Don't 1.2M humans die in human-driven car accidents per year? And 20-50M suffer injuries?

Good enough for humans is one thing, but the promise of self-driving automobiles is that they're supposed to be able to be better than us and safer. Incorporating all the sensor data available shouldn't be looked down upon.

Also humans rely on hearing and tactile response data as well as vision when driving.

Humans have a deep and subtle mental model of How The World Works. Programs, even ones with 'deep learning', don't have that. Their understanding is actually fairly shallow, which is why it can be very useful to compensate for this using sensor equipment with superhuman capabilities.

No. It’s intuition while you drive in snowstorm or heavy rain. Sane driver should pull over immediately and wait.

Source: driving fail videos and personal experience. I am really scared to drive slowly and safely during snowstorm, there is very real risk to be reared by some idiot flying twice the speed I drive.

LIDAR is like a special version of the camera.