Can the driver even see if a child walks in front of the Engine hood? Would they even feel if it runs over a smoll pedestrian while the driver is using his smartphone?

Road deaths are rising again:

Walking is the most basic form of transportation, but there is a pedestrian safety crisis due to drivers speeding, being impaired or distracted, or engaging in other dangerous behaviors

-https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/04/07/road-deaths-rise-again-as-post-pandemic-period-proves-particularly-perilous-to-pedestrians/

seems like we are f*****