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The parent didn't say that he is imagining anything. Read the post again. They are saying that based on the information in the NYT article it does not seem cre

The parent didn't say that he is imagining anything. Read the post again. They are saying that based on the information in the NYT article it does not seem credible that the woman came out of nowhere, that there was no time to react, and that the first thing the driver noticed was the sound of hitting the woman before even seeing her. The driver is a party in this story and may well be at fault for causing her death.

jack9 9y ago
> It's very hard to imagine a scenario in which a 49-year-old woman walking her bike manages to cross 3 lanes of traffic so quickly that the Uber AV, moving at 40 mph, had no time to react, in a location with good street lighting and with clear weather Explaining the imagining, is the salient issue. > The parent didn't say that he is imagining anything Splitting hairs over the phrasing is not compelling. The poster was proposing a scenario as the most reasonable interpretation while couching it to minimize criticism (the equivalent of the "just sayin" trope). The premise is flawed. It never sounded reasonable to assume the pedestrian did not see the vehicle at all. I can imagine a perfectly reasonable scenario where the pedestrian tried (and failed) to clear the vehicular path before being struck on the attempted destination side of the road.
- shanghaiaway 9y ago
  I'm not splitting hairs. The person I replied to, and you, are splitting hairs.
- danso 9y ago
  Sincere question: how did I couch it to minimize criticism? And I don't know exactly what the "just sayin" trope is, is it this one: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just%20saying https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just%20sayin... Not sure how it applies. But anyway, in my defense, I didn't say that I was imagining scenarios. I said the exact opposite, that I could not (or, it was "very hard to") imagine a scenario in which someone crossing left-to-right is mostly unseen by a right-lane driver. By saying I can't imagine, I'm limiting myself to my own experience and observations.

jack9 9y ago

> It's very hard to imagine a scenario in which a 49-year-old woman walking her bike manages to cross 3 lanes of traffic so quickly that the Uber AV, moving at 40 mph, had no time to react, in a location with good street lighting and with clear weather Explaining the imagining, is the salient issue. > The parent didn't say that he is imagining anything Splitting hairs over the phrasing is not compelling. The poster was proposing a scenario as the most reasonable interpretation while couching it to minimize criticism (the equivalent of the "just sayin" trope). The premise is flawed. It never sounded reasonable to assume the pedestrian did not see the vehicle at all. I can imagine a perfectly reasonable scenario where the pedestrian tried (and failed) to clear the vehicular path before being struck on the attempted destination side of the road.

shanghaiaway 9y ago
I'm not splitting hairs. The person I replied to, and you, are splitting hairs.
danso 9y ago
Sincere question: how did I couch it to minimize criticism? And I don't know exactly what the "just sayin" trope is, is it this one: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just%20saying https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just%20sayin... Not sure how it applies. But anyway, in my defense, I didn't say that I was imagining scenarios. I said the exact opposite, that I could not (or, it was "very hard to") imagine a scenario in which someone crossing left-to-right is mostly unseen by a right-lane driver. By saying I can't imagine, I'm limiting myself to my own experience and observations.