Re: RC: Re: Fwd: "traitor" SHUNNING

[Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>]

Rhonda K Levinson wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 18:48:26 -0500 Bob & Amber Roberts
> <mlaboure@flash.net> writes:
> >Rhonda K Levinson wrote:
> >
> >> Also, I tried the suggestion of pretending to be out of control on
> >the
> >> road to get the cars to give me a little more room and it worked
> >> beautifully.
> >
> >Just curious.  How exactly do you do that?
> >
> >Amber
> >
>
> A couple of people asked me this question, so thought I'd explain.  The
> mare I purchased, Special, is very well trained.  We rode on the right
> (one experimental solution at a time or the results are tainted, right?).
>  When I first saw the car, we side passed to the left most of the way
> across the road.  Then started forward, but then went diagonally back to
> our side of the road, then spun to face the car and began backing on a
> diagonal back into the road.  'Course, we did this while the car(s) was
> still some distance from us.  Then reversed and started run-walking in
> our own lane while I asked Special to give her head side to side.  Poor
> drivers couldn't tell WHAT we were doing or WHERE  we were going next and
> so passed veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyy slowly and carefully.  I also
> noticed that the whole routine was over-kill for *most* drivers.  With
> most drivers, the minute we began side passing, the driver backed way off
> and slowed to almost a stop.  The rest of the play-acting was for the
> really obnoxious drivers.
>
> Rhonda and Special -- hey, play time!

Thank you so much!  I was just trying to figure out what to do.  I asked
someone else but for some reason, she thought I was being nasty and would
never answer the question.  I appreciate your writing it here for all to see.

Amber


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