Exactly this, regardless of the night a 17 year old who is a new driver shouldn’t be driving at that time and no way they should be working till then. While I agree with OP’s sentiment there is an easy solution to the problem and that is don’t be on the road on NYE, that goes double for a 17 year old. A 17 year old’s job is not worth them being on the road past midnight on NYE, I’m over 40 and I’m home by 9PM on NYE or taking public transportation. You can’t control other people actions and the risk is just too high for me to justify driving around with my family on New Years Eve.