Autonomous vehicle safety systems and methods are disclosed, which detect and consider occupant reactions to potential hazards to suggest or incorporate safety procedures. Also disclosed are systems for controlling autonomous vehicles based on occupant sentiment and other occupant data in order to improve the occupant driving experience. The disclosed embodiments may include an occupant monitoring system obtaining occupant data for an occupant of the autonomous vehicle. A learning engine can process occupant data received from the occupant monitoring system to identify one or more suggested driving aspects based on the occupant data. A vehicle interface can communicate the one or more suggested driving aspects to the autonomous vehicle, such as a defensive action that can enhance safety of the occupant(s).
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS