Citation needed on your statistic. If you are so insistent on these statistics please demonstrate them to me.
Oh wait I found my own research piece to use (but please go ahead and post your statistics you keep referring to):
Texting And Driving Worse Than Drinking and Driving
Your statistics must be rather outdated. By your logic btw, people should abstain from ever texting in order to prevent accidents caused by texting while driving. Except texting, like alcohol, is such a large part of modern culture that it is incredibly difficult to avoid. It isn't necessary risk anyway, you don't have to drink. While some people here are probably trying to convince you to drink, I don't want to put off the message that you should be drinking. If you're so insistent on never drinking then good for you but at this point you're almost forcing prohibition down our throats and treating anyone who has used alcohol as a severe alcoholic. Again, yes, driving is a form of transportation but it IS also a pleasure. You can't just ignore that fact. It's a luxury like alcohol. Using your logic again, it would be best to avoid all forms of driving completely in order to prevent traffic accidents. Anyone who drinks alcohol isn't obligated to drive either. When I was drunk last new years eve I didn't have any sudden idea to go play with guns or steal keys and go driving and I certainly would take measures to prevent anything like driving happening before I know I'm going to be intoxicated.
Texting and driving is absolutely terrible, and, in turn, while it is worse for a driver, texting ALONE is not as bad as drinking ALONE.
The effects of alcohol don't only relate to driving. Do more research.
http://www.bookrags.com/research/accidents-and-injuries-from-alcohol-dat-01/4th leading cause in death, not behind texting while driving.
Instead of presenting an entire argument based on nitpicked truth, you should do a bit more reading next time.
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