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Originally Posted by ken0042;5774959[B
]I'm not sure backing into a spot makes it any safer in this case. The dad would have backed into the garage. Meaning when he was doing the backing, if a kid was in the way they would have nowhere to run to escape the truck. [/B]Sure- it would have helped at the time of the accident to have been going forward. But at the expense of safety at another time.
I wonder if the dad was relying on the sensors that beep, and the sensors didn't pick up the kid in time. A friend runs a shop and he has people come in and ask him to report the sensors not working properly to be able to defend against being at fault for an accident.
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I disagree because when you come home, you look at your house and the surrounding area. You know what is around. Then you back up and should see most of what is behind you. If you are backing out of a garage, a kid could easily come form the side of the house and you wouldn't see him.