re: Should texting while driving result in the same penalties as dui?

I have the most common sense approach. Penalties in driving accidents should be doled out according to the amount of personal tragedy / damage. Does it really matter if someone is drunk and runs over a bicyclist or if a sober person runs over a bicyslist ???? The penalty should be the same. If I am drunk and don't cause any problems or cause any accidents but a sober person runs into everything and is habitually a bad driver, whose license should be suspended ? The law should punish the actual offense !