The difference is that while you are holding your phone talking to someone you can still watch the road and have a hand on the steering wheel. Texting is a completely different matter because you have to be able to hold the phone and press each key individually whilst texting and looking...
I agree completely with this. I live in the country and drive through treacherous hills every day to get into the city. There was an occasion where a young girl was obviously texting on her phone and came completely on my side of the road and we were about to have a head-on collision. I was...