Jay Honeck wrote:


I drove trucks for five years in high school/college, (admittedly not
semi trucks), and was always amazed at the number of backing accidents.
All ya gotta do is LOOK, for criminies sake...


I drove and attended in the back of ambulances for nearly a decade, and
EVERY place I ever worked had a standing policy that you had a "backer"
of some kind. The only exception was patient loaded with a true
emergency (which was rare...).. it was rarely a problem for the
attendant/medic to look out the back window while backing patient loaded.

Having a backing accident without being loaded was a CLM (career
limiting maneuver) with that employer.

I guess construction contractors and their insurance companies dont have
a similar attitude. The contractor's insurance will be paying for this,
right?

Dave