Ignoring safety warnings and bypassing safety devices

[TripleR]

I dont know what that tract wheel chair is but thats way COOL..:thumbsup: it looks to have a 3pt harness and a shooting rest-- double thumbsup.. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

AndyG

It sure does. I have used my Yamaha Rhino to hunt with the last two years. I have netting to put over it, but will probably come up with something a little more durable next year. I will try to find a picture of it.

 

[Danno1]

I dont know what that tract wheel chair is but thats way COOL..:thumbsup: it looks to have a 3pt harness and a shooting rest-- double thumbsup.. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:



AndyG

Howe & Howe Tech built it on one of their shows for a disabled vet.


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[slowzuki]

Actually it still does. Its a poor design for those of use used to using agricultural tractors. I understand what its for as too many people get injured in PTO's, but since you can just flip the seat forward to use the pto while not seated it doesn't seem like a big gain.

Shouldn't happen if you're wearing your seatbelt.

 

[crazyal]

Most of this stuff is designed for the least informed user of the equipment. They will not stop the person who thinks they know better but makes the mistake of being in a hurry and does without thinking first. Those who not only understand but respect the equipment every time they use it from start to finish most likely will never need them to begin with.

To be honest if you run equipment with all the guards in place and safety switches vs not a single form of protection most will respect the unprotected equipment a lot more. The sense of danger feels more real.

I have yet to disable the seat switch but could see myself making a modification to it, maybe adding a timer to give a few second delay.

 

[crashz]

I think some people need to be protected from themselves, but I don't believe that I am one of them.

Lightnsound - I'm quoting you, but not singling you out, because I have felt the way you do too.

Everyone thinks they are beyond the mundane safety warnings and devices to some degree. But it doesn't take an idiot to get hurt. We are all human and make mistakes. Little things like emotions, lack of sleep, schedule, stress, and even a head-cold can cloud our thought process and judgement.

And when we do make a serious mistake, we usually don't like to own up to it. Manufacture XYZ should have prevented it... This forces the maufacture's have to cover themselves from any possible mistake that can be made by a user of their products. Many frivolous lawsuits prove it.

So at one time I; poked myself in the eye with a screwdriver, started an old truck from the outside while in gear and nearly ran myself over, attached a brush-hog to my running tractor among many other things, and just recently fell off my roof while shoveling. I certainly know better, and probably would mock other for doing the same. I'm an educated person with a high IQ, attend yearly OSHA training refreshers as well as many other required safety training events. But over time I've proven to myself that I can't trust myself to always be completely dedicated and thoughtfull in every task I do. I am one of the masses. I need the safety switches and the warning placards that show the crunched hand or flames or chemical burns. I'm OK with that. Except for a small scar on my forehead, I'm relativley undamaged and would like to remain this way for another 35-40 yrs.

 

[CowwFace]

When I was about 17-18 years old I was acting like a complete JERK! Thought I knew it all.. my Father used a black marker to write a "picture frame" on my bathroom mirror with the words "My Biggest Problem" at the top .... so when I would look up from the sink I would see my smiley face with those words over it .... I would remove it, but my father would make sure it was there the next morning.

I was tooo stoopid and arrogant at the time to realize the meaning behind it... but eventually I "got it" ....

Making that realization has made my life better since!!

Tractor on.

 

[Transit]

Lightnsound -
So at one time I; poked myself in the eye with a screwdriver, started an old truck from the outside while in gear and nearly ran myself over, attached a brush-hog to my running tractor among many other things, and just recently fell off my roof while shoveling. I certainly know better, and probably would mock other for doing the same. I'm an educated person with a high IQ, attend yearly OSHA training refreshers as well as many other required safety training events. But over time I've proven to myself that I can't trust myself to always be completely dedicated and thoughtfull in every task I do. I am one of the masses. I need the safety switches and the warning placards that show the crunched hand or flames or chemical burns. I'm OK with that. Except for a small scar on my forehead, I'm relativley undamaged and would like to remain this way for another 35-40 yrs.

Chahs, was that you falling off the roof or Al Bundy in Married with Children?

 

[Transit]

OK, so you bypass all the safety interlocks. Now someone that is not aware of the bypasses runs your tractor and does something stupid that an interlock would not have permitted. Who is on the hook?

 

[crashz]

Chahs, was that you falling off the roof or Al Bundy in Married with Children?

It must have been a funny sight. Sliping an sliding, I was running uphill while sliding backwards. Arms flapping an all.

It was a minor risk though. I had very large snow piles (4ft - 7 ft tall) surrounding the house, so the fall was not very far, and had a good soft landing.No ice or frozen snow had formed yet.

It was just a little embarrasing. I probably screamed like a girl too

 

[rd_macgregor]

Several posters seem to harbour the misapprehension that safety warnings are for owners. While safety warnings may occasionally help inform a naive user, they are actually primarily for the benefit of the manufacturer/seller. After all, if you do something a bit careless with your machine and suffer an injury, you can't say its the fault of the maker if their owner's manual says don't do that!
A history of litigation has driven an explosion of (sometimes laughable) warnings...corporate lawyers trying to cover all possible bases. However, there is nothing so foolproof that a sufficiently ingenious fool can't circumvent it.
BOB