My Deere dealer will check and repair any disabled safety switch's before releasing the tractor back to the customer when its brought in for service. Not sure if that's their policy or Deere's but I guess it makes sense in today's super litigious society.
I agree that disabling a seat switch is just plain dumb but the RIO switch is another matter:smile: I can override mine by placing a Bic ball point pin cap under the PTO switch when I'm using the mower but if anyone else were to use it the RIO is still functional.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ADVANTAGE TO THE USER WHATSOVER TO DISSABLING THE SEAT SWITCHBut if you really want to prove we are ignorant stupid monkey derrivative then dissable it , get off it without the brake applied and the blades still spinning then slip your toes under the beck when you get back on as it rolls away a little.
While you are laying in the hospital wondering how you are going to pay the $ 500,000 micro surgery bill contemplate just how smart you were by bypassing the switch.