Shame on you for putting your misguided idea of patriotism ahead of the welfare of a fellow human being (“Help American vehicles,” Sound Off, Feb. 1-7)! Can you tell as you pass that foreign branded vehicle in distress if it was actually made overseas or if it was made here in the U.S.? Many foreign automobile makers have manufacturing facilities right here on our own soil, and many “American made” automobile makers have facilities that are not here in the U.S. I’m wondering if you were in the party that left the couple still stranded in a ditch. Does it make you feel like a “better American” to know that you could help someone in a time of need but choose not to? If you are ever stuck on the side of the road and happen to see me in an (American made) Subaru whizzing on past, just think of it as a return of your conditional kindness. Oh, no wait, I would stop if I thought I could help...regardless of the vehicle you are driving.