That is pretty scary. I’m glad nobody got seriously hurt. The video shows what happened, but not why it happened.
There is clearly a burst of speed at the beginning of the video as the vehicle was approaching the gate. One would normally press the brake to slow down at that point, but instead, it looks like the accelerator pedal was pressed. The sudden acceleration instead of deceleration could have led to a panic reaction. From AI summary:
How Panic Causes This Specific Chain of Events
The Initial Error (Pedal Misapplication): A driver accidentally presses the accelerator instead of the brake. This happens most frequently during sudden maneuvers, parking, or when a driver is already slightly distracted or flustered.
The "Panic Loop" and Cognitive Tunneling: When the car suddenly speeds up unexpectedly, the brain experiences a massive shock. Instead of re-evaluating their foot placement, the panicked driver's brain registers: "I am pressing the brake as hard as I can, but the car is going faster!" In this state of extreme panic, the driver often presses down even harder on the wrong pedal.
Losing Steering Awareness: Under severe stress, a person's field of vision narrows to a "tunnel." They become completely blind to their surroundings and their own actions (like the fact that they are turning the steering wheel or driving in a circle). Their entire cognitive capacity is trapped in the terror of the car accelerating.
The Crash: The driver remains locked in this state, flooring the accelerator and steering erratically, until an external force—like hitting a wall—forces the vehicle to a stop. Only after the impact does the adrenaline drop enough for the driver to realize what actually happened.
(Substitute flooring the accelerator with lifting off the accelerator but not fully)
I’m not saying this is what happened, but we have to entertain this possibility, in addition to an actual problem with the car.
