Bull bars installed on 2 Rivians at Denver Service Center

[Sevn86]

Not for me, but I’m sure a few in Texas will sport one. We have plenty of trucks here who have those style bumpers/ guards installed.

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[R1Tkc]

Agreed… not pretty but can’t be worse than this

 

[scottf200]

Edit: Some of y'all have never driven through brush and it shows.

I make it a primary goal to NOT hit things while driving so I don’t really need one of these.

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Good chart. Thank you for sharing. I live in Virginia and have been in four accidents with deer. It's no joke when you're cruising along in the left lane of I-95 or 66 at 60+ mph and a deer jumps over the guardrail from the woods and comes through the grill/hood of your truck.

I will always remember the cop telling me "if I'd have been driving a smaller vehicle I could have been killed", and that someone else had been killed in the same spot a week earlier.

I will also remember walking back along that stretch of road a few days later and seeing all the dead deer. Someone had sawed the rack off *my deer* by the time I came back for it. That was my rack, LOL!

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

My wife is sitting here and reminded me that a deer just ran in front of my Rivian a couple weeks ago. One of the few times I've had to use the brakes in that vehicle so far. It is so frequent I can't even remember all the near-misses. TBH I feel bad. We've over-developed this area so much, the poor deer and other animals have nowhere else they can go.

 

[mkg3]

Agreed… not pretty but can’t be worse than this

someone with a serious case of grill envy.... If it was on R1S, just need the vinyl wood panel sticker along the side with thick fake wood moulding around it.

 

[scottf200]

Good chart. Thank you for sharing. I live in Virginia and have been in four accidents with deer. It's no joke when you're cruising along in the left lane of I-95 or 66 at 60+ mph and a deer jumps over the guardrail from the woods and comes through the grill/hood of your truck.

I will always remember the cop telling me "if I'd have been driving a smaller vehicle I could have been killed", and that someone else had been killed in the same spot a week earlier.

I will also remember walking back along that stretch of road a few days later and seeing all the dead deer. Someone had sawed the rack off *my deer* by the time I came back for it. That was my rack, LOL!

Indeed. I know plenty of people that have hit deer. I've had a very serious accident because of a deer as well. I guess 'city' people don't know about deer accidents ... bahaha.

 

[COdogman]

were those on customer or company vehicles?

I saw them there a couple weeks ago. Both of those trucks have logos on them having to do with a native american group (I can't remember the exact name) but it was obvious they weren't going to individuals.

 

[zymolysis]

Many years ago while driving through the White Mountains in Arizona, I stopped to watch a group of elk that were feeding near the road. A state trooper stopped to inquire if we were okay. He mentioned that there were at least two elk strikes a week along that stretch of highway. Think a deer strike can cause some damage (and it can) - try hitting an elk.

 

[mkg3]

Indeed. I know plenty of people that have hit deer. I've had a very serious accident because of a deer as well. I guess 'city' people don't know about deer accidents ... bahaha.

The first time I visited Australia, noticed lots of cars (sedans, mind you) with these things on. It appears that hitting roos are problematic outside of cities. Fairly large number of vehicles had them (I'm sure it was in single digit percentage of vehicles but enough that I noticed it).

I drove from Sydney to Brisbane (~550 miles) inland and noticed some roos in the wild and signs cautioning the drivers danger of hitting them on the regular basis along the road.

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

try hitting an elk.

I remember the joke that in the US, you hit a deer and the sides of the road are littered with dead deer. A little further north in Canada, they have moose. And you see the moose walking away while the sides of the road are littered with dead cars.

 

[camaroz1985]

Those aren't going to do much to actually protect your truck in case of an animal strike, the mounting is low compared to the height. Will just have the tubular steel pushed back into your hood too.

 

[bdhanoa]

Hey all I’m the one who took the pictures. I went back and one of the vehicles had moved so I could see what was written on the side

 

[Chewy734]

Something like this would look much nicer, imo:

 

[wicked2112]

Spotted by @00brown at Denver SC

Now if we could just SPARE TIRES!!!!!!!

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