If a cab driver or Uber driver locks you into their car and doesn't allow you to get out, that's "false imprisonment", a felony in most jurisdictions, carrying a sentence of several years of prison. It is very unusual for them to even lock the doors such that you need their help to open them. The last time I had to open an Uber door in a moving car to force the driver to stop—because he'd lied about having air conditioning to get the fare—was two weeks ago.
Airliners are legally required to have emergency exit doors that can be activated by anyone inside the airliner as long as the cabin isn't pressurized. You also know, before you board the airliner, that you won't be able to get off it for several hours. So, if you have an appointment with your probation officer in half an hour or need to pick up your kids from school in half an hour, you won't board in the first place.
You're apparently arguing that passengers of self-driving cars should not have the same legal and mechanical protections that the passengers of these other types of vehicles have.
Airliners are legally required to have emergency exit doors that can be activated by anyone inside the airliner as long as the cabin isn't pressurized. You also know, before you board the airliner, that you won't be able to get off it for several hours. So, if you have an appointment with your probation officer in half an hour or need to pick up your kids from school in half an hour, you won't board in the first place.
You're apparently arguing that passengers of self-driving cars should not have the same legal and mechanical protections that the passengers of these other types of vehicles have.