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> In most cases a consumer lawnmower should probably have a deadman switch. It's under the seat. With nobody in the seat, that had to be modified for this mowe

• swayvil 4y ago
  They've got them on push mowers too. You gotta keep a handle gripped for the mower to run. Let go and it stops
  • hinkley 4y ago
    One of the complications of this is that it's very hard to hold the switch on certain types of terrain. Objectively, well over 80% of that terrain is situations where you have no business running a lawnmower in the first place, and so 'good!' is mostly the correct response to such complaints. But it's still a pain in the ass in other situations, like cornering past bushes. Me, I just don't have grass anymore. Fuck grass. It's a bunch of bougie bullshit from a line of the French Aristocracy who ultimately wound up with their heads in baskets. Maybe we shouldn't be copying them.
    • causi 4y ago
      One of the complications of this is that it's very hard to hold the switch on certain types of terrain I've never used a mower fitting that description. On all of mine the safety handle runs the entire length of the push handle and you have to essentially let go of the mower to disengage it.