[slashdave]

In terms of plain wattage, it cannot be dangerous. Unless, of course, you were to stand with your eye up against the sensor and maybe stare at it for a few minutes.

[eutectic]

Lidars use pulsed lasers with peak powers up to the kW range.

[culi]

Yes but failure cases are still possible. A stuck mirror or frozen phased array can result in a continuous beam.

Engineers should design in a way where the worst case possible is the assumption not the exception