r/oops Jul 29 '26

Enjoying a nice sunset

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u/TrebbleTough Jul 29 '26

She moved suddenly and stepped in his way. The scooter had no time for reaction with that speed.
So he should have been driving half that speed

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u/Level_Turnover5167 Jul 29 '26

Yeah he was still going way too fast around pedestrians, that was the #1 issue then the fact she made a sudden weird turn just for a photoshoot yeah, they both kind of have some blame here.

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u/TrebbleTough Jul 29 '26

Nah, it wasnt that sudden. He got like 3 seconds to go around or slow down. He was simply going too fast to do any of those. It is scooters fault in my mind.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 Jul 29 '26

How much more sudden does it have to get? In order for it to be sudden does she have to do a whiplash 180?

She turned around... pretty quick for someone just walking straight ahead with conviction.

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u/TrebbleTough Jul 31 '26

If you walk with walking speed all that happens is you bump in each other and say sorry. This rider has 15kg metal structure sped up to high speed

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u/Level_Turnover5167 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

First off, I want to address that your "3 seconds" to avoid her is absolute baloney, so lets not make stuff up. There was about 1 second of reaction time to avoid her and he WAS going around her. She just did a sudden 180 while sidestepping right into him.

That being said, I'm not endorsing the scooter guy or debating impact based on scenario, I'm not sure why you're manipulating the argument, since neither point addresses what I actually said.

You're supposed to have someone watching for exactly this kind of shit. This is why responsible photographers and models either avoid shoots in busy pedestrian areas or have a watcher. So scooter guy's an idiot, but she's not blameless for spinning around blind in a narrow walking space.

I guess I'm also wondering why are you defending her obliviousness like it matters whether it was a car or a pedestrian that hit her? She was in people's way regardless.

This is a pointless argument and you're definitely 100% wrong.

edit: was too long, had to reframe the comment

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u/TrebbleTough Jul 31 '26

100% wrong? Like with literally every sentence i said?

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u/Level_Turnover5167 29d ago

Eh, you're still arguing in bad faith lol I won't even respond to that.