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@Miss_Mouse
Just so as not to appear too flippant, lazybeard...
My pedalling slows if I'm stopping.
I position myself, indicate clearly and make frequent eye contact with other road users around and behind me.
I only stop when I need to - ie. at lights and crossings - along with the rest of the traffic of which I'm very much a part.
Sudden stops are extremely rare.
All ways to show drivers and other cyclists my intentions.
So far (in over 15 years) I've never once been rear-ended by a motor vehicle. Nor have I heard of it happening to friends. (I do know one or two who've gone in to the back of a bus though, usually after the pub.) As EEI rightly says " When something slows down it goes slower. Period."
Not sure what you mean by giving freewheelers "a heads-up" - how does being told that they (or drivers?) may or may not see that you're slowing, in any way protect you? It's rather disingenuous to make such a bold (and to many of us inaccurate) statement and then moan that we're being defensive and/or not taking your "fact" seriously.
Would it be right to assume your friend here had a rear-ending experience?