Well,

part of this may be the perception as well as the opportunity due to the location. For one thing, most of us head out of the city when we ride. As such, a higher portion of people outside an urban area are going to have pick-up trucks. And this is not confined to rural farming areas anymore, since Detroit has convinced every white-collar worker that they are not really a man unless they look like they bail hay.

So now you have a bunch of wanna-be tough guys purchasing their trucks which they never use, which are typically too big for most roads designed and built years ago. Add to that the fact that out there in the country they can speed and act like a-holes without worrying about being caught, and you have the perfect storm for why pick-ups seem to attract d-bags.


Wanna know what: my experience in Colorado has been that the real farmers/ranchers in the plains are polite and make the effort to get in the other lane even to avoid us. It is the trucks in the mountains where all the yuppies live in their second homes that are the biggest problem.