After borrowing his partner’s car to run some errands in town, a Washington man was caught breaking the law while he was out and about. In a post on r/mildlyinfuriating, the partner alleges their boyfriend had gone 98 mph in their Lincoln Town Car, almost 20 mph over the speed limit for rural highways, according to WMST. While thousands were concerned about someone breaking the law for a “joyride,” others were appalled by the partner’s monitoring of their boyfriend.
Reddit user DavidRichter0 alleges they take “extreme care” of their cars and made it clear to their boyfriend not to be reckless. “Instead, he decided to endanger other people’s lives, my car’s health, his own life, and to take it up to 98mph, god knows where,” they remark.
They continued, pointing out how going that fast is a “complete disregard for other people’s safety and their wishes,” not to mention it’s a Lincoln, not a sports car. “There shouldn’t have been any temptation to ever get up that fast that I could excuse,” they concluded. Thousands of people agreed that things could have gotten ugly at such a high speed.
“Lincoln Town Cars are definitely scary at anything close to freeway speeds. It’s basically a sofa on wheels,” says one person, implying how much risk the man was taking. “Are we going to talk about 13 instances of being on the phone while driving?” questioned another comment. “If he doesn’t have a car of his own, then this is probably why,” remarked a third.
Thousands of Users Were Also Upset the Boyfriend Was Being Tracked
Besides driving at illegal speeds, plenty of other Redditors criticized DavidRichter0 for using the app that informed them about their boyfriend’s traffic infraction. “I couldn’t continue a relationship that had enough of this kind of distrust to require either partner agreeing to be spied on,” said a user. “What in the dystopian [expletive] is this app? People are insane,” exclaimed a second.
Trust issues aside, OP and their boyfriend are likely going to have a stern talk about lending their car in the future. As one person says, “98 mph is not a joyride,” and even OP agrees, calling it “irresponsible driving.”
