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I’m considering a Ford Fusion push bar. Should I get one?
I live in a rural area and last year a dear totaled my Ford Focus. I have a Ford Fusion now, and I was wondering if I should invest in a Ford Fusion push bar. Would that change my insurance at all?
Matt Terzi · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
We’re sorry to hear about your accident! But there are several reasons you should consider not getting a push bar or bull bar installed on your Ford Fusion (or any other vehicle, for that matter).
Push bars, also known as bull bars or push bumpers, are frequently seen on police vehicles and some taxis. And while it’s true that they can offer protection to your vehicle in a head-on collision, they actually increase the danger to everyone else around you … and to you personally, too!
Modern cars are designed with crumple zones. Your car takes some of the damage in a crash so all of that energy isn’t transmitted into whatever (or more importantly, whoever) your car is making contact with. Push bars instead redirect that energy away from the car, and this can be absolutely devastating for pedestrians, as numerous studies have shown.
At face value, push bars should reduce damage to your car in a head-on collision. But a lot of that crash energy ends up getting transmitted into your chassis, and can end up causing more damage to your car than the collision itself would have.
What’s worse, push bars tend to block the sensors that deploy your car’s life-saving airbags. In a collision, airbags save lives and prevent a lot of physical damage, and push bars won’t make up that gap in safety.
There have been numerous attempts across the United States to outlaw push bars. These efforts were successful in Europe, where the European Union banned them. It likely won’t be long before similar legislation is passed here in the United States.
As for the effects of a push bar on your
car insurance
, that’s going to vary from one insurer to the next. But ou aren’t likely to get a discount because of a push bar, and some insurance providers may even end up charging you more.If car insurance savings are what you’re after, you don’t need to give your Ford Fusion a push bar. You just need to download
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