But they do, unfortunately.
People expect things like trains and planes to be safe and expect those that operate and run them to keep them safe...Just the way it is.
Me personally? On approach to intersections with green lights, my foot is off the accelerator, and hovering over the brake, watching for broadside and left turn killers....Things like intersections are mass murderers.
I hear ya, I drive defensively all the time.
I would much rather let Mother Nature take me out naturally than some loose screwball :-)