It&#x27;s not a weird corner case for the female co-worker with whom I was discussing self-driving cars.  I&#x27;m generally very optimistic about the positive impact SDCs will have upon society and I was surprised when my enthusiasm was met with her statement, &quot;I will <i>never</i> own a self-driving car.&quot;<p>Her main concern was safety.  Regardless of &quot;shady neighborhood&quot; or just someone looking to hurt her in a better neighborhood - the concept of not having some kind of easy manual way to get out of danger made the SDC a non-starter concept for her.<p>I have to admit that after that conversation with her, the helpless lack of control of the SDC has figured more highly in my thinking about the subject.