I'm saying this after reading the threads about people being killed or maimed after falling or getting bounced off their tractor. I think the problem with safety is that we (in general) don't understand what the words "common sense" really mean. In short, sound judgment. We don't think of the everyday task at hand as a potential hazard. We live in a "fast food world". We want it now. We don't improvise which leads me to this...
My wife would not let my son get on our lawn tractor to mow the lawn without a seatbelt. "Aw, come on, whats going to happen" I said. She got me thinking and she was right. Then my son, 9 at the time, came over to me with a belt (he wanted to drive). My wife saw that and got a rope (belt was to short). We tide it around the seat and made him a seatbelt. I actually did feel better, as did my son and wife, that he was strapped in.
I hope you all understand where I'm coming from. I hope I didn't offend anybody, just had to get it off my chest.
IMPROVISE
My wife would not let my son get on our lawn tractor to mow the lawn without a seatbelt. "Aw, come on, whats going to happen" I said. She got me thinking and she was right. Then my son, 9 at the time, came over to me with a belt (he wanted to drive). My wife saw that and got a rope (belt was to short). We tide it around the seat and made him a seatbelt. I actually did feel better, as did my son and wife, that he was strapped in.
I hope you all understand where I'm coming from. I hope I didn't offend anybody, just had to get it off my chest.
IMPROVISE