Its pretty sad that people really feel this way in the modern world (Note: not them, but that they feel this way). Not that you said you were living in a similar world to myself but I guess I can see that more vulnerable people might feel that way in some parts of the world.<p>In defence of the world with self driving cars, I could say that<p>- you could specify the route (not via the bad part of town please), just as you currently can<p>- the passengers would not necessarily be on display so a vulnerable passenger is not as exposed<p>- the self driving car does not necessarily need to allow the doors to be opened from outside<p>- the self driving car could choose to value the passengers safety over third parties interfering with normal operation<p>- the self driving car could log&#x2F;stream a whole lot of data about any such third parties<p>- the self driving car could summon assistance (police, or private security)<p>- the owners of the self driving car would not be motivated to allow it to frequent areas known for issues which may cause damage<p>- as the passenger of a self driving car with a weapon, you can focus on fighting off intruders while the car drives to safety<p>and perhaps others.