If there’s one definite thing you can say about Northeast Ohio, it’s that moms here have a startling habit of landing DUIs with their kids riding shotgun. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you have come across many a member of this shamed subset of shitheal. And now, we’ve come together here today to induct another member to those ranks.
Newsnet5 presents the details. Christina Dixon was driving near Crocker Park in early May when police noticed her car wobbling on the lanes, a course that eventually landed the Elyria mom on the tree lawn.
By now you can probably fill in the rest of the story yourself. When the police approached, they saw Dixon’s two young children in the car. After determining the driver was under the influence, she was arrested. The kids’ grandmother had to come to the station to get them. In addition to the drunk driving charge, Dixon was also hit for getting behind the wheel with a suspended license.
We’ve been pondering this brand of lowball crime for awhile now, and we think there needs to be additional punitive juice for the mommy-booze-behind-the-wheel situation. Anyone agree? Can we get a petition going or something?
This article appears in May 9-15, 2012.
Completely disgusting! As a mom of three I don’t even consume alcholic beverages in front of my children because I want to set a good example for them. As a victim of a drunk driver and speaker for MADD…I am just sickened. The unfortunate reality is that most victims of DUI that are under the age of 18…the offender was their own parent! I do not believe that she should maintain primary custody of her children!
Those Moms should have to attend parenting classes, alcohol education classes, go to at least 3 aa meetings a week and wear one of those ankle bracelets that can detect alcohol in the wearer for at least a year. Shameful!
What does anyone expect? heading back to Lorain County…Armpit of Ohio…
What’s the biggest city in West Virginia? Lorain, Ohio.
We have all had negative experiences with someone’s drunkeness and alcohol abuse–often our own. The disease is not good for anyone in any way, but understand that the culture here in America has smoking and drinking products available at every gas station and on every corner in most cities. This makes us weaker humans weaker. I am not making excuses for driving drunk with or without children in a car…but if everyone in America who has ever been under the influence while driving an automobile was put in jail, how many of us do you think would be left?