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Originally Posted by dirtydave
If the truck has to hit the brakes hard and a car crashes into him not only would he probably not notice and just drive away he would lose his job and not to be able to get another. His life ruined and his career gone.
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Why so? Quite apart from the fact that, as was pointed out above, any crash is going to be less severe if you are very close, maybe nothing but a little paint scraped off, in a rear-end collision, isn't the following driver always legally at fault?
Further, I've never understood why truck drivers are bothered by cars close behind them, but have no problem at all following a length or two behind a car.
As for pieces of tire and such, they fly off to the side much more often than directly behind.