Electric scooter kid went flying after hitting my car door

[LoveMyPiano]

I was just about to get out of my car - door opening onto the pavement - this afternoon, not dark by any stretch of the imagination, although the car door does have a light that stays on even when ignition off.
I had seen a girl (I think I know her, she's 8 or 9) go zooming past "up" the road - wearing black, on her no-doubt Christmas present, large electric scooter.
I pushed the door open, not fully, an was about to get out when I heard a skidding sound and she hit the car door and went flying onto the ground.
When I look afterwards, the tyre marks were about 2/3 of the way across the pavement, closer to my car. Had the door been fully opened, it would have been badly damaged, I think - or she might have been.
She rolled on the ground but didn't hit her head (no helmet) and seemed to want to check her scooter thoroughly herself.

I didn't say sorry - more like "Oh God!" - and checked she was OK, briefly saying that she was very difficult to see, but that's all, even though I think a whole lot more.
This will no doubt come back to me as "she was knocked off her scooter by that woman up the road" etc - but AIBU to think it was her own fault, even allowing for the fact she is a young child?

Although I would never have given such a dangerous toy to my DDs, if they had had an accident involving hurting themselves, yes I would have gone and checked it out.

** But I do wish you hadn't goaded me into saying it. It seems as though you think that I am lesser than you.

I don't think I'm better than anyone I just don't agree with you.

How is "not being delicate" offensive; she really is quite robustly built, so my fears of immense damage were less. That is not insulting at all.

I used the word pudgy after being goaded I admit.. But they are pudgy faces - and even that is not truly offensive. And believe me, some of these kids have been rude enough to deserve it.

I am not remotely troubled by your children not wanting to bother with me.... should I be? (you are just words on a screen, as am I... there's not really a need for you to be so personal to me, for God's sake)

How, in this situation? (IF the kid was not the one I thought and therefore didn't know where I lived...)
And, why? To accuse me of something?

Your prerogative.... but you are going a step over simply disagreeing, don't you think?

@LoveMyPiano Do the parents of the toddler that runs out to the pavement know that feral kids are riding illegal scooters too fast on the pavement?

I would hope so.... But I can't be sure.
I can't bear to think of an incident involving her; they don't have a gate and she does run out sometimes. There would be no advance warning for someone on a scooter, whatever their age. So scary.

You opened the door onto her. You HIT her. Stop making excuses.

A child doesn’t deserve to be called any names by an adult! You truly are something OP.

Bit too close to saying Sorry though - which could be seen as admitting fault.

Jesus, I reckon the scooter is more human than you.

What an arsehole you are.

I'm talking Technically.... have you never been involved in any kind of insurance claim?
But true enough, my humanity has diminished out of necessity, and cannot be recalled in an instant, it seems.

Where have I called her "names"...?

They behave like brats most of the time (now, there's a name-calling moment I freely admit); I find it difficult to summon up my supressed kind heart in a nanosecond for a child who I believed to have been incredibly rude and offensive only a short time ago. Of course - as they say - YMMV.

Facts.

Your posts mentioned my children first.
Your posts have stated disgusting comments about a child believed to be 8 or less.
You really need to go lol in a mirror and figure out what on earth type of adults talk about children like that. Because that is not normal nor acceptable.

Goodbye, hopefully the more disgusting comments you made will be deleted soon.

I should have said , "any children you may have"; what I said was hardly a pointed insult at your specific children.... but you did rather take the baton and run with it. As for "disgusting" - oh, please...
Aren't most on here "Mums"...? I am -- and my children are Angels! (One literally is, and the other is a professional medical "angel".)
Maybe you have a sheltered life - and I definitely (and unfortunately) don't - in which children come in all shapes and sizes (just a saying!!)... and a full spectrum of characters - and some. are rude and nasty and unkind to adult strangers. Ergo - Brats.

No I didn't. She hit the car door if anything...

You continue to show such anger at an innocent child. I am not engaging with you anymore, to say it is unpleasant to imagine adults walking around thinking like this is an understatement. Stop @ me please.

I'm not even angry. I think you are though.
Bye then.

In France these are legal but minimum age 14, helmet required, can’t be ridden or parked on the pavement, can’t be ridden while using a phone or wearing head phones or drunk or drugged, can be parked only in specific bays, only one rider at a time, and there’s a speed limit.

Whoever bought the gift for the child is an idiot!

Did you really not offer her a lift home or something?

Would you really put an unknown 8y child into,your car and drive them somewhere?
Not a chance unless it was a dire emergency - not many people would do that imo. You'd be putting yourself at risk of being accused of all manner of stuff!

Thank god the car door was undamaged 🤓

Accidents do happen but think it might have been worth a call to 101 to report, in case anything further did come of it.

Depend on where you live, but they might get Police Community Worker to patrol that area for a bit to try and deter electric scooters usage.

I personally have never said that, and has never been the focus of this discussion - which has descended into my perceived "disgusting and uncaring" response at the time, and opinion of some of the children I have met around here - including this one I think.
I AM surprised that it wasn't though - but didn't even look at it until about 10 minutes after.
It certainly would have been damaged if it had been fully open, as the force from the speed and weight of scooter and child combined, probably 40kg (?) would have been a test to the hinges - and would no doubt have injured me had I had any body part in the way, .It also would have been damaged if she had been coming toward the outer side, which people seem to think is what happened (??)

Hardly a full blown Accident though ---
and who has time to spend on Hold for hours?
Waiting for a call back from the Legal Advice I have with the AA before I tell anyone "officially".

If AA are going to provide you with advice then why did you post on here for random armchair opinions?

You come across as goady and I’m not sure that you are genuine.

Speaking as someone who knocked a child over two years ago, I know that sometimes pedestrians (in various guises) have a high accountability for their part in accidents involving cars. Their behaviour can be stressful, and, unless an incident actually comes to pass, are a complete nuisance to say the least. But if you’d seen a child hurt in front of you especially if you had had some involvement you’d stop seeing that child as feral or pudgy or a nuisance. You’d stop seeing the ‘them’ and the ‘us’. You’d see that they were a human and your own humanity would be revealed to you.

Either this incident did not happen to you at all or you are hiding from yourself.