No.. it's not... Drinking and driving: Directly affects brain chemistry (reaction time, perception, etc), lasts until the effects wear off, impairs judgment Texting and driving: has no effect on brain chemistry, lasts only until the operator chooses, has no effect on judgement. People that can't do it, shouldn't... just as people who can't drive a manual transmission, or a car with manual steering, brakes, and an engine that doesn't like to idle, or balance a motorcycle, or anything else that requires a specific set of multitasking skills... If you can't do it, don't do it... if you can do it, nobody is going to notice you doing it.