BruceK
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RTF, we were taught about a US case where someone used a gas lawnmower on wheels as a hedge trimmer, lost some fingers (surprise surprise) the successfully sued maker had to put a warning "not to be used as a hedge trimmer". It is said "hard cases make bad law". Now and then something bizarre happens, but most times civil Courts take a good look to produce a fair result. Prosecutions for breach of regs, like "not display anchor ball" can be absolute, but the civil result of the collision can be "grey" rather than "black & white". And it could be quite different in the US, and in Canada, and I should be careful to respect that.