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Very good point, no doubt the vast majority of human error comes from not being vigilant, usually from being intoxicated.
I just met with a taxi driver in England who has owned a Tesla for a few years - he feels like the level of assistance with Tesla is practically useless on British, and by extension, European streets. Combine its poor cruising performance on thinner lanes and diverse types of corners with its trigger-happy e-braking for objects and people nearby, and you have a car which actually causes more dangers in urban environments. It really helped me see that while it's advanced, it's not really that advanced compared to, say, basic cruise control (match speed, braking, no route following or turning junctions/corners) that some EU cars have been fitted with for nearly two decades now. (Sober) humans are still safer when making choices like object avoidance and turning.