Well naturalists rate them very highly at least [0]. In my own experience as a driver crows are some of the few animals that understand cars. Horses, deer and dogs will happily run in front of an approaching car while crows on roadkill fly away as a car approaches and return as soon as it has passed.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae

Not really. The Corvidae family of birds are widely known as some of the most intelligent animals.