The journey of man from life -threatening crash to sobriety inspires changes in San Antonios aggressive driving culture

SAN ANTONIO – Colten Bonk feel like a life for four years, but his life could not be more different.

“I didn't think at that time. Everything I could think about was to get the next in me,” said Bonk. “I got sober when I was 23.”

But before that, Bonk fell a serious crash.

“I did a high -speed hunt,” he said. “I crashed my truck with 77 or 78 (MPH). I didn't wore my seat belt and put my face in my windshield. I opened my head, three bones in my throat, all my ribs, my sternum and my shoulder blade broken.”

He suffered a brain injury in the stage three and was in a coma for 11 days. It happened after driving drunk and became aggressive behind the steering wheel.

Now Bonk is sober for almost four years. He has Bridge Solutions sober Living.

Bonk's history is just one of thousands in San Antonio. He announced it to change the statistics for aggressive driving in front of one of the most wrong travel weekends of the year.

“Road Rage is really a serious problem of the community,” said Dr. Yufang Jin, professor at the University of Texas in San Antonio.

Jin works with a non -profit organization entitled “Community Alliance of Traffic Safety” to find solutions for aggressive driving.

The organization said that street rage in San Antonio saw an upward trend. Dean Desoto is the managing director of the organization.

“It is now very dangerous on our streets,” said Desoto. “This is the deadliest season for drunk and traffic accidents.”

Utsa and the organization carried out a survey to measure Bexar County's street breed. Preliminary results of customers of the Community Alliance of Traffic Safety showed that 68% of people had problems with frustration or fear, and 21% had earlier problems with alcohol or drugs.

The survey shows that only 47% of the people surveyed identified as aggressive drivers.

“We have a massive problem of accountability,” said Bonk.

The organization said most of the street rage takes place in construction zones and near motorway fusions. However, Desoto said that aggressive driving is spreading in small cities.

His warning to driver this weekend is widespread.

“I would avoid being confronted with this memorial day weekend at all costs,” said Desoto.

To read the solutions where the organization and the UTSA work to fix Road Rage, click here.

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