I'm mad enough to bite nails in half.

I stopped by PerformanceBike today to get a new double set of flashing tail
lights added to the bike now that the days are getting shorter.

I pedalled out and across the street to the Christiana Hospital where I was
going to catch the DART 33 bus. (It originates at the Christiana Hospital on
Sundays).

I was almost to the front entrance of the hospital on the circular drive when
the Christiana Hospital Security car stopped me and informed me that bicycles
are banned from Christiana Hospital Grounds since it's private property. He
added that "what if you are in an accident?" I could make NO sense of this
since it seemed to also apply to motorists and not just bicyclists.

I'm 63 riding legally with all the right safety equipment and then some and not
an adolescent kid with no helmet riding on the wrong side of the road and
causing problems where a security officer would be right to intervene and
suggest they obey the laws.

I tried to suck it up and just assume that he was being efficious and not just
rude but when he said, "Now turn your bike around and go back the way you came
and go all the way around the hospital on the highway." That's when I realized
it was a POWER TRIP.

Since a bike is now my ONLY form of transportation does this mean that I can't
ever:

1. ride my bike to a doctor's appt at the hospital
2. ride my bike to visit a patient
3. ride my bike to catch the DART 33 bus that stops there

This is RIDICULOUS!

Does anyone one the law on "private" property and bicycles? Can they actually
BAN bicycles?

Other than writing to the hospital administration for clarification (and cc'ing
Deldot and the News Journal) how should I proceed with this?