Road trip tent camping anyone?

I've been camping in "bear country" for most of my life, have never had an incident- but you do need to exercise some common sense. Back when we would tent camp (got a 14' canned ham we use now) we would leave coolers and garbage in the vehicle, or at hike-in or canoe-in sites we would hang it from a tree a distance from our site. Honestly, racoons are a bigger threat than bears- the bears generally want nothing to do with humans if they can help it, as cpearce noted. I've seen a pack of coons drop a cooler out of a tree and rip that thing open... They're smart. As far as the use of bells, we don't wear them, but our dogs do; and they are always with us- so I guess it covers both of us. I'm more concerned of the dogs getting loose and tracking scents that could get them into trouble. And the bells aren't strictly for bears- I'm much more leery of surprising and getting charged by a moose. Them things can be scary... but you usually hear them snorting before they get PO'ed at you.