Snow Groomer or Other Tracked Vehicle and Systems Therefor

A snow groomer, comprising:

• a chassis;
• an operator cabin mounted to the chassis from which travel and operation of the snow groomer are controlled;
• a plurality of track assemblies for causing the snow groomer to advance in snow;
• a power plant mounted on the chassis, the power plant being in a driving relationship with the track assemblies;
• a tiller assembly in a rear portion of the snow groomer;
• and
• a pedal system, comprising:
• a plurality of pedals at separate potential operator locations in a direction transverse to a direction of forward movement of the snow groomer, each pedal having the same function for controlling an aspect of the snow groomer;
• a controller for determining one of the pedals as active and for enabling transmission of a signal from the active pedal and disabling transmission of a signal from each pedal that is not the active pedal;
• and
• a base and a seat mounted to a seat carriage that is movable relative to the base in a direction transverse to a direction of forward movement of the snow groomer.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable program code which, when interpreted by a controller of a pedal system for a snow groomer, causes the controller to execute a method, the pedal system further comprising a plurality of pedals at separate potential operator locations, a base, a seat carriage and a controllable locking device for controllably restricting movement of the seat carriage, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• computer-readable program code for causing the controller to enable transmission of a signal from a pedal that is an active pedal;
• computer-readable program code for causing the controller to disable transmission of a signal from each pedal that is not an active pedal;
• third computer-readable program code for causing the controller to detect when a condition is met;
• and
• fourth computer-readable program code for causing the controller to control the locking device to prevent movement of the seat carriage when the controller detects that the condition is met.