I know you intended this as a
I know you intended this as a rhetorical question, but ...
Is CR-V the safest small SUV in North America?
No. It's close, but not there. Part of the problem IS the Lane Keep Assist - because drivers don't always signal when they change lanes. And more importantly, even though as you mention, the owners manual recommends against it, you KNOW what's going to happen. Someone is going to turn on adaptive cruise control to maintain distance on the interstate, figure that LKA is going to keep them in their lane, and just head on down the highway. Then about the time that they end up drifting into someone that was riding the center line, there's going to be a sideswipe and/or a major crash (or two).