It's a road, it's my right of way by law. I could have ridden right into them but I didn't because I'm not an arse, it still does not make them any less obnoxious.
The common law right of passage and repassage on the public highway is a right held by people, not just by car drivers. Or cyclists. If you had "ridden right into them" you would be denying them the exercise of exactly the same right that you are so eager to claim for yourself.