A 12-year-old passenger dialled 911 to report her drunk-driving mother as their car swerved down a New York state highway, her blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit, police said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100728/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_drunkdriver_mom
A 39-year-old Massachusetts woman with her two children in the back seat was charged with driving under the influence at a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday.
http://articles.courant.com/2010-07-26/community/hc-plainville-dui-arrests-0727-20100726_1_sobriety-checkpoint-seatbelt-driving
In an article titled The limits of multi-culturalism, Christina Patterson began by explaining how she would like to teach her neighbours some manners regarding road safety.
When I moved to Stamford Hill,... I didn't realise that a purchase by a goy was a crime to be punished with monosyllabic terseness, ... or that road signs, and parking restrictions, were for people who hadn't been chosen by God.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/christina-patterson/christina-patterson-the-limits-of-multiculturalism-2036861.html
The fact of the matter is that two people can commit the same felony or misdemeanor. When a pedestrian crosses the street when the light is red, nobody takes much notice. But, when a religious Jew does the same act, it becomes a chilul Hashem.
Breaking the law is a no no for everyone. But, we should pay attention to our actions, whether we double park or drive while talking on our cell phones. Because our actions can be used as fodder for articles in the Independent to denigrate a whole sector of people. But the actions of two mothers driving under the influence are not written up in an article to sully the reputation of all mothers.
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