My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's

Barnsy · 29-08-2006, 22:28

I would like to share with you all an email i have sent to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Alannah MacTiernan and also the Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Tony McRae ( I know!! sounds stupid doesn't it?) Anyway, my first email was handballed straight back to me from Alannah MacTiernan's assistant telling me that Tony McRae is responsible for this area. So here is Mr McRae's email address
tony-mcrae@dpc.wa.gov.au. I hope you will all agree with my email I have already sent and send your own comments on this matter to snow ball his office!!!!

Here is my email

Good afternoon,

My name is Josh Barnes and I live in a small country town called Badgingarra, about 2 hours north of Perth. I am writing to express my concern and disappointment over the now illegal use of 5 post bullbars on vehicles, namely on country utes. Last night (27/08/06) I received a yellow sticker on my ute for having a 5 post bulbar. Now I don’t know how often you drive in your own vehicle on country roads, but myself, I do it every day of the year, at various times of the day and on sealed and unsealed roads. My 5 post bulbar is not there as a flash accessory but as a necessity designed to protect my vehicle and its passengers. It has saved my ute from more than a dozen kangaroos in the last 6 months, which in turn has saved my back pocket and also my insurance excess. If I am made to remove my bulbar, I will guarantee that I will collect a kangaroo and do server damage to my ute and also have the inconvenience of trying to borrow a friends car to get to and from work while mine is getting fixed.
My next question to you is can you please tell me the difference between the bulbar on the front of my ute and a 5 or 6 post bulbar on a prime mover truck? We all drive on the same roads and have to abide by the same set of traffic rules, so how come a truck is exempt from having the same piece of equipment I require when driving on these roads?
My next example is the bulbar/roobars that are currently on the country ambulances and also on the volunteer bush fire brigade trucks. Now these are not 5 post bullbars, but are 4 post roobars that are not that much different from mine. They still have square edges on either side of the roobar and they also lean forward slightly, exactly the same as mine.

How can you honestly expect us vehicle owners to conform to these shocking and very vague set of guidelines when they are not mandatory across the board?

I hope you will reply to this email to give your view and explanation on this topic.

Regards

Josh Barnes

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Turtle · 29-08-2006, 22:33

That's one hell of a good arguement! Very well written and completely true!
Good on ya mate!!

SMARTY · 29-08-2006, 22:39

nice one mate, please post his reply when you get it (if you get one). Will make for very interesting reading, considering that the dickhead known as Harold Scruby called one of my mates a "stupid country hick" after he did the same thing as you...

Barnsy · 29-08-2006, 22:39

Thanks Turtle,
I hope everyone else will see it the same way and the pollies will change there mind. This is what happens when people sit in a big office in the middle of Perth and make decisions without first letting people express there concerns!!!!

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Barnsy · 29-08-2006, 22:44

Yeah will do Smarty, you might accually know the copper who stickered me the other night. He was from Northam.

SMARTY · 29-08-2006, 22:50

No mate, thats not goldberg, thats ......... .............. The bastard is after me all the time (as he says, "I am my father's son")!!!!!!! Random breath tests and license checks my arse... hes the reason i am not even going to consider getting a bullbar, coz he would be rubbing his hands together with glee...

Barnsy · 29-08-2006, 22:56

Ah, yeah he is the one. Don't know where i got goldberg from???? He went right through my ute but all he could pick on was my bullbar and the spotlights on the rollbar. I couldnt believe they were all the up in Dandaragan on Sunday night, they were bookin everyone after footy

milky_088 · 30-08-2006, 03:29

bad luck with getting the yellow sticker. it would be interesting to see what kind of reply you get. if you get one.

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Rousy · 30-08-2006, 08:37

well said barnsy was it the mongrels from moora or did some of the perth coppers get bored. Well argued mate unlucky bout tshe sticker

Azza · 31-08-2006, 19:57

Yeah I 100% agree with that I've seen some nasty things happen to vehicles that only have the 2 uprights and all they hit was a skippy and I've got a 5 poster going on my ute and I think they are safer than regular ones cos they push the object away instead of pushing it under the car which is just plain old common sense

29-08-2006, 22:28	#1 (permalink)
Barnsy Status: Feral Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Badgingarra WA Posts: 65 Rep Power: 3	My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's I would like to share with you all an email i have sent to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Alannah MacTiernan and also the Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Tony McRae ( I know!! sounds stupid doesn't it?) Anyway, my first email was handballed straight back to me from Alannah MacTiernan's assistant telling me that Tony McRae is responsible for this area. So here is Mr McRae's email address tony-mcrae@dpc.wa.gov.au. I hope you will all agree with my email I have already sent and send your own comments on this matter to snow ball his office!!!! Here is my email Good afternoon, My name is Josh Barnes and I live in a small country town called Badgingarra, about 2 hours north of Perth. I am writing to express my concern and disappointment over the now illegal use of 5 post bullbars on vehicles, namely on country utes. Last night (27/08/06) I received a yellow sticker on my ute for having a 5 post bulbar. Now I don’t know how often you drive in your own vehicle on country roads, but myself, I do it every day of the year, at various times of the day and on sealed and unsealed roads. My 5 post bulbar is not there as a flash accessory but as a necessity designed to protect my vehicle and its passengers. It has saved my ute from more than a dozen kangaroos in the last 6 months, which in turn has saved my back pocket and also my insurance excess. If I am made to remove my bulbar, I will guarantee that I will collect a kangaroo and do server damage to my ute and also have the inconvenience of trying to borrow a friends car to get to and from work while mine is getting fixed. My next question to you is can you please tell me the difference between the bulbar on the front of my ute and a 5 or 6 post bulbar on a prime mover truck? We all drive on the same roads and have to abide by the same set of traffic rules, so how come a truck is exempt from having the same piece of equipment I require when driving on these roads? My next example is the bulbar/roobars that are currently on the country ambulances and also on the volunteer bush fire brigade trucks. Now these are not 5 post bullbars, but are 4 post roobars that are not that much different from mine. They still have square edges on either side of the roobar and they also lean forward slightly, exactly the same as mine. How can you honestly expect us vehicle owners to conform to these shocking and very vague set of guidelines when they are not mandatory across the board? I hope you will reply to this email to give your view and explanation on this topic. Regards Josh Barnes

29-08-2006, 22:33	#2 (permalink)
Turtle Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Marangaroo, Perth Posts: 306 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's That's one hell of a good arguement! Very well written and completely true! Good on ya mate!! __________________ ~ŦũЯŧŁЄ~ Łõòĸ Äŧ Ťħāť ĿīpŞŧĩćĶ ĐŕīvĨńģ Ħĭm bŐŁĽĩśŧĪć, ŔőŀĺíñĢ āćŘōşš ŤĥĘ płąĩŅ

29-08-2006, 22:39	#3 (permalink)
SMARTY Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northam WA Posts: 575 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's nice one mate, please post his reply when you get it (if you get one). Will make for very interesting reading, considering that the dickhead known as Harold Scruby called one of my mates a "stupid country hick" after he did the same thing as you... __________________ *We Hold It Flat, And Then It Go "BOOM"* *Toodyay RUM RIGGERS*

29-08-2006, 22:39	#4 (permalink)
Barnsy Status: Feral Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Badgingarra WA Posts: 65 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's Thanks Turtle, I hope everyone else will see it the same way and the pollies will change there mind. This is what happens when people sit in a big office in the middle of Perth and make decisions without first letting people express there concerns!!!!

29-08-2006, 22:44	#5 (permalink)
Barnsy Status: Feral Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Badgingarra WA Posts: 65 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's Yeah will do Smarty, you might accually know the copper who stickered me the other night. He was from Northam. Last edited by Dazza_XL; 31-08-2006 at 21:42.

29-08-2006, 22:50	#6 (permalink)
SMARTY Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northam WA Posts: 575 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's *No mate, thats not goldberg, thats ......... .............. The bastard is after me all the time (as he says, "I am my father's son")!!!!!!! Random breath tests and license checks my arse...* *hes the reason i am not even going to consider getting a bullbar, coz he would be rubbing his hands together with glee...* __________________ *We Hold It Flat, And Then It Go "BOOM"* *Toodyay RUM RIGGERS* Last edited by SMARTY; 31-08-2006 at 20:54.

29-08-2006, 22:56	#7 (permalink)
Barnsy Status: Feral Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Badgingarra WA Posts: 65 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's Ah, yeah he is the one. Don't know where i got goldberg from???? He went right through my ute but all he could pick on was my bullbar and the spotlights on the rollbar. I couldnt believe they were all the up in Dandaragan on Sunday night, they were bookin everyone after footy

30-08-2006, 03:29	#8 (permalink)
milky_088 Status: October 2006 Best One Tonner Ute! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bullsbrook. Posts: 401 Rep Power: 3	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's bad luck with getting the yellow sticker. it would be interesting to see what kind of reply you get. if you get one. __________________ IF IT AIN'T SIDEWAYS IT AIN'T FUN.

30-08-2006, 08:37	#9 (permalink)
Rousy Status: COWBOY UP Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Where Ever You Find Me Ute Me Swag n Me Dog Posts: 1,453 Rep Power: 5	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's well said barnsy was it the mongrels from moora or did some of the perth coppers get bored. Well argued mate unlucky bout tshe sticker __________________ *"ITS REALLY KINDA SIMPLE KEEP YA MIND IN THE MIDDLE WHILE YA BUCK SPINS ROUND N ROUND "* *"SPLIT FINGER WRAP AND MY ROPE PULLED WAY TOO TIGHT"*

31-08-2006, 19:57	#10 (permalink)
Azza Status: Feral Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rockingham Posts: 70 Rep Power: 4	Re: My 5 Post Bullbar vs Politician's Yeah I 100% agree with that I've seen some nasty things happen to vehicles that only have the 2 uprights and all they hit was a skippy and I've got a 5 poster going on my ute and I think they are safer than regular ones cos they push the object away instead of pushing it under the car which is just plain old common sense