When you’re driving an auto you're on the the brakes more often especially if you’re sitting on cruise control and have to make adjustments to speed. But I use different tactics when driving a manual using the revs of engine gears and a decent read of the road up ahead and behind me I tend to use the brakes as little as possible it’s just an old school way of driving but the younger generation are taught to drive not using gears as a means of slowing down. They are taught just clutch brake and can go from 6th gear down to second.