If you read the NHTSA site carefully you will see that a motor vehicle crash is counted as alcohol related if anyone in the accident had alcohol in them, not just the driver who caused the crash. That includes drinking pedestrians who are mowed down while on the sidewalk. If you're the sober designated driver and are hauling your uncle home from the bar and some sober driver talking on their cell phone runs a stop sign, hits your car, it's counted as an alcohol related.

I use the cell phone as an example only because several studies have shown the likelihood of being in an accident while talking on a cell phone is the same as driving at .08. And that's why we punish drunk drivers, not because they did something dangerous with a car, but because they are so much more likely to be in a serious accident.

The TV show mythbusters has a funny experiment where they tested drunk drivers and cell phone talkers on an obstical course. They both did poorly but the cell phone talking did worse.

Cyclists may be more concerned about driving while distracted because we are more likely to be a victim. Most drunk driving takes place at night, especially after midnight, when cyclists usually are not out on the road.