Abstract: A neutral start switch arrangement is provided for a work vehicle having a motor driving a hydrostatic pump, the hydrostatic pump driving a hydraulic motor which drives a wheel. The hydrostatic pump typically has an input control shaft, the rotation of which moves the hydrostatic pump from the neutral position to the forward or reverse drive position. A selectively rotatable control arm is fixed to the input control shaft. A first arm is mounted for rotation about the input control shaft axis. A second arm is mounted for rotation about the input control shaft axis. The control arm and the first and second arms are configured for the control arm to be rotated from a neutral drive position to rotate the first arm in a forward drive rotary direction or the second arm in a second rotary direction corresponding to the reverse drive. A first leg extends from the first arm and a second leg extends from the second arm, and a spring is stretched between the first and second legs.