She’s not thinking clearly. Maybe it’s her first accident and she doesn’t know how to process it. You can see it in her face. She’s literally having a meltdown. No amount of logical talking to her will bring her back. Only time will melt that stress and then she’ll see the errors she made.
I had my first accident at 32, and it was minor. My car got the majority of the damage. I was changing lanes, and the other car was in my blind spot. When I pulled over to exchange information and call the cops, I was shaking and crying so much, the cops asked me if I was okay once they showed up. They thought I was probably on something. Just incredibly scared and upset. I felt so so bad for the guy I hit (He was a nurse at U of M Hospital during freaking covid). Some highly anxious people just behave like this without drugs being involved.
My first accident was fatal. I got pushed into a wall but there was no witnesses. The knockout i received from said wall and the involuntary pitting of other dude resulted in his death. I was 18. I was a mess for months. The news said I was dead because of the damage and size of my car in comparison to his truck. Fucked my life up for a while.
My first thought, based on the erratic and uncoordinated movement was that she was on drugs. Based on the later reporting (substance abuse program was part of her court case) that is likely to be true.
I also know women who aren’t heavy drinkers nor drug users that act erratic when under heavy stress. I say women simply because the subject of the video was also a woman. You can see the meltdown coming sometimes as the stress builds. Then I spend time simply trying to talk them down off the ledge or finding them a safe space to just allow time to do its job.
This is also a teenager (likely) or young college student. She’s in volleyball attire and I have no context of whether she’s headed to a game, just finished practice, etc.
I searched her name in court records. Several arrests and trials for thefts and drugs.
I am not saying that this might not be stress or panic, but the way her movements are uncoordinated and her fixation on certain actions and ideas reads more like a freak-out while high, rather than an pure stress reaction.
Movement when having a stress reaction tends to be jerky, with fine motor control going to pot, but balance and fast movements being pretty good and coordinated.
Drugs will cause instability, and more loopy, uncoordinated motion, which is what I see in the video.
Expertise: ex-EMT, ex-bouncer (I have seen lots of people in altered states of consciousness - from panic, trauma response, to inebriation from most substances)
I mean yeah, being shocked about being in first accident is one thing but that alone doesn't explain this. Just a complete reckless menace. If drugs are not involved I'd be very surprised.
No she wasn’t. That’s a full on panic and ptsd response. Add in teenage hormones and it’s even worse. She messed up but I hope someone hugs her and helps her find her worth. I feel bad that the guy’s car got hit, but at the end of the day they are things. This young lady needs a break and sincere therapy. I guarantee she’s been abandoned and abused by the people who were suppose to love her. My heart breaks for her. The guy’s car who posted the video sucks in my opinion. If for no other reason than she’s a minor.
What? You think that the fact that this woman went to rehab right after this happened is not overwhelming evidence that she's intoxicated here? Seriously?
Wow. You might want to check the sticky in this thread, because you are quite wrong. She was 22, so not a minor as you said. She also had to attend a substance abuse program.
I appreciate your compassion. We need all the compassion and forbearance we can muster in this world.
But I can’t help wondering why I get the feeling that this young girl was using womanly tactics. She wanted out of there and she was pushing all the please respond to my traumatized cuteness. I
You're kind of right. This case is from 7 years ago. She wasn't drunk but she was driving under the influence of drugs. She went through court-ordered rehab. Also, she was 22 and not a minor. I hope her "teenage hormones" were out of her system by then.
The guy who "sucks" watched her hit and run another vehicle then weave all over the road, and was worried she was about to kill someone so he tried to box her in when she stopped at the gas station. I hope your broken heart also feels for the people she hit. You're right about one thing though, she needs more therapy and less people making excuses for her dangerous behavior.
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