They may, or may not.
If they fail to react and run into you, the car that was backing out of the parking spot unsafely (yours), will be at-fault for the accident.
It all depends on particular car's visibility out of the rear window vs. rear-view camera's angle.
In most German cars, and all rentals I ever drive, I find that relying on looking directly out the rear view window is the best and the safest way of backing out: partly because visibility is really good (German sedans), partly because I don't trust a random rental car's camera.
In some cars, like minivans, rear viability is total crap, and you can only rely on rear view camera and rear radar with cross-traffic alerts.
In a Model 3, rear visibility is sub-optimal. So the only practical choice is to rely on the rear view camera that has limited side view depth, and no cross-traffic alerts. Not great, but tolerable.
Not without rear radar that gives cross traffic alerts capability (most cars!), and not without side facing cameras in the bumpers (most German sedans)!
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