<p id=”p-0001″ num=”0000″>Presented herein are techniques for matching a user, e.g., a child, with an autonomous vehicle instructed to pick up the child. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a server, information from an autonomous vehicle, receiving, at the server, information from a user device, receiving, at the server, information from a responsible party device, processing, by the server, the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, and based on the processing of the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, verifying, by the server, that the autonomous vehicle is matched with a user of the user device.</p>