Wow, I have no sympathy for that driver. The sleazy beginning of that article, which glosses over the difference between drinking and drunk driving. If she doesn't like her passengers or what she's enabling, she should stop doing it.
A lot of people do things they feel conflicted about, usually because they need the money but sometimes also because they aren't sure if what they're doing is beneficial or detrimental to society on average. Those people's stories are worth sharing I think. If you don't think they're interesting, that's fine too.
The author is male, FYI.
The author of the article is called Peter Jakubowicz, so unlikely to be a "she".
"That hadn’t happened to me, but maybe it would be less likely for male drivers."
His chosen gender is male.
You can read that sentence to both confirm and oppose the writer being male, FYI. Both 'like me' and 'unlike me' can be implied. You need more data than that sentence.