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?

A parked two ton machine vehicle.

Illegal to use on the road or pavement, illegal to use by anyone this young, illegal to use without a helmet. And, riding it an night wearing black clothes?...Seriously, her parents have too many kids?...

@KvotheTheBloodless no, I saw it. Illegal scooter and no helmet doesn't exactly scream well brought up child does it?

What really annoys me is that its possible to buy these scooters despite them not being road legal in the UK

If it was a pony, we would have said she was "over-horsed".... It looked a bit big for her as well, so no wonder she couldn't truly handle it, except in straightlinefast mode. I would not have liked it to actually hit my leg as I got out of the car, especially with her still on it.

Agreed.

It's a sign of a parent without any intelligence or care for their child

Yep I thought the same. Pre emptive posting.

Lovemypiano My dash cam is supposed to record impacts even when the key is out; I might check - as now I am worried about the Police

Have you checked your cam yet?

Advanced staying still

Two tons moving (and all that that means) vs. two tons stationary are still two different things in terms of danger though. The main thing that was moving was the scooter with a kid on it (and she is not a delicate child).
Would you like THAT hitting your knee and crushing it into a car door?
My car is also not a tank, but the door did not give way or get damaged....
Her falling was the better outcome, even for her, I think - as there is a very very rigid Bus Stop pole on the other side of the pavement to where I parked.

tough, shouldnt have been using it !

Can't find the data cable... still looking.

Agreed. Child should not be on an escooter. It's a profoundly stupid thing to buy for a child.

Mind you, they did not make allowances for these things in the course/test - should imagine they do now. But generally, anything around you when driving, should be considered a Hazard. (Before anyone says, she appeared at speed and in a place she was not expected to be...)

...is the correct answer.

@LoveMyPiano your car shouldn't be parked on the same side as oncoming traffic.

Seriously you are now reaching. If you hit a child with a metal door she is going to come off with potentially life altering injuries because you didn't have the cop on to look properly,! She didn't buy the scooter that's on her parents.

But you are not coming across as well as you seem to believe!

The child was NOT hit with a metal door - her scooter hit the door, she fell off.
I am sure she has fallen over plenty of times, if anything, the door slowed her down!
And I did "cop on" to look properly. She should not have been where she was really.

The whole thing is you can park correctly look correctly and still be caught out because of the speed at which e scooters come along a pavement - they are dangerous and not allowed - precisely for this reason (amongst others) this isn’t hitting a oedistroan or even a cyclist

Really this is where the supervising parents step in?

And the protective gear she’s wearing comes into play?

And the laws regarding motorised vehicles kick in?

None of this is on the OP. The parents should’ve been watching.

True - but also, imagine a passenger having got out, and not checked the mirror though (I don't imagine my elderly mother would, as she has never driven and does not understand - or care about - cars at all).

as a cyclist and yes they should not be on the pavement but i do wish drivers would use their mirrors first to see if anything is oncoming then if after that an accident happens you can say you looked etc as ive had it on the road side, car driver suddendly opens door fully wide and as a cylist i was taking it steady and its like omg , wheres your road sense especially from drivers when its daylight

Try giving that response to the police when they visit you. You have committed a road traffic offence.

for the uk unless its changed : According to Rule 248 of the Highway Code you MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space. “Parking on the wrong side of the road at night can lead to heavy fines,