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Originally Posted by oldE

I noticed something up ahead and braked to take off some speed. After a second or two she remarked the drivers ahead did not reduce speed until after I had.

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Les

You were being a smart defensive driver. The rest were being average drivers. I mostly watch quite a distance in front of me. I generally scan back and forth between the car in front of me and as far ahead as I can see. Mostly, I'm watching far ahead, but if there are close-ish vehicles, I also want to keep an eye on them. Far better to slow a bit farther back than to be caught up with panic and threshold driving when everyone else realizes that there's a problem at the last minute.