Saw it all today. On a 4 lane divided road (2 lanes each way), lots of commercial businesses-restaurants on this stretch. Limit is 40.
I'm in the right lane, and about 500 feet ahead I see an 18 wheeler STOPPED in the right lane. I merge left. As we approach the truck, the guy in front of me slams on the brakes, I slam on mine, guy behind me slams on mine. We come do a dead stop. The trucker driver cuts it hard to the right, and starts to back up.
Luckily the guy behind me saw what was going on, and we all start backing up, as the trucker doesn't see the guy in front of me. He's laying on the horn, trucker keeps coming. We must have backed up about 25', and FINALLY the trucker once he's perpendicular to the road looks to his left and sees the pile of cars, once of which he's nearly running over.
The trucker had the nerve to roll down his window to yell at the guy in front of me, which is absolutely ridiculous, and I roll down mine to yell at the trucker, telling him he started backing up before any clearance, without backup lights, without any kind of right of way, and without looking to see where the hell he was going.
