Lawn mowers and snakes

[Paolo Alfa]

I am trying to eliminate what seems a fairlly large infestation of snakes from my basement. As I don't want to hurt any of them I want to know of a humane method of making them move on. It occurs to me that since most snakes are deaf but sensitive to vibation they might leave if I was to put a running lawn mower down there, (after taking precautions against carbon monoxide, of course)

But would that work? or might it attract them?

And could it make them come upstairs, where i live?

Might minnow traps be better?. They would take longer and still possibly leave several snakes there who might be difficutl to deal with as I clean the place out.

I know snakes are generally beneficial but there seem enough down there to be dangerous and I would like to get rid of them and then clean the area out so they won't return

Thanks for any help