San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys usually ask a person arrested for drunk driving if there was a passenger (witness). Here's a new twist to twit.

Remember when the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Ad Council launched a public safety campaign in 1990? "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk."

Passenger Zitt and a DUI friend, now face trial in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton. Kubicz is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in Naperville, while Zitt is accused of knowingly permitting a person under the influence of alcohol to drive a vehicle.

A Naperville police officer arrested the men about 2:16 a.m. Nov. 29 as they rode in Zitt's Cadillac Escalade, police Cmdr. The DUI officer noticed the sport utility vehicle traveling north on Washington Street near North Avenue, north of the city's downtown area. The driver allegedly committed "several traffic violations," prompting the officer to follow the SUV and curb it near Ogden Avenue.

Kubicz, 30, of Lisle, was found at the wheel. Zitt, 29, of Aurora, was in the front passenger seat. The officer administered DUI sobriety tests to Kubicz and concluded he was drunk. Zitt, the owner of the SUV, allegedly "stated he (Zitt) had had too much to drink to drive," leading to his being charged with allowing an intoxicated person to drive his vehicle.

Court records indicated Zitt was arrested in October 2005 by Naperville police on charges of DUI and possession of marijuana. A judge in April 2006 convicted him of both charges, fining him and granting him court supervision, court records purport.