Agreed, on all points.
Jill was in front of Brandon and kept riding, at speed, while turning to the right.
Brandon needed to turn right to avoid running into the crowd. He was apparently distracted by the sight of the people and the noise of people clapping and greeting him. For no apparent reason, he kept going straight instead of turning. He had yo stop to avoid crashing into the assembled crowd, which was just standing there. Thank heavens he at least knew to stop, even if he didn’t know what to do after he stopped.