I rode my bike late in the afternoon south toward Crown Point. There's a trail that bisects Centennial Park in Munster and cuts along the eastern edge of Briar Ridge. Right in front of Community Hospital I almost got run over. This begs the question - if you get hit by a car in the Community Hospital parking lot, do they put you in the ambulance or just roll you 20 yards across the parking lot to the emergency room. It's a tossup.
That got me thinking - why are people so mean toward bike riders? I have been riding the streets that I rode today for more than 50 years. I know these streets. I know the traffic flows, how fast you should go in some areas, and where you should look for bike riders. Most people either don't know any of this or they're downright hostile toward people who ride bikes I thought about how as a kid I could ride across Munster without really giving much thought to getting hit.