As a girl I was riding past the Lyle's (of Tate and Lyle's) estate when "Pewegwine" the chinless wonder shot through the hedge into the road, missed me but my pony bolted. My Dad had something to say, I can tell you!! I received an apology and a box of chocolates and that gormless little swine leaned his lesson.
I'm never sure whether it's ignorance or arrogance that makes people do these things. If ignorance it can, maybe, be forgiven as long as they learn from it, if arrogance? well we all know the saying "You can't educate pork!!"