On Sat, 21 May 2016 11:41:31 -0700
Oren wrote:

On Sat, 21 May 2016 10:22:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

Sounds to me like he doesn't want to stop anything. His annoyance is
the opposite, if he doesn't disengage the blades, when he tries to
back up, the engine shuts off.

Then don't back up. My take is the OP is annoyed by having to do so.

The things we suffer through life. Most lawn cutting tools I know of
work in both directions.

Not any more. All new ones shut off blades going into reverse.
Some make it very hard to bypass this.
Not the fault of the mower maker but some fat ass
government employee with illegals cutting his grass.

For even more of this kind of rules and regulations
vote for pantsuit.