this post makes me remember there are plenty of good, intelligent people out there too; sometimes (ok - a lot of the time) i get so angry that i forget that
that is really sweet. i feel a little bad that one of the first things i think is 'wow i hope these people were taking *some* precautions before getting into cars with almost complete strangers...' but i guess mentioning that you were clutching some pepper spray in your pocket the entire time would ruin the niceness of it, and doesn't enter into the story if you don't need to use it.
//Content tearful sigh here