Another theory is that many drivers simply don't see us as a threat. Thirty some years ago the California Highway Patrol was riding big Kawasakis (think CHIPS) A motorcycle magazine took identical bikes, one sporting CHP colors and another in bright red, and took them out on the streets. The red one was cut off and otherwise "disrespected," while the CHP looking bike was treated much better. Not scientific but still very interesting.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.