So as title suggests, I was in a taxi yesterday and there was a guy wandering in the road. He looked lost and confused and to my mind like he was thinking about throwing himself in front of a car. I realise this may not be the case but he definitely didn't look like just a vague person crossing the road without thinking.
Anyway, car in front swerved a bit to avoid him, my taxi driver went for the opposite approach of revving up and aiming directly for him. He was standing there looking at us, I screamed "No!" and covered my face because I honestly thought we woud hit him... he darted out of the way at the last moment.
Taxi driver then started to sound off about "Idiots on drugs that should be locked up and throw away the key!". I could understand this if he was in shock at nearly hitting the man, but he was easily able to avoid him and had chosen to speed up and nearly hit him! Normally I find it hard to speak up in these situations and I was shaking at this point. However, being aware of the cuts to mental health services, and the dire situations and things that happen as a result of this, I returned with a counter-rant (!) about ill people being left to fend for themselves and pointed out all the cuts to services etc. and just got "Well, these people don't want to help themselves, you can't help people who won't help themselves"!! 
So continued counter-rant pointing out how people are discharged without support and then end up ill again, then something happens and it's all "lessons will be learned". I even pointed out I know someone in this very situation, who would be likely wandering in the road himself without a couple of very dedicated friends who look after him when ill.
But no, nothing. Taxi driver just convinced anyone a bit down and out or wandering confused is scum on drugs. The wandering man did not look dishevelled or dirty, just very confused and sort of desperate. I would put money on it being mental illness not him being off his face on something. Not that we shouldn't help drug addicts, of course, and there's a massive link between the two... but when people can't even have a shred of understanding or acknowledge people that are ill it's gobsmackingly depressing.
AIBU to think the taxi driver was a psychopath?
I'm not sure whether the taxi driver's actions or utter lack of understanding is the worst part; AIBU to think both were appalling?