Chopping without flopping

MrSmith i haven't been riding on the road for very long (only months!) but from my limited observations of other riders it seems nobody uses the drops even when they have them?
in this windy weather i seem to be on the drops for 60-70% of the time. saddle is nearly a foot higher than the bottom of the drop too.

Where though? In London traffic I don't want to be down that low - I like to look over a car in front of me to see what's going on in front of it. I also have brake hoods to ride on.
Out in the Chilterns on a club run I'll drop to the drops haw haw especially today when four of us fscking shelled the group so one guy could get back to watch golf or something?! It was attack after attack after attack. Great fun!