The boy is eighteen. As bad as it was, he's young and people make mistakes and do stupid things when they're young. Is he supposed to live the rest of his life with this hanging over him? Also, as stupid as he was, when I was younger there were many times when I'd be out and the next day thought I was sober enough to drive even after waiting a long period of time. Whether I was or not, who knows, but he's only young.