[Olorin]

One thing to note about the car ad: it never identified the kid or family involved. I'm sure that some of the kids friends could have pieced together that it was him because it was for a make/model car that he was suddenly not driving anymore. But it didn't mean that everyone who read the newspaper knew that Billy Smith was getting his car taken away.

I still think that running the ad an extra week was a bit much.

Overall, though, I'd have to say I support the punishment. If it were a younger kid, justing taking away driving privileges for a month or two may have been appropriate, but for a 19 year old, selling the car is fine. Remember that even if the kid was telling the truth about it being a passenger drinking in the car, had they gotten pulled over, he still would have been in big trouble for having an open container in the car.

When I have kids, if I provide them with a car, and then find out that they are breaking the law with it (DUI, open containers, drag racing, reckless driving, etc.), yes, I'll take it back. I'm not talking about driving 65 in a 55 mph zone, but if they are risking jail time while driving, why should I provide the means?