>(ie, if he/she falls asleep or is drunk) More likely a pedestrian in the road, a cop pulled someone over, a bicyclist is on the shoulder and you feel the need

>(ie, if he/she falls asleep or is drunk) More likely a pedestrian in the road, a cop pulled someone over, a bicyclist is on the shoulder and you feel the need to give him some space, there's an accident, a crate with a refrigerator in it just fell off the truck in front of you, it sounds super creepy. Set off an alarm of some kind, sure. However, having a "haunted car" take control away from you and mow down a little kid because it thought it was helping you drive, sounds like a recipe for PTSD, and the related gigantic lawsuits, in addition to the lawsuits for the dead kid. And of course the legal liability protection that driverless cars will require will result in car designs like the bad old days, so now when your gas tank explodes in a minor fender bender your heirs will be legally unable to sue because driverless cars have blanket immunity.