If the truck goes into reverse, the reversing lights come on, giving you a fair option to move before it does so. The lights come on before the clutch is even engaged. Even then, if this is a mistake, the driver is very unlikely to shoot back a great distance. A slight jink backwards is enough to make a driver aware of their mistake and disengage. As long as you aren't foolish enough to sit six inches off the back of the truck the risk is almost negligible.
As for a driver coming up behind you and smashing you into the back of the truck. I haven't done any research on this but I think you are more likely to get nailed on an RLJ than that happening. Just because something works, doesn't mean it's right or safer.
Different people have different ideas. I have to ride in a manner that works for me, until I am proved otherwise. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it works for me and only a succession of negative experiences are likely to make me contemplate change
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Different people have different ideas. I have to ride in a manner that works for me, until I am proved otherwise. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it works for me and only a succession of negative experiences are likely to make me contemplate change