I’m posting this ’cause it bothers me on so many levels…

By now I sure you’ve all heard/read about the 17 year old Bolingbrook teen who drove his SUV into an apartment in the middle of the night and killed the woman sleeping in her bed [if you’ve been under a rock, click here].  There are so many things wrong with this story that I wouldn’t even know how to list them:  teen is in this country illegally, but works part-time; doesn’t attend high school; doesn’t speak English; has no drivers license; had a blood alcohol level of .204.  If the car is his, how did a 17 year old come up with the cashola to buy this -I can’t even imagine a company loaning money to a 17 year old illegal who works part time (unless it’s a sub-prime car loan company).  And if the car wasn’t his, well, then, who loans a car to an unlicensed driver?  ’cause let’s face it, if you’re close enough to a person to loan out your car, you’re close enough to know the SOB doesn’t have a license.  Obviously there are even more things to get upset about but let’s start with those.

Where did he get the booze?  An alcohol level that high and he’s still able to walk, talk and drive?  Doesn’t that mean he drinks frequently and has a higher tolerance?  One glass of wine and I start yawning, so I’m maybe not the person to ask, but still… Isn’t there a curfew for those under 18?  And someone commented that you have to have a licensed driver with you if you’ve been driving less than a year, but if he never bothered with the license in the first place, that one’s out the window!

And his parents?  Don’t they have some responsibility for this?  Oh, wait, if he’s illegal, then his mother is possibly also illegal – but wait, she works for a hotel.  And some news articles mention the mother’s boyfriend.  So many questions, so few answers…