Canute
I guess you are not real ex F4 since you are taking stuff from the movies.
Reaper and pred and the like do not self destruct as a safety method.
Well, I have no influence what you guess about me or other people, and if you guess that all details about those drones is available in the public domain you may continue to do so.
@MG23
Cars stop on a daily basis in heavy traffic, even with drivers. And I didn't say they would be programmed to stop within the second on the driving lane. Get real, highways have emergency parking lanes and exits and streets have parking spaces close by. Nothing compareable to an autonomous aircraft flying anywhere except on a ten mile final.
But if you think that soft- and hardware are not able to park an future autonomous car in short time to prevent it from causing accidents, what do you then expect from an autonomous airliner?