I also agree with the law and we have it here. It was passed for a reason. Kids don’t need distractions when they are trying to drive. I’d be serious about the punishment.
However, if this were my child, I’d take other things away from them as punishment. I think it’s important that they continue driving everyday because it’s how they practice and get better. Driving to school every day is the same route so pretty easy (not trying to read street signs, familiar route) but it still gives them a chance to react to other drivers and handling the car.
" I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." Mahatma Gandhi
"This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn't solve any problems." Martin Luther King, Jr.