Texting and Driving Should be Illegal

I will now refute what remains of Pro's case as well as clarify and re-affirm my own position. -It should be noted that by not responding, Pro has conceded that driving is indeed a privilege and not a responsibility. -He concedes my statistics argument that the risk of texting and driving is indeed minimal but none-the-less it still posses a risk to his health and well being, and everyone else' of course. Later on, I will explain once more why an insignificant risk is not a sufficient justification for making something criminal. -Benefits vs Risk- For a second round Pro has again evaded the gnawing question of whether or not the benefits of texting while driving out-weigh the minimal risk of 1 in 100,000 chance of getting in an accident. This is perhaps one of my strongest arguments but it is left completely untouched. I have presented a prima facie example as to why someone might need to reply to a text (emergencies). Even simple things that happen may require you to text someone, like going a cross-country trip and after hundreds of miles of travel you finally read that text you'v been putting off reading (since your driving) only to realize you left your wallet at home. What if you actively need to discuss something that is important or an emergency and you're on the highway, it seems rather absurd that we should have to pull over for each text just to read it, then maybe reply, just so we can avoid this insanely low probability of an accident occurring (1 in 100,000). I have no doubt that lives have been saved or even disasters (or personal disasters)avoided, because someone was texting and driving. -Freedom- Pro is adamant about making "doing things while driving" illegal based on the fact that they may increase the possibility of serving as a detriment to his well-being. He expands this rational from not only texting while driving, but beyond that. I find this to be absurd. He really believes that someone who's simply eating a burger on their way to work should charged with a crime. The main reason why we can't make it illegal simply because it "increases" the probability of getting in an accident is because it needs to increase the risk by a significant enough amount. Drunk driving is illegal for this very reason, if we compare the frequency of crashes due to drunk driving as opposed to those from texting, we reach a staggering difference. "EACH DAY, PEOPLE DRIVE DRUNK ALMOST 300,000 TIMES, BUT FEWER THAN 4,000 ARE ARRESTED" ...."IN 2013, 10,076 PEOPLE DIED IN DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES - ONE EVERY 52 MINUTES - AND 290,000 WERE INJURED IN DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES"[1] This source states that 300,000 attempts at drunk driving occur every day. multiple this by 365 for the entire year we get, 105,000,000 attempts at driving drunk. If 290,000 accidents happen each year, this results in a ratio of 1 accident per 377 attempts. I will admit that a 0.2% rate of crashing from alcohol does seem low, but it is a stark difference from 1 in 100,000 chance, which is a 0.001% chance of crashing while texting. Conclusion: At this point there isn't much left to argue about. I have negated the resolution and refuted Pro's attempts to put forth that texting while driving should be illegal. I thank Pro for creating this debate. Now I can start voting finally! [1]http://www.madd.org...