Will "Smart Vehicles" and their marketing cause more crashes

I think it's inevitable that cars will become automated, as well as virtually everything else. At some point there is now reason to think we'll need people to do anything as computers will be more intelligent, faster, and far more error free. That said, I think the timeline for that is still farther away than many in tech seem to realize. For the next 20 years or so the systems will probably be more trouble than they are worth.