Harry Camp, 19, an apprentice engineer, put his foot down after getting annoyed at his then girlfriend’s choice of music, York Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Kelly Clarke said that Camp was driving a VW Golf and the woman was in the front passenger seat as they travelled from York to Malton on August 14 last year.
After turning off the A64 at Castle Howard onto Amotherby Lane, the victim put on some music which Camp said was “making him feel angry”.
He stepped on the accelerator and began driving “particularly fast”, or, as his now-ex-girlfriend described it, “like an idiot”.
Further along the single-track, narrow road, a female motorist travelling in the opposite direction saw Camp’s Volkswagen speeding towards her.
“The narrow road prevented her from going anywhere and she anticipated (Camp) would pull into the passing place just ahead of her,” added Ms Clarke.
“She stopped, but he continued driving directly towards her at speed.”
Despite there being “no room to do so”, Camp tried to drive around the woman’s vehicle and clipped the edge of the grass verge, causing his car to overturn.
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