Even so, It is much easier to rear end a real life car, or run over a real life pedestrian and actually hurt someone. I've already been rear ended once due to some ditz texting while driving. Had I been on my motorcycle it would have been a pretty serious accident.
The point still stands, you can't effectively drive while being distracted. This goes for all sorts of distractions like putting on makeup, shaving, eating, reading, and even fiddling with the radio. I've seen people do all of these while speeding down the highway, and as soon as I see that they really aren't driving, I make sure to get as far away as possible as I don't want to be taken out with them.
If you really think about it, most people only have 2-3 seconds between them and the car in front of them, and a lot of times it is closer than that. If you spend 1 second looking down at your phone texting, you just lost all chances of stopping if an emergency occurs.
