One time, she said, some men drove close to her and tried to slap her bottom. Cyclist Fred Lengyel, who was riding with Krone when she was killed, said most riders just try to bottle their rage. Sometimes it s hard to restrain yourself, said Lengyel, a San Anselmo resident. We just try to smile and wave. Or we try to ignore it.
Cyclists say part of the problem is that law enforcement seems indifferent to the cycling community.
It s shocking that they would reduce the bail, said cyclist Jim Robinson of San Rafael. Young, nevertheless, was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter and remains in Marin County Jail this weekend. Officer Marcus Bartholomew, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol s Marin bureau, said that if there is a growing problem between cyclists and motorists, it s a problem that goes largely unreported. We haven t really gotten a lot of complaints, Bartholomew said. I can t remember any complaints about bicyclists getting in the way or breaking rules.