Fallback requests for autonomous vehicles

A fleet management system comprising a server configured to:

• receive updates regarding the status of a plurality of vehicles capable of autonomously driving;
• and
• send a dispatch command to one of the vehicles, the dispatch command including a request for a primary task, at least one fallback task, and at least one trigger of each fallback task, each trigger being a set of conditions that, when satisfied, indicate when a vehicle requires attention for proper operation;
• wherein the dispatch command further includes a level of urgency for each trigger, the level of urgency being related to how quickly the fallback task associated with the trigger is executed after the set of conditions of the trigger is satisfied.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of self-driving systems for controlling a vehicle;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory comprising:
• a trip manager module comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• send a first set of instructions to one or more self-driving systems to execute a primary task, and
• send a second set of instructions to one or more self-driving systems to execute a fallback task associated with a trigger, the trigger being a set of conditions that, when satisfied, indicate when a vehicle requires attention for proper operation;
• and
• a task overseer module comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive vehicle status updates from the trip manager module,
• determine that the set of conditions of a trigger is satisfied based on a current vehicle status received from the trip manager module, and
• send information to the trip manager module based on the fallback task associated with the set of conditions of the trigger that is satisfied.