Boy I really feel for you Stefan. I think you got written up because the other driver was thru traffic.If he was tailgating he should have been cited as well but even he did rate a citation chances are you would have still been written up. Don't be hard on yourself though it wasn't like you were being reckless or DUI. It happens-try as you may sometimes you just can't see everything that's coming. In Pagosa there's more obstructions to my line of sight then I can shake a stick at and I really have to be on my toes. Hell,getting out of the Post Office parking lot I wish I could do that swivel head thing like Linda Blair because traffic in there comes at you from every possible angle. Now you talk about stragglers when you commute any distance in Colorado there's a good chance you're going to have to deal with critters and when say for instance there's a group of deer crossing the road there's a good chance that at least one Bambi is going to be dragging ass behind the rest of the group and that can create an interesting scenario. At any rate I'm glad that no one got hurt and this too shall pass.
P.S. Your avatar reminded me that one of these days I'm going to have revisit that group.