62 messages that day.
How many messages in the days before? What was the boyfriend doing while receiving and sending text messages with his girlfriend in the days before the negligence?
It is my observation that kids are addicted to their cell phones and texting. 62 messages on the day of the accident may have been a light day.
Show a pattern of negligent behavior on the part of the boyfriend and girlfriend and she will end up paying part of the judgment.
I hope you're wrong. She is in no way responsible for the details of the boyfriend's reckless behavior, even if she knew he was reckless. I hope the guy driving the truck pays as much as he deserves to be fined, which is a lot, but I don't think she has any more direct responsibility than the phone manufacturer and the wireless service provider.
It is my observation that kids are addicted to their cell phones and texting. 62 messages on the day of the accident may have been a light day.
I just checked, and on a light day since yesterday morning, my girlfriend and I exchanged 37 texts. Sometimes, one message is broken up into several texts. Other times, one might put quick smile into a text. I’ve been known to send “XOXOXO” as six texts!
60 texts in 18 waking hours means that there are about 3 texts per hour, so each text is expected to sit for 20 minutes before a reply, showing how its unreasonable for a texter to assume that a driver will read the incoming text before it’s safe to do so.
It’s absurd to blame the texter, any more than to blame someone who sends me a birthday card if I trip on the way to the mailbox.
Who the heck has that much to say, that can't wait?
Geez, some people need to get a life.