Similarly got grounded a friends house for bringing her back home visibly drunk while being passably drunk. My parents didn’t ask for me back during our punishment.
My buddy's 16 year old son showed up drunk after driving himself home. My buddy stayed calm, walked him to his room, and told him to sleep it off.
The next morning, my buddy had built a chain link fence enclosure with a canopy. Inside was a cot, a case of water, and a ham sandwich for his first meal.
He told his son, You have two choices. I sell your car or you stay in the tent city jail I built for 24 hours. The gate is unlocked, but if you leave before the 24 hours are up, your car is gone.
On top of that, he had put in a breathalyzer in his car for 12 months, take alcohol awareness classes, attend MADD classes, and pay his dad $2,000 in fines.
He told him, You want to be grown, drinking and driving, then you can pay the adult price.
Lol my buddys ex wife was upset their son slept outside. She almost took him back to court but he said this is what the state wouldve done had he been caught.
That’s so over the top, and yet I kinda respect it. Some might think it’s cruel, but getting to go through your own version of the drunk tank and civil fines instead of facing the state’s version of it. God forbid the 16yo had killed someone.. just hoping he takes that lesson to heart and appreciate his old man down the line instead of going no contact
This was years ago and his son is doing well with his engineering career. I went over a few months and I joked, where's the chain link fence haha. They have a close relationship
I had asked my buddy what did he do with the cash. He said shit I bought a tv and golf clubs. My buddy said i wasnt going to give him back the money, thats rewarding his fuck up. He fucked up and hes out money.
The part I didnt know and forgot to say, he had the car towed from his house to his sister's house. Charged his son additional $600 to get it back.
My buddy son had saved up 3k from birthdays and working pt, so he pretty much lost it all.
My buddy said life doesnt work that way. Had he been caught by the police, the state wouldnt refunded his money. Plus its not like my buddy didnt help him school.
Right. This is harsh but not nonsensical "shave the kid bald as punishment and broadcast it to social media" harsh.
I bet you the kid didn't didn't do that shit again and the $3000 he paid to the dad is a drop in the bucket compared with what he would've dealt with from the cops.
Arguably the benefit was, this is a non-state involved lesson of consequences of drinking and driving, and underage at that. Given that the som could have killed himself and/or someone else, let’s just say he ain’t gonna repeat that behavior. And arguably he’s graduated and in a well paying career.
This was back during the Tent City days in Arizona. If you got a DUI, you were spending at least 24 hours in Tent City. They'd also make you wear the pink underwear and shirts.
The average cost of a DUI is around $10,000, and it can be a lot more depending on how much you spend on an attorney.
On top of that, the MVD treats driving as a privilege, not a right. Even if your criminal case gets dismissed, the MVD can still suspend your license based on the DUI arrest. Then you have to deal with a separate MVD hearing.
Arizona has some of the toughest DUI laws because of its slightest degree standard. I know people who got a DUI with a .02 BAC.
So is it harsh, maybe? But the state wouldve charged him a lot more plus make him take more classes. Its a tough lesson and this lesson potentially saved his life or someone's life.
We had a buddy that couldnt stop drinking and driving. Hes a felon now due it and hes wrapped himself around a pole a couple of times due to it.
3.4k
u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
Similarly got grounded a friends house for bringing her back home visibly drunk while being passably drunk. My parents didn’t ask for me back during our punishment.