>> (my reply)
>>
>> Hey, you just reminded me of something. When I was 16-18 (the age of the
>> teens in this story), I had to work after school. We had no bus service
>> in
>> my school district at all, BUT, if we did, and a judge had ordered me to
>> ride the bus, I would have been FIRED shortly afterward for being late to
>> work. I wouldn't have minded too much having to ride the bus, but I
>> simply
>> wouldn't have had time to ride the bus.
>>
>> Surely ordering someone to quit their job, or causing them to be fired,
>> for
>> a minor traffic infraction, is not an appropriate punishment. -Dave
>
> A license suspension would have the same effect, so what's the big deal ?
>
> Graham

A teen with a suspended license can get a ride to work. A teen forced to
ride the bus is essentially kidnapped and/or arrested, as they have no
freedom of movement until they arrive at their bus stop, sometime after they
should have been at work. -Dave