If you receive a text message whilst you are driving, you should pull over and stop the vehicle if you want to read it. That should be the case. In New Jersey, a man reading an incoming text whilst driving swerved onto the other lane and hit a motorcyclist and his passenger. They both sustained serious injury which resulted in both having their left legs amputated. They subsequently brought a lawsuit against the offending driver and their lawyer also included the person who was initially texting the driver. Surely the offending driver has the moral obligation to pull over and read the text(s) The sender, if it were me would assume that proper precautions had been taken and that it was safe to continue texting.
The judge will give his ruling on May 25th. I will be very interested in the outcome, which, if the judge finds that the initial texter is also liable, would set a dangerous precedent.
Watch this space.
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