Safety is always number one in my book!
Please do not take chances, I have a friend who spends his life now in a wheelchair. Just to take a chance and your loved ones & family takes the hit.
Yes the ROPS there for your protection, have fun with it. Attach lights, sirens, reflective tape, ax, large machete, horn, ipod with music and speakers if you have no neighbors! Plus, if you live in the wild wild west, you can even carry your shotgun, due to the wolves or other critters at dusk. LOL ~ Now I do not condone shoot first and ask later. But a friend did have an issue with wolves one night when he ran out of gas on the back 40.
Just use your common seance like God gave you. The Seatbelt was invented for a reason. Sorry for the Rant, I had to take my friend to the hospital today (it still hurts to see him like that!)