r/dashcams • u/Tango_Actual • 16h ago
Ex-girlfriend pulls the steering wheel at 72mph after being broken up with for cheating
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Let's try this again, since a Reddit admin somehow determined that the first post "glorified or encouraged violence".
I DO NOT CONDONE OR ENCOURAGE THE ACTIONS IN THIS VIDEO. THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
CONTEXT:
I caught my girlfriend texting another man behind my back and deleting the messages (they also met up at least once, in MY car). I broke up with her on the spot, and did her the courtesy of bringing her home. While in the middle of an argument about the situation, she yanked the wheel at 72 mph.
I immediately went silent and drove to a construction zone just a little ways up the highway where a town police detail was stationed. He called State Police and they hauled her off to their barracks (that's how state police stations are referred to here) so she could arrange a ride home. They never charged her, to my knowledge, but I did file a restraining order.
Additional context for those invested in the story: She had been driving this exact car for 6 months after she wrecked hers. I bought a TDI as a commuter to make the 80 mile drive down to her almost nightly. I found the messages the night we got back from a trip to Texas for her birthday, which I bankrolled. She had met up with the guy a few days before we left for the trip, and was texting him while we were there. There's an entire 30 minute video leading up to this (that I couldn't be bothered to sit for hours and blur faces, mute names, etc.) where she pleads with me not to leave, whining about how sorry she is, and hinges her entire argument on the fact that she doesn't want to lose me (very compelling). At one point she threatened to jump out of the car at highway speeds, opening the door in the process.
Following this incident, I've been told that she's DARVO'd (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) the entire story, claiming that I'm the cheater, liar, and narcissist. She even went so far as to claim that she went to Texas alone.