As a motorbike rider I have witnessed some horrible driving due to distracted drivers.
I know to expect it and plan for it, always, because I desire to stay alive.
That being said I prefer freedom, which means fewer laws of this sort.
By the time the world is safe enough for the average woman it will not be fit for any man to live in.
IMHO
Being a motorcyclist myself, I KNOW we are often targeted by drivers and I do my best to keep my “space”. I am against helmet and seatbelt laws, but I have to draw a line when my desire to do something (talk on a cell phone) distracts me from my responsibility to you (not kill or injure you with my car).
So if I want to operate a piece of machinery that could plow into you at 120 mph with x gigajoules of energy, perhaps I have a responsibility about my condition when operating that machinery.
I don’t disagree with you about the insane pursuit of safety but I also consider myself a true conservative, a centrist, rightfully concerned about the balance of liberty and responsibility, or statism versus anarchy.
I’m glad you said “average”.