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......A seat switch is usually a set of normally open contacts, which close when you sit down, completing the circuit and supplying power to enable the engine to run. Come off the seat and the switch opens and shuts off the power, stopping the engine. Easy. What if we added another switch with normally open contacts, wired in parallel with the seat switch? Either switch closed will provide a complete circuit to the engine run command, but it will take BOTH switches to come open to shut off the power. If we take that second switch and mount it like an old Ford tractor starter button, down on the floorboards, then we can step on it, AND rise off the seat. The seat switch will open, but the foot switch will close and maintain the run circuit. Fall off, and both switches will be open, killing the engine. No lanyards, no added measures need be taken by the operator, just as long as one of the switches is closed, the tractor will run. This should allow sitting operation, and standing operation, but still provide protection in the event you fall off.