Originally Posted by
alan s
Why would it have been your fault? Sounds like the truck driver was a reckless asshat. There's a reason why someone gets out and guides a truck backing up. I would have reported the incident to the police and the trucking company.
Better would have been to find out who insures it and complain to them. It's near impossible to insure a large commercial vehicle around here without a strongly enforced "no backing without a spotter" rule. I'd be surprised if it's not the same there. Virtually everywhere, a driver backing up in the roadway will be at fault for anything that happens, and insurance companies are tired of paying out for stupid, expensive (18 wheelers don't just dent fenders in 5mph wrecks, they roll cars up into a ball) mistakes when backing carelessly.