Front Bumper - Illegal To Drive Without?

[Tomei_33]

Someone told me it was legal to drive on australia roads without your front bumper, is this true?

[lach 32]

pretty sure it's illegal, as it's going to cause alot more damage to someone if you hit them

[phenline]

yer well it is illegal to not have your front mount covered by your front bar so yer i think it is illegal

[bubba]

When I got the yellow sticker one of the items was no front grill.. If I can't not have a front grill I don't think they're going to let you get away with no bumper!

[NISZILA]

Yep... illiegal. I know a guy who had an accident that ripped half his front bumper off. Cops gave him a yellow at the accident site to fix the front bumper.

[Brockas]

  lach 32 said:

pretty sure it's illegal, as it's going to cause alot more damage to someone if you hit them

If I'm getting hit by a car the least of my worries is if it's got a front bar on....

[dan_the_man]

flip up and roll over the roof... may survive with a cool story to tell.

or have ur legs taken off by protruding metal of a bare front of a car

tough call

[showbizz]

yeap illegal, cant go driving around without a front bar they will slap ya with a nice yellow decal to suit (as it will look like you just drove out of a nice minor front ender and your bar was left at the scene)

[bryno]

Just because it might do more damage wouldn't make it illegal.. Bull bars are legal. But pedestrians would probably get sliced up when you try to run them over I guess

[hazerb30]

Ill be driving my 32r around without a bumper to workshops over the next couple days. If cops pull me over ill be explaining the troubleshooting process.. theyd have to be bastards to sticker it. Trouble is.. they just sticker you for anything so its a risk.

[dan_the_man]

  brynj said:

Just because it might do more damage wouldn't make it illegal.. Bull bars are legal. But pedestrians would probably get sliced up when you try to run them over I guess

actually only some bull bars are legal

you can not have massively oversized t wing spoilers for the same reason... they take pedestrians heads off

[showbizz]

  hazerb30 said:

Ill be driving my 32r around without a bumper to workshops over the next couple days. If cops pull me over ill be explaining the troubleshooting process.. theyd have to be bastards to sticker it. Trouble is.. they just sticker you for anything so its a risk.

yeap thats exactly it, why risk getting a yellow (and the whole process of taking your car through the pits etc) just for a stoopid front bar which wasnt fitted, not worth it.

[Dingus]

If you need to take it off and on over the next couple of days, just cable tie it in place temporarily. Will make it easy to take it off, and no hassle from cops for no front bar.

[Tomei_33]

yea.. i didnt think it would be legal either... but my friend said his mechanic told him it was legal.. i was suprised to hear that so i thought id ask

[Kaido_RR]

if your just driving home from a workshop without a frontbar im sure it will be ok.

just drive normal, and if i cop pulls you over explain it just come from the workshop etc... i did it when i had to tow the car to the workshop then i was able to drive it home (took off the frontbar to make it easier for the tow-truck)

[r33cruiser]

what about no bonnet. sometimes i have had to drive to the welder or muffler men without a bonnet. for them to do turbo work etc?

[Daniel R32]

I drove around in my old car (VT wagon) for a week or 2 without a front bumper. Didnt have any problems. . not sure if cops saw me or not but didnt get pulled over while it was off. But yeah im pretty sure it is illegal for reasons like dan mentioned. And yeah im pretty sure no bonnet is illegal too

[ossie_21]

  r33cruiser said:

what about no bonnet. sometimes i have had to drive to the welder or muffler men without a bonnet. for them to do turbo work etc?

What. f**k. The. I would imagine it to be as legal as driving without doors on the car.

And in case you are serious that you don't leave your car at a workshop to be worked on, isn't the smartest idea to drive without a bonnet with all your wiring, spinning belts & fans & everything else exposed.

[bubba]

What's worse? not being able to shut your bonnet completely, or no bonnet at all?

*smirk*

[Mr. Keets]

Its all illegal, as Dan put it...over the roof and a cool story or loose the legs. Have a look at a street driven hotrod like a T-bucket... blacked out fenders...and the plods give them easier time than imports. *...must be something to do with age*