The Twitch streamer Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris often stood out due to his driving behavior. Now he admits to a mistake when he relied on his autopilot.
This is what happened: Recently, MontanaBlack attracted attention when he blamed his car for a near-accident. During a Twitch livestream, he turned to his camera in the back seat to show his Twitch chat his new glasses.
Before that, he activated his “autopilot”, as he said, so that the car would brake without him. However, it does not brake steadily by itself, but the emergency assistant eventually intervenes with an automatic emergency braking.
MontanaBlack complains about it: “But that was autopilot. (…) One should simply not rely on modern technology. That was a good example. That was autopilot and I had to brake myself.” (Source: Reddit).
“Eyes on the Road”
What does MontanaBlack say about the incident now? In a subsequent Twitch stream, MontanaBlack talked about the incident. MontanaBlack understands “cruise control/autopilot” to mean that the car would manage speed, distance, braking, and acceleration by itself.
He admits that it was a mistake to turn around with sunglasses on while driving and emphasizes several times that it was “stupid” and “dumb”.
He also sees the main mistake as his own: “No matter how nice your system is and how expensive it is, don’t rely on it. Eyes on the road. It was a mistake on my part. I’m realizing that. No matter how cool my new sunglasses were, I shouldn’t have turned around like that even if I had my system on.” (Source: YouTube from minute 03:14).
How does the community react? Some voices from the community react surprised at MontanaBlack’s insightful statement:
- The user No-Band-2074 writes on Reddit: “As much as I can’t stand him, I can’t blame him fully here. These assist systems are practical, but they also make you rely too much and become careless. (…)”
- Also eledile 55 seems surprised on Reddit: “Surprisingly insightful and well-stated. Hopefully, he learned something from it.”
- User ThePixelLord12345 is also satisfied with MontanaBlack’s response (Source: Reddit): “He didn’t say anything wrong overall. At first, I thought it was heading towards ‘not my fault’, but at least he admitted it was stupid. That’s fine with me.”
Others under a post on Reddit remain critical of MontanaBlack. After all, there have been several incidents in the past where the Twitch streamer was criticized for his driving behavior.
For example, the Twitch streamer openly admitted that he always drives at least 20 km/h faster than allowed. That would just be “only” a fine, but his driver’s license is not at risk.
How much MontanaBlack has now learned from the incident and whether he will no longer rely on the system in the future or how else he behaves in traffic remains to be seen.
MontanaBlack has often been noted for his behavior in traffic, but there is one thing he would never partake in, as it is far too dangerous. At least primarily for him and his driver’s license: Montana Black is criticized for his driving style, now praised for drawing a line
