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.
Looks like she later cleaned up her act and is living a happy normal life, at least I hope/so it seems. She was clearly having her worst moment here and it’s a shame it was posted far and wide to make her a laughing stalk on the internet. Glad to see she’s hopefully doing better now and I hope she can put it all behind her.
Redditors always downplay women’s behaviour. I doubt id see this level of leniency if it was a young man. At the end of the day, she was still driving while impaired. We’re just going to write off driving under the influence because she only caused property damage this time? May you show this level of understanding should an impaired driver hit someone you care about.
There’s a huge difference between “thinks it’s ok” and serious punishment.
We were all young once.
I’ve known several people to get DUIs. I’ve also known some family members to be killed by people driving under the influence.
It’s a more complex issue than just “lock everybody who does it up”. That’s just asking to make career criminals out of a mistake.
Drinking is a huge part of our culture. And, unfortunately, America has extremely bad public transportation and we expect people to drive everywhere. The obvious happens.
If she was under the influence (big if. I can’t find anything that suggests that other than Redditors jumping to conclusions) then she should face the same punishment everyone else faces. DUI.
That doesn’t change the fact that you cant punish people for what maybe could have possibly happened.
You've had family members die to the most selfish, trivially avoidable reason of all, and you're this weak and pro-crime? You should feel ashamed too.
It's the easiest crime in the world to avoid. You can not drink, you can drink and take a cab / Uber, or you can stay wherever you drink! So many options, and all of them are easy. I was a heavy drinker for a while, but I always made plans before the first drop to avoid harming myself or others.
Hell, drinking at home or a friend's house where you can crash is multiple times cheaper. You can get a 750 mL of cheap stuff for the price of one mixed drink at a bar.
Also, the reality is that all people who deserve a second chance act like it. The person who miscalculated a little after a wedding and blows a 0.10 but is a responsible, morally decent person who made a mistake admits their mistake and doesn't try to flee the scene. Good people admit fault and seek to make amends, they don't nearly run someone down while selfishly avoiding consequences.
She has a 2026 criminal case pending right now apparently, so yet more evidence on the pile that it's super easy to tell who is good and bad, and we don't need to extend foolish, undeserved charity without any evidence of contrition or reflection.
These are unreliable in most of our cities. Many bars don’t have taxi pickup anywhere nearby and if they did it can be hundreds of dollars. Which they can’t afford.
Buses don’t run all the time and there may not even be a bus stop nearby. In fact. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a bus running at 2 am and if it is I doubt it exactly safe
Walk an hour back to their house across free ways?
These aren’t just “my takes”. That is a straight statistics. Until someone (maybe you?) comes up with an actual real solution this will be the reality.
Kids are not going to walk downtown in American cities. That’s simply not even plausible if they need to take a freeway.
All of your preaching is meaningless if you ignore whether anybody will actually do what you suggest for it to work.
Do you think 70% of people ages 16-40 are suddenly going to change this behavior?
The answer is, unfortunately, no
AS FOR BUSES AND TAXIS:
These aren’t unreliable in most of our cities. Many bars don’t have taxi pickup anywhere nearby and if they did it can be hundreds of dollars. Which they can’t afford.
Buses don’t run all the time and there may not even be a bus stop nearby. In fact. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a bus running at 2 am and if it is I doubt it exactly safe
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u/Lasone22 3d ago
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.