"Usual Suspect" > wrote in message
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> Many of you probably heard of Hans Bakker, a rising open software star,
> whose life was prematurely finished because of driving in the deadly right
> lane.
>
> After dropping off Richard Stallman, at the end of the open software
> conference in Europe last year (Stallman gave a talk about software
> patents), Hans and his companions were driving in the deadly right lane,
> when a merging truck collided with them, killing Hans, and injuring
> others.
>
> I would like to urge all Linux enthusiasts to drive safely by staying in
> the
> leftmost lane, if they are driving on a divided freeway, away from the
> deadly onramps, where most of the accidents occur (opposite in England, of
> course). This is what Hans would have wanted us to do.
>
> Watch the speed limit, and stay in the left lane; let those Microsoft
> drones
> drive in the right lane if they feel like being reckless. A Linux
> programmer's life is too valuable to be wasted on traffic accidents.

Cite the stats that prove more highway accidents occur at the ramps.