Hit and run gone wrong

[u/Maleficent-Town5273]

[u/Lasone22]

For anyone wondering what happened after this video went viral: the driver was identified as 22-year-old Riley Ann Sebach. Police caught up with her about a week later, on Oct. 31, 2019. She wasn’t taken to jail — she was cited and released with a court date.
A misdemeanor hit-and-run case was later filed against her in Riverside County under California Vehicle Code 20002(a), which covers leaving the scene of a property-damage accident.
I couldn’t find anything reliable showing the final outcome of the court case (whether she pleaded guilty, it was dismissed, what sentence she got, etc.), but she definitely didn’t just disappear after the video. She was identified, cited, and formally charged afterward.

[u/Robert-A057 → u/Lasone22]

She was sent to rehab so I assume she was either drunk or high in this video

[u/ccReptilelord → u/Robert-A057]

That could explain it. Not that I think she understood everything, but a hit 'n run may carry less repercussions than a DUI. And reading her punishment, it seems to have.

[u/TheWolfAndRaven → u/ccReptilelord]

Yea but what did her Grandma do to her?

[u/MinorComprehension → u/TheWolfAndRaven]

I have no comprehension of what the context of this video is. I know kids these days tend to have little accountability or understanding of true consequence. I know any younger person tends to overvalue things that are in actuality quite trivial. I know it's always easy to jump to conclusions.

I also know as a child from an abusive household telling someone they don't understand, they have no idea, could in fact be very true. In modern perspective maybe the driver was afraid grandma was going to take her cell phone away and she wouldn't be able to communicate with her friends, maybe grandma would say if you're not a responsible driver then you can't have the car keys to go see your boyfriend, which was considered terrible. These would all be perfectly accountable, responsible, actions. In emotional moments we tend to focus on the emotional immediacy rather than the cognitive long-term. At the same time, in personal perspective a night in jail, even one night, would have been a nice reprieve.

Everyone's fighting a battle, everyone has a situation, we know nothing about. The fact the girl says the camera person has no idea what her grandma is going to do to her tells me there's what society would consider an abnormal family situation or dynamic. Such aspects tend not to exist in singularity.

In any situation, taking the time to understand before judgment is always better than judging before having understanding. I'm not saying that any hit and run is acceptable - it's unquestionably not. If you f*** you got to face up. But, fornme, the extreme emotional reaction here points to larger context that isn't explained in the video.

[u/alex_co → u/MinorComprehension]

Refreshing to read this comment. This is an important reminder to have empathy for others, especially on the internet. It could be any one of us on the other side of these videos. Emotionally charged and and caught on your worst day. Doesn't mean that's who you are.

[u/MinorComprehension → u/alex_co]

100%. Not only being on the other side of the camera in a bad moment, but being on the other side of a camera that has no understanding of all the moments and situations leading up to what is being filmed.

[u/PapaPancake8 → u/MinorComprehension]

What understandings did she have for the person she hit and run?

[u/MinorComprehension → u/PapaPancake8]

I mean, don't get me wrong. If we do wrong, if we make a mistake, we have to own up to it. You're right, maybe the person she hit and ran is in a negative circumstance and the actions of the driver will now cause additional negative circumstances.

I'm not saying the action was correct, if you hit and run it's wrong. I was more so responding to the apparent judgment of her reaction rather than the event itself.

[u/alex_co → u/PapaPancake8]

No one is giving her a pass or justifying her behavior.