Originally Posted by
kickstart
To put it in some perspective, the company I drive for logs almost 4 million vehicle miles a day, and we receive continuous safety training. Obviously they focus on the major causes of incidents which are backing, and following distance related. Turning incidents rarely get any mention as they're so far down on the list.
Almost everyone understands the issue, almost as an instinct, because trucks are intimidating.
right hooks are just as common among truck drivers as they are among other drivers, i.e. rare. But it appears the incident in the OP was a right hook by a truck driver. This is almost always fatal. They should probably add this into the driver's training.