I will provide a dissenting voice. I was riding a Cruise with a friend the other night, leaving a bar - they only serve a nighttime crowd right now. suddenly a drunk hippie on Haight street started banging on the windows. Rather than get on our way and get us out of there like a Homan driver would, the cruise stopped, powered down - as in unlocked the doors, and called customer service. I shudder to think what would have happened if the hippie hadn't been drunk/inconsequentially high and was on PCP or something. This was a real thing that happened. I reported it to customer support. I can only imagine the conversations internally of this incident. (maybe I should get a job as an sre there.)
There's also the other possibility that it's a firefighter banging on the doors, trying to stop the car from driving into a dangerous area. I'd argue that's the more dangerous scenario too. PCP doesn't magically turn someone into a maniacal killer.
Now that you mention it, this makes me think of all kinds of edge cases and how SDCs should handle them, and how they would detect them... hard problems. Of course, it seems like we humans are requiring the SDCs to be better than we are and not be our equals. I am not sure why. I do not know if that standard is good or bad; just making an observation. For example, a person could be banging on a window screaming for help. Many people would just speed away, some would stop and try to help, and in a few places in this country such aggressive behavior could get the person screaming for help killed.
Yeah. That's why I much prefer an L4 car that you still own and sit in the driver seat with steering wheel, than a taxi I rent and have no control over.
(obviously there's no such L4 car yet, but I'm sure tesla/mobileye/etc will get there eventually)
If you're not going to have a steering wheel, then you should have a "keep summer safe" mode.
