Veteran developer Steve Lacey (Google, Microsoft) Killed in Auto Accident

Tragic. Just a few days ago, he celebrated his tenth wedding anniversary... <a href="https://plus.google.com/108067740959569006573/posts/LJ1Z2BvhXCt" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/108067740959569006573/posts/LJ1Z2Bvh...</a>

disaggregated: <a href="http://www.king5.com/news/Road-rage-suspected-in-fatal-Kirkland-crash-126093229.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.king5.com/news/Road-rage-suspected-in-fatal-Kirkl...</a>

It's time to have mandatory computer controlled cars.<p>Driving manually should be illegal unless done on a race track.

Googler or not, it is sad to see a life being taken away that could have been avoided. It bothers me no end that by just following basic rules and safety mechanisms, so many lives could be saved, but we still hear the same tragic stories day in and day out. I've been surrounded with tragic news of accidents last week and also bothered that I might be a victim with no fault of mine.

From the article:<p><pre><code> Lacey was apparently the victim of road rage, and not the intended victim, either. An imbecile (that authorities believe had been drinking) smashed into him in pursuit of another car. </code></pre> If I were a journalist, I would not be employing terms like "imbecile"--especially not to refer to someone capable of road rage.

what kind of car was he driving?<p>I know it says BMW...but I can't really imagine getting killed by a car that's already slowed down enough due to rolling. Unless it was a convertible, then I can somewhat see it...but even then it's kinda hard to imagine as well

That's awful. RIP. :(

It's quite possible that the drunk who killed Steve Lacey may end up serving less jail time than Aaron Schwartz will for running a mass file download script. Perspectives on our law: mind blown, consistently.

RIP. Here's his Google+ page. <a href="https://plus.google.com/108067740959569006573" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/108067740959569006573</a><p><i>old programmers never die, they just recurse.</i>

Life is unfair. Unfortunately, there's not much you can say when these things happen. You just have to remember that any day can be your last, that you can't live life with any regrets. As for his wife, it'll take time to recover from this. Death is a part of life. It'll happen to everyone of us eventually.

Oh good, another rager <i>in an SUV</i>. Why is it always an SUV?