yes I have learnt the braking techniques used to charge the battery pack over the course of my ownership, but sometimes just can't avoid flooring the pedal many times it is due to road rage and similar situations, many times when someone deliberately tries to give a flyby, I floor it, the other dude doesn't even get close to the tail of the car
not being biased but most of the time the ones messing with Prius are Hondas, both City and Civic.