It's just to emphasize that they may be lenient about some other tickets as long as they are way in the past, but they are not lenient about these ones.

These are reasonable conditions, but apparently they are not easy to pass.

I think the texting while driving is the more interesting one: a bunch of states don't care too much (Arizona, Montana, etc.), some others only impose a small $25 fine, so young people may not think about it as a huge obstacle to a high-paying job much later.

While I am an annoying stickler for safe driving (I gave advanced driving school gift certs for Xmas), one of the thoughts is - if you made an whopsie when you were 16 years old, how much should that cost you when you are e.g. 27 or for rest of your life?

I am cognizant that not everybody makes brilliant decisions when they are young, and not all of them remain awful incorrigible human beings forever.