You would think the car would've saw the plane It's all possible the forward facing camera and/or radar is aimed toward the road not up high enough to see the tail of the plane. Still something ain't right here. If the car can park itself and back out of a spot to come fetch you it sure should be able to avoid something the size of a plane even if the operator isn't smart enough to tap or release a button on a phone!
I think this is the problem. A few years ago a Tesla on autodrive didn't see an 18 wheeler crossing a road and drove under the trailer doing about 55 or 60. The impact didn't phase it and it continued on for a while before it ran off the road and hit a pole. Apparently the computer was overwhelmed with information it didn't understand after the accident and kept going until the overwhelming data /confusion or chasis damage caused it to fail and wreck.
The driver was decapitated and died instantly. He had previously posted videos of his autodrive avoiding wrecks and touted how great the autodrive was on youtube.
Autodrive and driver-less are misleading names, it should be called driver assist. Well more accurately lazy person excuse to be irresponsible.
