Bull Bars on Vehicles Banned By the Government

According to the government official notification, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has declared that placing bull bars on vehicles in India has been banned by the government. According to the Section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act, it is against the law if any of the vehicles have unauthorized fitment on cars. Bull bars and crash bars comes under the rule of Section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act. From now onwards, no vehicle should comprise crash guards or bull bars on any of the part of the vehicle

The government official notification was short and the new move implemented by the government in terms of safety aspects of passengers and reduces the number of pedestrian accidents.

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Since long time, vehicles in India have been equipped with bull bars available at the time of purchasing the car. Some believe that the accessories can be added to give beautiful look to the vehicles whereas some feels that the crash guards and bull bars can be added on the vehicles to protect the outer body of the vehicles in case of low impact scenarios. The facts stated that these external accessories on vehicles can lessen down the efficiency of the safety mechanism of the cars developed in the car’s structure. In order to absorb the energy emitted during any kind of traffic collision, structural features in the form of crumple zone are provided in the cars, as a result, the occupants of the vehicles experience less impact of the collision.

But these external accessories are located at two points which directs the energy produced due to collision only on these two points instead of dispersing it through the car's crumple zone. Additionally, bullbars further escalate the impact of the collision by delaying the expansion of the airbags which are a crucial safety feature built into the cars.

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The front of the car is designed in such a manner that causes less harm to the pedestrians in case of low impact accident but in several cases, these bull bars have proven to be harmful to the pedestrians. It actually compromises with the pedestrian's safety measures as mentioned in latest vehicle norms.

It is noteworthy that some developed countries like Australia permits the fitting of bull bars in cars but only when these external parts meet their safety measures and doesn't escalate the impact of energy produced in collision injuring the car occupants or the pedestrians.