Drift racer Taylor Liang consciously violated the law after being ticketed 11 days earlier (“Drift racer who crashed into triathlete gets 1 year in prison,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 18). He crashed into and forever altered the life of Lectie Altman, an innocent, dedicated bicyclist.

Liang cannot take back his actions and undo the damage he caused. And more to the point: Drift racers are still endangering lives on Tantalus. The best Taylor can do is to teach his peers to care about other road users and obey the law by serving a long and just sentence — having his life forever altered as a lesson to others. Tell other racers how much it hurts to hurt someone else badly, and to have drastically harmed two futures in the process.

More than 100 innocent people who walk, bike, work and drive on our roads are maimed and killed each year by irresponsible drivers. Lawbreakers must fear their lives will be ruined by long prison terms should they race, speed, maim and kill on public roads.

Daniel Alexander and Chad Taniguchi

Hawaii Bicycling League

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