My thoughts. Getting a DUI this early in his life is a bad sign. Even if you drink and drive, the odds are low of getting caught, so I have to assume he has done this many times. Sure scouts will too. I hate if for him, but if he has sense and is not a Johnny type, he will learn and move on.
1) Nobody is saying he shouldn't be penalized - he undoubtedly will.
.This is in a vacuum, I have above average coordination, heck I was in the drumline at Bama. I could drive with 4 beers paying attention to the road much easier than trying to text. Both are horrible, but texting and driving is the next frontier to prevent. You cannot drive an text, it is doom and imo, only beaten out by stone arse drunk on the road.
I travel a lot because of medical appointments and My wife and see it all the time. The car in front of us is on the yellow line, then on the white line, weaving back and forth. One of us will say "texting" and sure enough we get to see them looking at their phone as we pass. We usually pass when they are on the edge of the road instead riding the middle line. We have all seen cars run off the road because of this, I am sure.
Yup the worst that will happen is you will get over-charged. Avoiding a DUI? Worth it.
BTDT... (Lived thru it)
I drove a cab back in the mid 1970's in and around the Columbus/Ft Benninng (GA)/Phenix City AL area. I don't disagree that there are some cabbies in certain areas who won't hesitate to "take you for a ride". At the same time though, I found that the greatest majority of cabbies took that job solely as a means of supporting themselves and their families. I'd be willing to bet that for every dishonest cabbie you find, there are ten other people who wouldn't think twice before robbing or even killing him/her for what little cash they may be carrying.
