You are also right driving has never been safer. But you could have said that before airbags or abs or even seatbelts.

and fyi, interstate driving is dangerous:

> the fatality rate per 100 million miles traveled in 2015 was still 2.6 times higher in rural areas than in urban areas (1.84 in rural areas compared with 0.71 in urban areas)

https://www.tariolaw.com/fatal-car-crashes-urban-car-acciden...