On Sun, 22 May 2016 16:32:43 +0100, Vic Smith wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 10:01:25 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , says...

On 5/21/2016 9:56 PM, Micky wrote:



You know, in all my fifty or so years, I can't
remember ever meeting (or first generation
reliable source hearing about) a child
injured by a lawn mower.

Fellow I worked with cut off part of his grandson's foot with a mower.

When my son was small I would not let him out in the yard while I was
mowing. Maybe I am over protective, but the way children run so fast
they can get in the way in no time.

There used to be quite a few hand and foot injuries before mowers
required dead man switches. The only child I ever read about being a
victim was a little kid who near a mower that kicked out a wire -
think it was piece of coat hanger - and it penetrated his head,
killing him.
It usually won't make the news unless somebody is killed.

By all means sell mowers with those switches, etc, etc. IF the customer wants them, but never make safety mandatory.

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101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney animated features in which both the parents are present and don't die throughout the movie.