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Paisley Buddie
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:25 pm 
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Our local council insists that the brackets holding their licence plates are drilled into the right side of the rear bumper on private hire and taxis & the front bumper on taxis only

Could drilling holes into the bumper effect its performance in the event of an accident ?
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Sussex
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:57 pm 
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Paisley Buddie wrote:
Could drilling holes into the bumper effect its performance in the event of an accident ?

No where near as much as the ability of the driver to avoid one. :wink:

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I am thinking along the lines of the bumpers ability to absorb the energy of a collision ie. surely the bumper will crack severely at the holes ?
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I thought similar about fire extinguishers in the footwell, surely in a crash these could further damage the legs of the passenger or driver?
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The majority of so called bumpers on cars these days are just plastic decoration, and an awfull lot of cars don't even have proper bumpers underneath, just crumple zones.

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