Resisting sound advice

Little children need milk

but grown children need trust

John is laying on his bed, browsing YouTube video clips when an ad interrupts his stream:
"Texting while driving kills lives"


John is sat with 32 other students in his PSHE class:
"And so you see everyone, the longer your eyes are off the road looking at the phone, the more distance you travel and therefore the more risk there is of hitting something."


John's about to start a driving lesson:
"Morning John, how are you?"
"Not bad thanks, and you?"
"I've been worse thank you.  Here, switch the phone off and pop it in  the glovebox."


John's Mum at the tea table:
"The thing is John, you hear on the news all the time that kids your age are still using mobiles while they drive.  It's dangerous John."


John passes his driving test and is on the phone to his car insurers:
"Yes, I'm afraid that is just the way it is these days John.  Still if you drive sensibly, have no accidents, then the yearly premium of £1832.68p does start to reduce."


John is alone in his car, slowly driving towards a red traffic light in a queue of traffic:  
The phone in his pocket buzzes.  He takes it out of his pocket, reads the notification: "?"
His fingers tap back: "DW speak later"
Unbeknown to John, there is a cyclist who is riding alongside his window, with a camera, recording his actions.  The footage includes footage of John's face, the car moving, John using the phone and the registration of his car.


At home, on a sunny Saturday morning.  John is feeling pretty good about things, he goes to pick up the post by the front door.  He opens a letter addressed to him informing him that the Police have received evidence of him using his mobile while driving.  He is due to receive 6 points on his driving licence, a £200 fine and asks if he intends to plead guilty and therefore lose his driving licence as he only passed his driving test 4 months previously, or whether he would like to go to court and contest the matter.