Gary raises a really good point about caring for the cyclists you see on the roads as if they might be family. However, in a county with such a rich agricultural tradition, everyone should also remember that our roads are used by far more than just cars and bicycles.

Always drive knowing that you might meet someone using the road at an entirely different speed than you are: tractors, combines, trailers, horse-pulled carriages, and even the occasional farm animal who left the confines of his pasture, not to mention emergency workers, construction crews, and officers making traffic stops. Any of these are always entirely possible on roads in southern Kentucky, some of them even more in spring.

For their safety and yours, assume there might be someone stopped or going a lot slower on the other side of the next curve. --Pen