There are enough stories even from my county in this year of people dying while driving like they should and getting bowled over by a speeding semi-truck with inadequate brakes, by a drunk dirving the wrong way on an interstae, etc. to convince me driving is never truly “safe”, no matter how defensively and safely you personally drive.
I have bought land so that other than driving to the livestock auction, and I may shelter in place and just let the world burn. Eff it.