For the first one, I'm guessing you would just change the pickup location just as you tell the drive to meet you somewhere else.
If there's no driver, then there's nobody to ask to help with bags.
For various degenerate situations I'm not sure being driverless really changes the situation all that much. A drunk passenger can grab the wheel of a manned vehicle as well. With a self-driving car you might even be able to avoid that situation entirely by preventing the passengers from using any controls without authorization. They can grab the physical steering wheel but can't turn it until they punch in an authorization code (which they don't have). Likewise you prevent unauthorized passengers from entering the car by keeping the doors locked until the authorized passenger gets there. And if someone does manage to sneak in you just shut down the vehicle and call the cops (just like if someone jumps in a cab without permission).
But humans are great at flummoxing countermeasures like that so it will be an interesting thing to watch for sure.
> For the first one, I'm guessing you would just change the pickup location just as you tell the drive to meet you somewhere else.
To add on, maybe even Waymo tells/asks you if you'd like to change pickup locations to save X minutes off your trip.
Feels somewhat in line with how Google Maps will ask you if you want to save X minutes by taking a new route that was previously not as good as when you started using directions.
If there's no driver, then there's nobody to ask to help with bags.
For various degenerate situations I'm not sure being driverless really changes the situation all that much. A drunk passenger can grab the wheel of a manned vehicle as well. With a self-driving car you might even be able to avoid that situation entirely by preventing the passengers from using any controls without authorization. They can grab the physical steering wheel but can't turn it until they punch in an authorization code (which they don't have). Likewise you prevent unauthorized passengers from entering the car by keeping the doors locked until the authorized passenger gets there. And if someone does manage to sneak in you just shut down the vehicle and call the cops (just like if someone jumps in a cab without permission).
But humans are great at flummoxing countermeasures like that so it will be an interesting thing to watch for sure.