speed impact by compressing upon impact and then returning to its original semi circular shape without breaking or cracking as illustrated in fig5 a 5 b and 5 c the hollow interiors shown in the embodiments allow the bumper guard 10 to absorb pressure from the impact and then return to its original shape it is presently contemplated that the bumper guard 10 will be fabricated from resilient polyethylene vinyl or similar material this type of material is resilient and flexible but will not dry up when exposed to the elements and become brittle if the material were to become brittle when exposed to the elements then the purpose of the present invention would be defeated by such a material however it is contemplated that other materials with the same or similar characteristics as polyethylene without plasticizers can be substituted without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention an alternate embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in fig6 7 8 in that embodiment the guard 100 is mounted in a bracket 102 the bracket 102 comprises longitudinal slots 104 for securing and holding the guard 100 in the bracket the guard 100 in this embodiment is semi circular in cross section and comprises longitudinal slots 106 which are adapted to be received in the bracket 102 by means of.