I did view the video. When I did stops at night I always approached the car from the passenger side, one reason was in the video, the other most of the time they cannot see you, or a shadow, and surprise. The risk is you might trip or step in a hole, tough to see in the dark.
The video was on todays news even though it was recorded over a year ago. For some reason drivers are attracted to vehicles on the side of the road.