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Thread #139675 Message #3206051
Posted By: gnomad
11-Aug-11 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: What's on YER bug deflector?
Subject: RE: BS: What's on YER bug deflector?
Well, well, thanks WillFly, don't think I've ever come across one of those. Odd really, because we have plenty of vehicles that might benefit, though there might be some obscure regulation preventing their use. I don't suppose our bug problem is anything to rival yours, but necessity seldom seems to drive motoring fashions here, and people will fix almost any kind of gadget to their vehicles.
So-called 'Roo Bars had a widespread vogue here a few years ago (despite our having very few wild 'roos to fend off) but it suddenly faded when insurers started to notice they could increase the claim from damaged third parties. The things were priced off all but the most determined addicts' vehicles, I could imagine something similar affecting bug deflectors.