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I'd love to know why the driver couldn't just back up?

>I'd love to know why the driver couldn't just back up?

Manual gear start on a slope in a large, heavy vehicle is probably not going to go well, forward or backwards, when half and inch or 1cm is at stake.

Apparently he was not in a state to understand what was going on.

Yeah, people do weird things in unexpected high-stress situations. Not everyone is an action hero it turns out.