I find such situations to be very unfortunate, but I see 'em too. There will be a guy who is old as hell trying to ride with his windows down, music blasting... There's nothing wrong with that in and of itself, heck I do it too! But the impression I get is that he just got out of prison.
That is the worst part of owning any animal. On a side note. I ran the 1970's premier of Charlotte's Web. At the end of the performance, even adults were leaving with tears running down their face because an animated spider had died.