Is it illegal to drive a vechile without a rear bumper?

Answer 1

In California, all passenger cars have to have rear bumpers, but light trucks do not. So, the exact answer to your question is....depends whether you drive a car or a pickup truck. Not strictly true. If a car is designed to have a bumper fitted then it should have a bumper fitted. There are several sports cars, even in california, that do not have bumpers. An inetgrated colormatched spoiler is not a bumper In UK provided that there are no exposed sharp edges that could damage persons walking past the stationary vehicle or cause excessive injury in a crash you should be OK. However, if you have an accident and it is decided that the damage incurred would have been negligible if a bumper had been fitted, and you hadn't told the insurance company in writing of the 'modification', don't expect a payout