Quote Originally Posted by Street Wolf View Post
Actually they're a safety device, there for the purpose to bend upwards when you get in a front end collision so that the hood does'nt chop your head off.

I've seen it, on Impala's. Why do you think they're bent like that?
That may be how they act during a collision, but their purpose is spelled out clearly in every w-body's section covered in the GM SI program.