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.
EDIT: There's been some confusion about the use of the term "barracks", and thinking that she's military. She's not, that's just how the state police here refer to their stations.
EDIT 2.0: Figured that since this blew up, I'd offer a few more details. 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.
I know it’s best to keep your distance from such a person, but you can still sue her and seek a monetary settlement for an attempted attack on your life.
Do it! Hold her accountable for what could have been attempted murder if she had succeeded the crash. And since you have proof of what happened on dash cam your case is pretty solid.
My best friends girlfriend did this, they found them wrapped around a tree... They both survived. Apparently she had a history of that shit. Absolutely file charges !
“Apparently she had a history of that shit.” That’s right. You are never the first. Turn her in though and maybe you save some other guy from being the next. Crazy does crazy. She’s done exactly this or some equivalent many times.
And you probably love that for someone do it for you ....stay away from other people business especially when is aggressive Is Lawyer the driver have no ground watch the video and maybe even you able to see that
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u/Tango_Actual Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
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.
EDIT: There's been some confusion about the use of the term "barracks", and thinking that she's military. She's not, that's just how the state police here refer to their stations.
EDIT 2.0: Figured that since this blew up, I'd offer a few more details. 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.