When my daughter was younger I wouldn’t even let her be outside while I was mowing the lawn. I made her play in the house for an hour. You just never know what you may run over. Maybe a rock or a stick that kicks out from under the deck and strikes your child or maybe even your child. Keep your kids inside when you or even your neighbors are mowing. A 2 year old should not have been there without supervision. I don’t mean to beat up on the parents but this is NOT John Deere’s fault. How did we all not die in the 60s and 70s before all of these safeties came along. Common sense isn’t as common as it used to be.
Absolutely true Jeff. I dont’ allow anyone in my family in the yard while I’m using my tractor. I apparently hit a rock early this year because the back window in our van was completely shattered. My aunt was mowing years ago and ended up with a piece of wire imbedded in her calf bone. People who don’t recognize the danger in a mower, like those we see on tractors with kids on their laps, are just plain ignorant.
Cutting off a sons feet would be terrible! But there needs to be some personal resposibilty.This country and its people are in bad shape. Unless we all get back to the bible and live by the principles found there, we will be in worse shoes than we are now.
FINALLY! At least 4 judges (out of 6) with the common sense to tell a person that he is repsonsible for his own actions, and not every manufacturer is a pool of money ready to donate for people’s own carelessness.
I feel for the family and the young boy, but I am glad to see common sense prevail in our court system. I have worked in the power equipment industry for 23 years and it never fails to amaze me the stupid and idiotic things people will do with a piece of equipment and then want someone else to be responsible for their lack of common sense. Children should not be out when you are running a mower period! And the next time I see an adult with a child on their lap while they are mowing I may have to slap them! Have a nice day!
Larry K. Higgins II
Sales Manager
Miller Bros. Garden Center, Inc.
I feel for the family and the young boy, but I am glad to see common sense prevail in our court system. I have worked in the power equipment industry for 23 years and it never fails to amaze me the stupid and idiotic things people will do with a piece of equipment and then want someone else to be responsible for their lack of common sense. Children should not be out when you are running a mower period! And the next time I see an adult with a child on their lap while they are mowing I may have to slap them! Have a nice day!
Larry K. Higgins II
Sales Manager
Miller Bros. Garden Center, Inc.
my mower won’t go in reverse with the blades engaged and it has an automatic shut off any time your butt is not directly on the seat….now I happen to have those features but I would not think that the lack of those features would be enough to absolve anyone’s negligence.
Jeff, you are soo right; none of my kids, and now the grand kids, are allowed out in the yard when I mow and for the same reason you noted: rocks and things become missles; and we all should know that accidents happen mostly when and where you least expect them; it just pays to be prudent.
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When my daughter was younger I wouldn’t even let her be outside while I was mowing the lawn. I made her play in the house for an hour. You just never know what you may run over. Maybe a rock or a stick that kicks out from under the deck and strikes your child or maybe even your child. Keep your kids inside when you or even your neighbors are mowing. A 2 year old should not have been there without supervision. I don’t mean to beat up on the parents but this is NOT John Deere’s fault. How did we all not die in the 60s and 70s before all of these safeties came along. Common sense isn’t as common as it used to be.
Absolutely true Jeff. I dont’ allow anyone in my family in the yard while I’m using my tractor. I apparently hit a rock early this year because the back window in our van was completely shattered. My aunt was mowing years ago and ended up with a piece of wire imbedded in her calf bone. People who don’t recognize the danger in a mower, like those we see on tractors with kids on their laps, are just plain ignorant.
Cutting off a sons feet would be terrible! But there needs to be some personal resposibilty.This country and its people are in bad shape. Unless we all get back to the bible and live by the principles found there, we will be in worse shoes than we are now.
Except for the kid who lost his feet… He still won’t be in any shoes.
FINALLY! At least 4 judges (out of 6) with the common sense to tell a person that he is repsonsible for his own actions, and not every manufacturer is a pool of money ready to donate for people’s own carelessness.
I feel for the family and the young boy, but I am glad to see common sense prevail in our court system. I have worked in the power equipment industry for 23 years and it never fails to amaze me the stupid and idiotic things people will do with a piece of equipment and then want someone else to be responsible for their lack of common sense. Children should not be out when you are running a mower period! And the next time I see an adult with a child on their lap while they are mowing I may have to slap them! Have a nice day!
Larry K. Higgins II
Sales Manager
Miller Bros. Garden Center, Inc.
I feel for the family and the young boy, but I am glad to see common sense prevail in our court system. I have worked in the power equipment industry for 23 years and it never fails to amaze me the stupid and idiotic things people will do with a piece of equipment and then want someone else to be responsible for their lack of common sense. Children should not be out when you are running a mower period! And the next time I see an adult with a child on their lap while they are mowing I may have to slap them! Have a nice day!
Larry K. Higgins II
Sales Manager
Miller Bros. Garden Center, Inc.
my mower won’t go in reverse with the blades engaged and it has an automatic shut off any time your butt is not directly on the seat….now I happen to have those features but I would not think that the lack of those features would be enough to absolve anyone’s negligence.
Jeff, you are soo right; none of my kids, and now the grand kids, are allowed out in the yard when I mow and for the same reason you noted: rocks and things become missles; and we all should know that accidents happen mostly when and where you least expect them; it just pays to be prudent.
The Court got something right. The father should be aware of everything around him at all times when on a piese of equipment like this.