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Doing something pretty much all of our friends whose hippie parents did to them back in the day, a Marin couple was arrested for allowing a 13-year-old boy to drive them home in order to avoid another DUI.
The couple, Heather Choulos and boyfriend Donald Hughes, got smashed somewhere in downtown San Anselmo. Then, according to AP, "officers investigating a vehicle stalled in a major thoroughfare discovered the underaged driver." (It was a stickshift? Ugh. Letting a 13-year-old drive an automatic is one thing. But a stick? Well, that's is downright stupid.) Police went on to say "the boy claimed he stopped because he was 'freaked out' and refused to drive further."
Choulos, 32, a Mill Valley resident "was charged Monday with child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor—both misdemeanors."
Hughes was not charged.
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The most incredible part about this story was that a 13 year old was freaked out when given the chance to drive.
and it was a Land Rover. That's so Marin.
Funny thing is, the penalty is probably less than that for driving drunk, which actually makes this a reasonable idea. Which, really, is as it should be, I think (better a 13 year old driving than someone who's drunk).
Got smashed in a downtown what? Come on Brock, it's starting to feel like I'm reading the Chronicle or something.
I read it as "got smashed in [one of the several downtowns in] San Anselmo." San Anselmo is a bustling place.