Driving is a pretty dangerous activity. The forces involved are enormous. In the distant past, car accidents killed an enormous number of people. Modern cars

Driving is a pretty dangerous activity. The forces involved are enormous. In the distant past, car accidents killed an enormous number of people. Modern cars are safer but driving is still not as safe as other activities, such as sleeping in an underground bunker. Surprisingly, people also die while sleeping in underground bunkers, so I guess safety is relative. Cars stop on highways for a variety of reasons. Cars fail, things obstruct the road and cars need to stop, drivers fall asleep or suffer medical incidents. Ideally stopping in the middle of the road shouldn't cause you to be killed by someone else who is either tailgating you or not paying attention to a car stopped in the middle of the road up ahead. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on the street 1/3rd of a mile from my home; I have to cross this street if I want to walk to the train station. This happens on this corner roughly on an 18 month frequency.