# Lauren Scruggs walks into spinning aircraft prop **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777 "2011-12-13T23:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/41 "2011-12-15T12:53:20Z")
> [@Official Electronic Dance Music Thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-electronic-dance-music-thread/39971/127): > > :rofl at this post. Especially the last part. > > Sucks for the girl though…but hey… **at least she didn’t died** and only lost a hand. Could have been much much worse. I’m also glad she didn’t died. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/42 "2011-12-15T13:20:02Z")
Ilya, you drunk? ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/43 "2011-12-15T14:16:08Z")
That was on purpose…:facepalm. Kind of like those lolcat pics haha. :lol ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/44 "2011-12-15T17:04:25Z")
> [@Official Electronic Dance Music Thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-electronic-dance-music-thread/39971/127): > > :rofl at this post. Especially the last part. > > Sucks for the girl though…but hey… **at least she didn’t died** and only lost a hand. Could have been much much worse. right and btw she lost an eye too ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/45 "2011-12-15T21:32:26Z")
> [@To everyone who stopped by tonight after southgate. PICS page 2 and 6](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-everyone-who-stopped-by-tonight-after-southgate-pics-page-2-and-6/47264/21): > > exited the plane, engine still running. Apparently it was a “tourist” type flight to view christmas lights from altitude and they were changing passengers. ne article said she was walking around front to shake the pilots hand and well, boom. > > I can telly you that even with the maker tips, a spinning prop is hard to see even at idle and if you’re not accustomed to aircraft and have a brain fart you can get in the wrong place real quick. When I was flying quite often I was always nervous with people outside the cockpit and would always shut down if someone was approaching on the tarmac during preflight check and warmup. > > :shudders: Makes me wonder why they don’t paint the prop tips day-glow orange or something similar, it really can be difficult to see something spinning that fast. Really sucks for her, especially being a model. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/46 "2011-12-15T21:37:59Z")
> [@risk + simcity with a pinch of civilization for good measure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/risk-simcity-with-a-pinch-of-civilization-for-good-measure/46848/673): > > Call me what ever but I dont feel bad at all. > > Children at the age of 3 understand where ever the engine is located, is where the prop is. I would have to think an ADULT would understand this even more and not go even remotly close to the AREA in which the engine/prop is located on the plane! Common sense. > > Do you look down the barrel of a cannon? NO, you know what could be inside there and where it comes out!!! Dont go near it and you have a 100% chance of NOT getting your face smashed in with a cannon ball, or in this case lopping off your hand/almost your head! People loose fingers, eyes, limbs and lives constantly due to things like this, ‘common’ sense is not as common as one might think. Look at how many boards have threads about people losing fingers cleaning a motorcycle chain. Dimensions of the spinning prop are hard to gauge, and it can be almost invisible depending on the angle. A momentary distraction is all it takes. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/47 "2011-12-16T06:20:09Z")
> [@Who's got the Orange 350Z?!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-got-the-orange-350z/47289/24): > > People loose fingers, eyes, limbs and lives constantly due to things like this, ‘common’ sense is not as common as one might think. Look at how many boards have threads about people losing fingers cleaning a motorcycle chain. Dimensions of the spinning prop are hard to gauge, and it can be almost invisible depending on the angle. A momentary distraction is all it takes. No doubt. People make mistakes all the time, its a life lesson. And the dimensions are NOT hard to gauge. Look at the distance from the prop nut in the center to THE GROUND. It sure as hell isnt any longer than that!!! So if that distance is 8 feet, a min distance of 16 feet away gives you atleast an 8 foot buffer! It just befuddles me that the first thing just about EVERYONE who exits a plane like that looks for as they are walking through the door is WHERE IS THE DAMN PROP! Then where do I want to walk, and head far, far away from the prop! Its like being at the zoo, would you feel sorry for some moron that looses an hand becasue they put their hands next to the bars of the tiger cage??? Fuck no. Smart people would stay the fuck away! ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/48 "2011-12-16T07:00:12Z")
Wood your problem is you think everyone thinks with a mind like yours, that everyone has an engineers mind and thats just not the case. People dont look at everything and analyze every little thing, for some people thats just a shitty way to look at everything. What your definition of common sense is vs what most of the populations version on common sense are two different things. Chances are being who she was she never did anything technical, never dealt with any dirty hands on shit. Does that make her dumb or stupid? No, its how she was brought up can’t fault her for that, and with that being said to her a plane is a plane just like to most people, when she got out of it the last thing she was thinking of was the diemensions of the prop, she had a moment and even with the noise/wind probably just assumed it was because of the airport, probably distraced from the good time she just had. You seriously cannot fault/make fun of someone because they did not analyze 10 million things leading up to the event. People make mistakes, and overlook things that does not make them dumb… Actually pisses me off a bit that your so stubborn and think she deserves it or just dont feel bad or wahtever you said because she made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/49 "2011-12-16T07:03:03Z")
KK, you really think a model looks at everything in the world analytically? I tend to think it’s more along the lines of this [ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i\_5YBnQdac[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_5YBnQdac%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/50 "2011-12-16T07:33:20Z")
> [@WTB: SVO chassis](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-svo-chassis/47260/20): > > KK, you really think a model looks at everything in the world analytically? > > I tend to think it’s more along the lines of this > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i\_5YBnQdac](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_5YBnQdac) Jennas one smart mf’er actually. I think she has more “common sense” than I do! > [@Why quitting rules!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-quitting-rules/47292/21): > > Wood your problem is you think everyone thinks with a mind like yours, that everyone has an engineers mind and thats just not the case. People dont look at everything and analyze every little thing, for some people thats just a shitty way to look at everything. > > What your definition of common sense is vs what most of the populations version on common sense are two different things. > > Chances are being who she was she never did anything technical, never dealt with any dirty hands on shit. Does that make her dumb or stupid? No, its how she was brought up can’t fault her for that, and with that being said to her a plane is a plane just like to most people, when she got out of it the last thing she was thinking of was the diemensions of the prop, she had a moment and even with the noise/wind probably just assumed it was because of the airport, probably distraced from the good time she just had. > > You seriously cannot fault/make fun of someone because they did not analyze 10 million things leading up to the event. People make mistakes, and overlook things that does not make them dumb… Actually pisses me off a bit that your so stubborn and think she deserves it or just dont feel bad or wahtever you said because she made a mistake. I got technical with the prop dimensions. Because it was brought up as “hard to tell their size”. Not saying people need to analyze everything down to the pitch of a prop to understand it, all I am saying is its not hard at all to avoid walking into it if you can put two and two together. Its BIG (safty’s sake over estimate this one), its spinning REALLY FAST (dumb blonde might think oscillating fan in their house) and its attached to the wing. “I might not want to walk near the wing” is all that needed to go through their head to avoid this! Someone makes a mistake. lets say jambs their finger in the trunk after putting away a box full of new porno (just had a great time buying it, and cant wait to get home and watch it!) becasue they were not paying attention and were probably distracted from the good time they are about to have. Thats a dumb, but a no big deal mistake. Something to laugh about and feel a little sorry about. Somoone makes a mistake. Lets say they fall off a cliff, probably distracted from just banging this girl for the first time off in the woods next to a nature trail. Picture the walking path is 30 feet wide. If they were walking riiiiiiight next to the edge, and fell that’s pretty fucking stupid. Thats a dumb, fucking, mistake. NOT something to laugh about, and not something I would feel sorry about, since it could have been avoided by walking on the OPPOSITE side of the 30 foot wide trail!!! Fucking right I am stubborn! How hard is it for people to draw a line between an honest Opps and a “your a fucking moron for not thinking, Opps”. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/51 "2011-12-16T07:55:54Z")
> [@A history of suck... (awesome update post 99, then 134)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-history-of-suck-awesome-update-post-99-then-134/47278/75): > > Makes me wonder why they don’t paint the prop tips day-glow orange or something similar, it really can be difficult to see something spinning that fast. Really sucks for her, especially being a model. They do, it’s mandated by FAA that at least 5" of the tip on both faces be covered in a highly contrasting color, typically red, white, yellow, or orange. White is actually the easiest to see, especially at night. Still doesn’t mean you always see it. ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/52 "2011-12-16T09:16:10Z")
She was probably distracted. Or drunk. I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind making this mistake… Even @ idle, the prop generates a fair amount of thrust, a NOTICEABLE AMOUNT. The fact is, many people are oblivious to their surroundings (READ: too stupid to notice shit). Anyone with an IQ above that of a moldy sock should have enough common sense, awareness of surroundings, survival instinct, whatever you want to call it TO STAY THE FUCK OUT OF A SPINNING PROP. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/53 "2011-12-16T10:09:50Z")
the pussy’s still good to go amirite ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/54 "2011-12-16T10:52:16Z")
> [@NYSI second opinion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nysi-second-opinion/47294/5): > > She was probably distracted. Or drunk. I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind making this mistake… Even @ idle, the prop generates a fair amount of thrust, a NOTICEABLE AMOUNT. The fact is, many people are oblivious to their surroundings (READ: too stupid to notice shit). Anyone with an IQ above that of a moldy sock should have enough common sense, awareness of surroundings, survival instinct, whatever you want to call it TO STAY THE FUCK OUT OF A SPINNING PROP. So its JD + KK VS the world on this case I see. > [@Track prep for an Evo?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/track-prep-for-an-evo/47113/25): > > the pussy’s still good to go amirite :number1 ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/55 "2011-12-16T11:00:02Z")
> [@Do people who suck know that they suck?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-people-who-suck-know-that-they-suck/47288/38): > > So its JD + KK VS the world on this case I see. Nothing new. :lol ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/56 "2011-12-16T21:54:38Z")
and we are supposed to expect more than basic motor function who is a professional supermodel? they need breathing coaches for fuck’s sake. i mean im glad she didnt die, but seriously? it’s a goddamn airplane. it gets louder as you get closer to the spinny bit of it. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777/57 "2011-12-17T08:14:31Z")
this is worth still debating about [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lauren-scruggs-walks-into-spinning-aircraft-prop/261777.md?page=2)