Should we make it a criminal offence to use a ride on lawn mower?
"Using a ride-on mower to cut the grass might save energy but they land thousands of people in hospital every year, experts have warned.
Over five years some 66,000 Americans ended up in emergency departments with injuries caused by lawn tractors, reports the Journal of Safety Research.
While many suffered bruises or sprains, some of the injured suffered broken bones and amputations. Six people died.
Most cases resulted from moving mowers or machines flipping over. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8362373.stm
Sorry about thumbs down. x
Is it wrong that I quite like the idea of one? Although the advice of wearing strong trousers and shoes instead of shorts and sandals rules it out for me 
I always dress up as Joyce Grenfell to mow the lawn.
Have to say the seats always look on the mean side to me so I suspect the American derrieres struggle to keep the weight equally balanced hence the tipping over 
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