Cloud Dancer wrote:
I've been driving for 53 years, and I have never had a vehicular accident on a public road. If someone "cut's me off", and doesn't make contact with my vehicle, this means they were ahead of me. Therefore, I shouldn't have a need to "slam" my brakes. I touch the brake pedal in order to cancel the cruise control, while staying in full control of MY vehicle. Then, I take it from there.
Towing I always leave lots of room, especially if it was towing animals. The trouble is, if you leave a lot of room, someone will try and fill it. My experience with having to brake hard when towing horses was mostly with people turning in front of me, either turning left or trying to get onto the road in front of me and showing P poor judgement when doing it.