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Dubbo car owners are fitting vehicles with "illegal" bull bars, according to motor industry operators.
It is understood police are set to crack down on illegal bullbars.
Inspector Jeff Boon, head of the Western NSW Highway Patrol said last week: "Dubbo is a town that has a proliferation of bullbars that don't comply with Australian standards".
Inspector Boon said when it came to fishing rod holders that jut out, "you may as well strap on a couple of steak knifes".
He said the imposing five- poster bullbar, illegal on all vehicle models made after 2002, was more likely to push a pedestrian under a car to their death.
A motor industry operator said illegal bullbars were being ordered from websites by car owners who installed the bullbars themselves.
He said most of the illegal bullbars were fitted by men aged 18 to 25, who he described as "B and S bandits".
He said the five-poster bullbars were unnecessary but were fitted to show off. Australian standards forbid sharp objects or ragged edges on bullbars and "any attachment or protrusion forward of a bullbar or bumper bar which presents a danger to other road users".
Bullbars which reduce a driver's view of the road are also banned.
Pedestrian Council of Australia chairman Harold Scruby said the police and government had not done enough to stamp out illegal bullbars, including the five poster style.
"They are giant things, weighing about half a tonne; they are very, very sharp," Mr Scruby said