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 simila

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. In defence of the world with self driving cars, I could say that - you could specify the route (not via the bad part of town please), just as you currently can - the passengers would not necessarily be on display so a vulnerable passenger is not as exposed - the self driving car does not necessarily need to allow the doors to be opened from outside - the self driving car could choose to value the passengers safety over third parties interfering with normal operation - the self driving car could log/stream a whole lot of data about any such third parties - the self driving car could summon assistance (police, or private security) - the owners of the self driving car would not be motivated to allow it to frequent areas known for issues which may cause damage - as the passenger of a self driving car with a weapon, you can focus on fighting off intruders while the car drives to safety and perhaps others.