At highway speeds do you feel safer with a transport truck in front of you, or behind you?

At highway speeds do you feel safer with a transport truck in front of you, or behind you?
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Behind me. If it is in front of me, the truck is blocking my view of what is ahead of me that I might miss such as a caution sign, or a road sign that I need to read. Also, he could lose a part of his tire that could fly back on me. The other day there was a truck in front and beside me carrying machinery and a piece came off and hit my car.
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