text_1: In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths.
text_2: "Sachs’ statistic -- that starting in 2011,  texting began surpassing alcohol as the leading contributing factor to teen driving deaths -- was based on a misinterpretation of a scientific study and information from NHTSA that could not be confirmed. In reality, NHTSA’s analysis of their data found that alcohol was involved in more lethal crashes than distracted driving in 2011. While there’s no question that texting while driving is a danger, it hasn’t supplanted alcohol as ""the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."" However, the figures are imperfect enough that we can't rule out an undercount in deaths associated with texting while driving."