Montero (Your Fault - His Fault)

I learned how to drive when I was in grade 4, 10 years old, so I can say that I know a thing or two about driving. I handled mostly all vehicles, from brand new to the most crappiest to manual to automatic and the third kind (I don't know what it meant, but it sounded cool so I put it in there).

Lately, a video became viral about the troubled Montero who went nuts when its driver tried to park it. The video showed a younger man who's trying to park the brand spanking new Montero into a tight spot. After a couple of tries, the driver gave up, and let his (probably his dad and the owner of the car) do the job. Why not, he's old and probably experienced and second, it's his car so if he happens to scratch it, no problemo, it's his anyways.

The reverse light went on, signaling that the vehicle is about to backup and that was the point when the turmoil began. The Montero, as if  summoned by a demon went crazily back, and forward, more violently.

Now the case in point now is that, a lot of the viewers think that it is a human error and some claimed it was not. But how can we justify which is which?

Let's analyze the situation, first, all indications in the car's lighting system is telling that is was a human error, when the owner reversed the car the light went on and after the wreck, before he jumped off the car, the break light showed that everything was fine. Second, other claimed that the car was fine when the young fellow was driving it. Also, there were claims that the driver didn't know how ro drive because he can't park at a tight spot, which I beg to disagree. If a car is your hard earned money, it's like your baby, you don't want a mosquito to bite it, same concept, more overly if its your retirement car (trust me, I am a living sacrifice of my paps).

So given the fact above, is it a human error? Based on 1, the reverse and break light, and two, because of the driver's skills in parking? You'd be the judge.

Going to the error of the vehicle, others are pointing the way the car acted when it rammed the car parked in front of it, most especially when it stood still, and the pipe still blew some heavy smoke, indicating that the car is revving furiously (it happened twice - 2:05 and 2:08). And of course the frequency of the incident, this year alone there were more than enough reported incidents about the same make, some are fatal and some are not. This fact alone cannot be discredited considering the numbers it showed.

So, is it a human error or no?

I've been driving for over 20 years, and if I am to answer the question? With all honesty, on that particular incident, it is owner's fault, at first I thought it was the vehicle's but after seeing it for a couple of times, you just can't take out the fact that the vehicle's lighting system works fine even after the collision,  which means, if the driver was indeed tried to go for the breaks, it could have showed up on the video but it did not.

Second, experience, no matter how experienced you are, if you are new to a situation, such as what happened on the video, everything you learned will be thrown out the window. The emission is also a big factor as well. It indicated that the throttle was pushed heavily and bot gradually, if its a vehicle error, chances are the rev would be gradual because logically speaking, a mechanical part of a car, such as the throttle needs kinetic energy (you have to press it to work) before it gets stuck or go nuts.

In conclusion, don't take may word as an expert, although I have years if experience, it doesn't constitute that my opinion on this matter is eternal.

Hopefully, Mitsubishi will finally go deep into details, and if found out that it is and was there fault, act on it and for us, let's be safe out there, most especially if your driving your parent's car, like I do. :)