Prison threat for bull bar dealers

[24Seven]

There could be some cheap bars around soon as all the dealer try and off load all their stock.

New laws are set to come into force making it illegal to sell bull bars that do not meet strict EU directives.


The Minister of State for Transport has confirmed that from 25th May 2007, it will be illegal to continue to manufacture and sell metal bull bars that do not comply with the new EU legislation (Directive 2005/66/EC) for pedestrian protection.

The maximum penalty to be imposed within the UK is 12 months in prison and a substantial GBP20,000 fine.

The new legislation requires Frontal Protection Systems (FPS) to enhance the safety of vehicles and applies to products either fitted as original equipment or sold via the aftermarket.

It will be impossible for wrap around metal bull bars to meet the strict new standards, so the legislation will effectively ban these products while endorsing new energy absorbing FPS products.

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[captain_chaos]

dam, so I got 2 weeks to get a set of wrap around bars then

[Predictable Bob]

Interesting - what happpens if you want to fit an exo-skeleton then ?

Not that I would - yet .......

[dieselboy]

looks like they want to make our cars better for running people over again

[andrewlee31]

dam, so I got 2 weeks to get a set of wrap around bars then

you buy mine when i get my winch bumper

does a black market in bling push the price up??

[24Seven]

you buy mine when i get my winch bumper

does a black market in bling push the price up??

Will you still be able to buy a Winch Bumper??

[captain_chaos]

you buy mine when i get my winch bumper

does a black market in bling push the price up??

what do they look like? Would prefer a chrome set, think it'll look better with the burgundy paintwork. And how much?

[andrewlee31]

no idea how much yet, im waiting on an arb winch bumper , still , from a guy on yotatech

[babooshka]

Hi Andrew, I would definately be interested, lots of shiny chrome Mmmmmm

[andrewlee31]

wouldnt fit yours mate, yours is a 3rd gen. different mounting points

[dieselboy]

them bars look the nuts

[babooshka]

BUMMER!!

[graham78]

so then,

for those of us who have wrap arounds are we gonna be made to remove them as they are after market???

i feel a case of de ja vu here, didnt they do this in the late eighties???

oh well

[plumb bob]

Without my bull bar, my surf would be a write off, after getting a zafira stuck on the front.

And on another note, there was a dead Kangaroo\wallaby on the side of the M2 near Canterbury the other day, so I'm keeping my "Roo bars!

[andrewlee31]

so then,

for those of us who have wrap arounds are we gonna be made to remove them as they are after market???

i feel a case of de ja vu here, didnt they do this in the late eighties???

oh well

you can keep them on, its just a europain law against selling them