A Rhode Island judge has banned a 17 year old from driving for life.  The youth, who was driving on a suspended license, crashed his car injuring himself and his three passengers.

While I applaud the judge for being concerned about not having the youth on the road again, he has missed one critical factor, the license of the youth was already suspended.  Therefore, the youth should never have been on the road in the first place.   So, if a suspended license did not deter the youth from driving, I doubt that a life long driving suspension will have any appreciable effect.

Sorry your Honor, close but no cigar.