[Shivetya]

well lets also take into account in the US alone over three trillion miles are driven and the fatality rate per hundred million miles traveled has been reduced over time.

So yes the numbers are high but the item that a car using vision would have similar problems is a bit dishonest and LIDAR only provides one other means to determine where something is.

However self driving cars have one major advantage that LIDAR and cameras don't solve. They are not easily distracted. They are also far easier to be restricted to the ability of the vehicle they are managing adjusting for weather and more. Oh you can fool them for sure and there are always edge cases.