though it might be hard to believe, the “bull” refers to cattle, which in rural areas sometimes roam onto roads and collide with vehicles, clarifying the role of the bull-bar in a car. A tool fitted on the front of a vehicle to protect it from collisions of any kind, the bull-bar has been in the news in recent times.
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