Pretty cool idea, Mr. Letsky. This is the USA, after all, so I hope you've got a good product liability attorney on retainer. If a neighborhood kid wanders into your yard and picks that thing up, 3 seconds is plenty of time for the SmartMow to cut his or her little fingers off! Anyone remember lawn darts?
Please remember that over 10,000 kids a year are injured by "human powered" lawn mowers according to ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Summer/Story?id=2101520&page=1) . The SmartMow, like other robot lawn mowers is still much safer than regular lawn mowers with less incidents.
I have a SmartMow and plenty of kids in my neighborhood (including my own). The normal reaction is they stare for a while, and ask their parents to get one. We hope for the safety and proper use for everyone.
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Pretty cool idea, Mr. Letsky. This is the USA, after all, so I hope you've got a good product liability attorney on retainer. If a neighborhood kid wanders into your yard and picks that thing up, 3 seconds is plenty of time for the SmartMow to cut his or her little fingers off! Anyone remember lawn darts?
Thanks Concerned ,
Please remember that over 10,000 kids a year are injured by "human powered" lawn mowers according to ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Summer/Story?id=2101520&page=1) . The SmartMow, like other robot lawn mowers is still much safer than regular lawn mowers with less incidents.
I have a SmartMow and plenty of kids in my neighborhood (including my own). The normal reaction is they stare for a while, and ask their parents to get one. We hope for the safety and proper use for everyone.