Good grief

I ride my bike in the Middle East. (At least, until I had a tumble, but I'm coming back from that). Previously, in Indonesia, France, London, Germany.

I've had inattention to deal with, but never hostility, never assault. Distracted and inattentive incompetents , but not aggresive hostiles.

Is this purely American? Because I'm thinking of moving back to Santa Cruz where wife o'mine comes from?