Remote assistance for autonomous vehicles in predetermined situations

An autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• a control system configured to:
• determine that the autonomous vehicle has dropped off or picked up one or more passengers;
• subsequently send a request for a remote operator to verify a number of passengers in the autonomous vehicle;
• receive a response to the request, wherein the response comprises a verification by the remote operator of the number of passengers in the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• cause the autonomous vehicle to perform an autonomous operation based on the response.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions, that when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform functions comprising:

• determining that an autonomous vehicle has dropped off or picked up one or more passengers;
• subsequently sending a request for a remote operator to verify a number of passengers in the autonomous vehicle;
• receiving a response to the request, wherein the response comprises a verification by the remote operator of the number of passengers in the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• causing the autonomous vehicle to perform an autonomous operation based on the response.