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Nice one Andy, what you have posted demonstrates several ways that your own road awareness has helped you in advance.
this one
"Use the windows. Look through other vehicles to watch ahead for brake lights/indicators coming on, you'll be able to anticipate the traffic slowing and won't have to brake sharply"
is the only bit that is questionable against National Standards, we teach that you often cant see through vehicles,
(especially with regard to doors opening) and therefore are better to adapt youre speed to the whole vehicle your travelling next to and its position and place in the traffic stream.
As an addition for country roads,
when riding along wherever there happens to be blind bends or dips, ask yourself "should any driver overtake another vehicle (i.e you) on this section of road", if the answer is "no", then that section is somewhere you can be taking the lane. This prohibits that horrible and dangerous fast acceleration then braking as oncoming traffic appears. Once visibility clears again, it is likely that vehicles can again get up to speed, so let them past.