We were out for a New Years Day ride near Hopkinsville, KY - a little chilly but fine once we had covered a few miles.

Our group, almost 20 riders, had stopped at a road crossing US-41, a four lane divided highway. We were crossing straight across, not turning onto it.

A Kentucky State Police car saw us, moved to the middle of the two lanes closest to us, turned on his lights and stopped. He motioned us across, we all waved to him, and continued on our ride.

For the bad press that cops get, this was a nice gesture towards a safer ride for us, and frankly was a bit of a surprise. A pleasant one for certain, and a great way to start out 2019.

I don't know who the officer was and probably won't, but a sincere thank you for the kind gesture towards our group of cyclists.