When an old thing is brought to a new place, sometime, it becomes popular. A bullbar is originally meant to be fitted to the front of a vehicle to protect its occupants in a collision with large animals.
It is suitable and applicable dor those for spend regular time in remote and rural areas. In rough terrain in the woods, bullbar also serves to protect the front of a vehicle from damaged by hard objects like trees trunks, huge rocks or the similar.
Since bullbar is rigid, it transmit all the forces to the pedestrian, unlike a bumper that absorped most of the impact forces and crumples.
The word 'bull' refers to the cattles where they roam onto the roads and highways. However, in modern cities of today, occasions of cattles roaming onto the roads and highways becomes rare. The roads and highways of developed countries have safety measures of preventing cattles from roaming onto them.
The European Union Directive banned bullbars for the road safety. Read more at
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullbar
It is suitable and applicable dor those for spend regular time in remote and rural areas. In rough terrain in the woods, bullbar also serves to protect the front of a vehicle from damaged by hard objects like trees trunks, huge rocks or the similar.
Since bullbar is rigid, it transmit all the forces to the pedestrian, unlike a bumper that absorped most of the impact forces and crumples.
The word 'bull' refers to the cattles where they roam onto the roads and highways. However, in modern cities of today, occasions of cattles roaming onto the roads and highways becomes rare. The roads and highways of developed countries have safety measures of preventing cattles from roaming onto them.
The European Union Directive banned bullbars for the road safety. Read more at
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullbar