Australia’s farmers have offered strong support for federal government moves to improve the safety of ATVs or quad bikes, backing new laws to fit rollover bars amid a “horrific” death and injury toll. The National Farmers Federation believes the devices, which will become mandatory on all new bikes from October, will help save lives. This puts it at odds with Australia’s peak automotive body which has urged the government to reconsider the new regulations, arguing there is a lack of data to support safety claims. NFF spokesman Ben Rogers said the organisation believed the government’s proposals were a “sensible middle ground”. “On the one hand there’s the safety risk, but on the other hand, there’s the risk of over-regulation and making them impossible to be used or generally unavailable,” he told AAP. “For us, we recognise quad bikes are an important vehicle. We want to continue to have use of …