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Ok just to thow my .02 cents, My father is an owner operator of two big rigs and here is what i know about this subject. Of course the blind spot is one thing and the chance of debis is also a major factor. But here is a couple of other things. Like one person said you cant feel when a car slams into you in one of those things the driver pulls away from the scene and now he is at fault for leaving the scene of an accident. another thing i saw happen is a car hit the back of a moving truck and got hung up, what would have been just a bad incedent ended up being an ugly incident because the truck drug the car for several miles, before another truck passing the opposite direction saw the sparks and radioed the driver to stop. a little history is police used to get right behind the trucks where they couldnt be seen and wait for the driver to break the law in some way...that is why a lot of older drivers tend to get nervous about cars being right behind them.
i know drivers who will squirt babyoil out the window and let it run down the side of the trailer until it gets all over the car, i watched a guy do a "bump and run" with a car one day. bump and run is when the truck slow down to the point where the car decides to pass when the car gets next to the trailer's dual wheels the driver does a slight swerve causing the trailer to whip out and bump the car off the road. this was before cell phones....
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Brian D. 
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