Emily, you can't talk sense to people like that. We once had a guy, who was in the car with his teenage son, get pissed because I went to pass a slow rider on a road with an extremely wide shoulder, with DH following. This is about 3 miles from my house (the bridge over the Concord River on Lowell Rd for those of you familiar). I did not go out of the lane, over the white line and this guy got enraged. He put down the window and started screaming at us. DH sprinted to get even with him and before I knew it, DH had forced him to pull over .We tried to talk to him, but he just wanted to "fight" DH. This was a normal looking suburban dad, not in a pick up. His son was cringing. What an example he set.
Marni, every time you make a comment about riding in Houston, I think of the juxtaposition between that and Acton!