Anger is a volatile and negative emotion. It tends to cloud your judgment and have you do that which you would never attempt when in a rational mood. Anger does not mix very well with a task like driving either, and it becomes potentially deadly when alcohol is involved in the mix as well. ap1willie, a member of the Florida S2000 owners community, recently was involved in a wreck that involved anger and impaired judgment.
Per johny_tron, a fellow forum member, “One of my best friends,ap1willie, totaled his S2000 Friday night. He was celebrating his 24th birthday Friday night and got into an argument with someone. He left the party pretty angry and was doing over 100mph. He fell asleep at the wheel, went off the road and hit a small dip which caused him to get completely airborne. The car flew over a 2 lane road and went through the roof of a garage, landed on the roof of the car parked inside, and pushed it into the back wall of the garage. The family inside the house said he got out of the car, took 2 steps and then fell over and passed out. The ambulance took him to South Seminole Hospital and was then transported via helicopter to ORMC. He severed the tendon in his left index finger, broke almost all of his ribs, punctured a lung, and fractured several vertebrae and disks in his spine. Today he is having surgery to repair the tendon in his finger. He will later need surgery to repair the damage done to his spine. He has feeling in his legs and feet and it looks like he should still be able to walk again. He is going to have a long, hard road ahead of him with physical therapy and rehab. I thank God that he wasn’t killed. I visited him in the hospital yesterday. He is talking and acts the same. There doesn’t seem to be any brain damage. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. If anyone wants to visit him in the hospital let me know and I’ll provide you with the information. I’ll be visiting him regularly for a while so I’ll give him a message from you guys if you aren’t able to see him at ORMC. Let’s all continue to pray for him and hope that God provides a safe and healthy recovery.”
Please send your best wishes to ap1willie for a speedy recovery. Had he known how his 24th birthday celebration would end, we are sure he would have avoided drinking or driving.
Keep in mind always that arguments with friends, your spouse, a girlfriend or anyone for that matter are just minor blips in the course of life and will fade to insignificance as time goes by. They must never interfere with the concentration and focus your S2000 demands. And, while some may think the S2000 goes very well with a couple of shots, we want them to know that they may not be as lucky as ap1willie and just become another statistic in a national database somewhere.
- Your Editorial Team (HondaGal, energetic, JulieU, Onehots2k, GavinssAP1, A2)
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on Mar 23rd, 2011 at 4:41 pm
ouch. glad he is okay. we have all done something stupid and most close to and above the legal drinking age (regardless of whether they would EVER admit it) have made the same bad decision.
everyone involved should be thankful no one else was hurt and especially no one else was killed.
on Mar 23rd, 2011 at 5:24 pm
pics or it never happened
on Mar 23rd, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I’ll keep him in my prayers. Get well soon!
on Mar 23rd, 2011 at 8:04 pm
On a serious note, this sucks. I hope he fully recovers and thank god he didnt end up killed.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 12:11 am
I’m glad that he’s going to make it, and I wish him the best. A valuable lesson can certainly be learned from this harsh and painful story.
However, I’m not sure how tasteful it is to publish this man’s story in such detail. The fault of the accident lies solely on his bad judgment. This leaves him in a position to be judged and criticized openly on the internet, and I feel like he’s been through enough. I don’t know the background of the story, or if he wanted his friend to publicize his story as a lesson to others out there, but I can’t help but feel bad that this man will most certainly be the subject of some harsh criticism out there. Perhaps he does deserve it, but I’m sure he’s going through hard enough times as is. I hope that others can learn from his mistakes, but refrain from ill will towards him. I’m just glad that no one else was injured, and hope he will make a full recovery.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 5:31 am
@failwheeldrive – You make a good point. But your comment appears to be more relevant to the thread, than here on the front page, which contains an edited version.
I agree it is very distasteful to publish all the gory details. But if it keeps someone from making a mistake and think twice before they do something, then we will have achieved our purpose. Our objective is to ensure that people are in good shape to drive whether they be alcoholics or diabetics is another matter. We care about our members survival and for that we have no apology to offer.
Your comment here will be edited and if you wish you may post a more detailed response on the thread his friend started.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 6:54 am
I just turned 24 today. Scary story. May he recover fully and soon. Don’t drink and drive, fellas. Stewie’s ornery when the requisite amount of respect ain’t been given.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 8:20 am
Hope he has a full and complete recovery.
PLEASE don’t drink and drive! If that posting, no matter how graphic, stops
ONE person from getting behind the wheel of a car drunk, then it was worth it.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 11:47 am
The best thing my car has done for me is it prevents me from drinking and driving!
Like most have done, I would have some drinks and drive home…. never a drink and drive around all night from bar to bar kinda guy, just one of those guys that wasn’t hammered but I’m sure over the legal limit that would seldom drive home drunk.
My S2000 put a stop to that!!!!!!!!!!
#1 its a attention magnet and I get pulled over at least once a month in this small city ( for no front license plate, to laud of exhaust, window tint, music, wheels stick out to far with out mudflaps, ect.)
#2 I love this car and my hobby is cars so I would cry if something happened to it or my license.
#3 The money spent on a DUI would be much rather spent on my car!
#4 oh and lets not forget the moral reasons… my life! or a family of 5 traveling in a mini van.
Good luck with the recovery and godspeed.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
I’m glad the family on the receiving end of this irresponsible act were not physically injured – and I pray their losses are quickly recovered.
I’m glad the individual wasn’t killed in this mishap – and I’ll pray he’ll both fully recover from his injuries – but more importantly, he learns a valuable lesson from his irresponsible acts. He could have very well killed others. He is not a victim in this – he was the sole cause, and I frankly have no sympathy for him.
Driving a vehicle is a privilege – not a right. Part of the privilege is earned through responsible action. Being drunk and angry is not an excuse for such asinine behavior – and is as irresponsible as it gets.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
He is in my prayers and I’m very sorry this had to happen to anybody, but an S2Ki member at that. I know how anger can mess up ones judgement and will force them to do stupid things. Anger added with alcohol can be deadly. Thank God in this case it wasn’t. Wish him a healthy recovery and best wishes.
on Mar 24th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
I believes this guy got what he deserved. Thankfully nobody else was injured or killed. Only people I feel bad for are the unfortunate folks that had their garage and other car damaged. Thanks to a drunk driver, my best friend was killed and I now walk with a permanent limp.
on Mar 27th, 2011 at 11:28 am
The point is not to drink and drive in the first place.
Will I pray for his recovery….with out a doubt.
Do I hope he learned his lesson…I pray to God he did.
Do I feel bad for him….not at all. To say had he know he would have acted differently is ridiculous. Drunk driving is a despicable act and I really don’t have any compassion for someone who engages in that activity.
on Mar 28th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Way to edit my comments and the article with out even mentioning how stupid it sounded talking about “had he know what would happen he wouldn’t have been drinking and driving.
For real?
on Mar 28th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Seems like the focus here ought to be on the alcohol, and not the “anger.”