re: This person allegedly killed a 17 year old hours after graduation

I am not a fan of drivers who text while they drive, but I think this study probably was result oriented. That is, they wanted to condemn texting and they thought it would be clever to compare it to DWI.

I do not see whether the study shows how much greater, if at all, texting is in CAUSING ACCIDENTS than drunk drivers. Nor, do I see whether anyone "studied" whether any of the texters had or had not consumed any alcohol before driving the car and texting while doing so.

I'm not sure if you are tying to suggest DWI's really aren't that bad, afterall. Gee, we don't seem to care when people text while they drive and it's "more dangerous" than DWI. Are you hinting that we ought to be more tolerant of drunk drivers? If you are, then you are an idiot.