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- Intimidating the participants, season 4's Driver's Rehabilitation Centre is located in an abandoned maximum security prison in Guelph, Ontario. The eight participants and their primary driving problems are: Teagan Cramer, an inexperienced driver who over steers and who has a habit of hitting and running; Donna Hicks, who gets an adrenaline rush by disobeying traffic signs, and who also drinks and drives; Curt Higham, who is distracted by other things happening besides traffic and other things on the road, which has resulted in him rear ending many vehicles; Lindsay Kloss, who prefers to do other things behind the wheel than pay attention to traffic; Ashley van Ham, an emotional driver who has an antagonistic relationship with her nominator husband Bryan van Ham when they're driving together; Emily Wang, who is oblivious to other cars around her; Ken Westwood, who has no respect for other cars on the road and who hates to back up; and Amy Wisniewski, whose nerves behind the wheel get her to the point of tears. Given a set of directions, their first test is to drive 45km to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre, which should take each under an hour. Upon arrival, four of the participants are read the riot act by Sgt. Cam Woolley for breaking the Criminal Code of Canada either on their drive or in their day to day driving. Their penance hits home with each. Their second test is to drive a precision course. The added pressure they face is that they are driving an expensive new Porsche.
- A task the nemesis of many a bad driver, Scott gives each of the participants a refresher lesson on parallel parking, which many of the participants ace. They don't yet know that their first challenge will be to parallel park a motor home uphill, which they will first have to back up about 100 meters. Despite knowing how to parallel park after their lesson with Scott, the participants panic about the size of the vehicle. The second challenge is "threading the eye of the needle", a high speed predominantly straight but narrow course. On this challenge, Sean and Colin want to prove that driving fast is safer and cooler than driving slower. The third challenge is a narrow figure eight course which they must maneuver backward with another driver on the course at the same time; they will eventually have to pass the other driver on one section that is only wide enough to barely allow the two cars to pass. Above her own driving issues, Jodi has to overcome the constant and often bad advice of her husband Sam. Beyond these three challenges, Matt is given another challenge of his own to show him how being distracted is the cause of most of his driving accidents. And each participant is given a physical test to see if there are any issues which may hinder their driving ability. Henrietta has many issues to overcome. After the deliberation, the panel of experts decide to graduate the person who has more of a mental shift to overcome than bad driving per se. The graduate is only allowed to leave on the promise that this mental shift will indeed occur once home.
- With Matt Elkind being the first to graduate, there are seven remaining participants at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. Before they begin their next set of challenges, Shannon makes a confession on why she decided to participate on the show, which may affect what she will be allowed to do challenge-wise in the future. The first challenge they were going to be given was one of navigating through a small town situation. However, since most of the participants showed a lack of knowledge of basic road signs, the first challenge was changed to one at the Centre for public safety reasons. That challenge is one of driving forward and backward in a straight line on a raised platform and ramp. If they veer off course, the car will fall off the platform or ramp. The second challenge is a high speed straight line skid to avoid hitting an obstacle. This challenge is particularly important for Karen, who is so used to listening to her husband's instructions while driving. The third challenge is one of packing a station wagon truck so as not to create a blind spot if possible. The participants must then back the fully packed car out of a camping spot, with many physical obstacles along the way. To see if it makes a difference, each participant is given another nominator, and not their own, as their passenger. The fourth challenge is one of gas station etiquette, where all seven participants are required to approach a gas station at the same time, the station which only has six pumps and a multitude of other potential gas purchasers. Some of the participants see the challenge as who can get gas the fastest as opposed to its true mission of demonstrating driver courtesy. Some participants are given an extra challenge - one that was devised specifically for first graduate Matt - which is designed to show the hazards of driving while multitasking. After deliberating, the panel of experts graduate the person whose driving relationship with that person's nominator has improved from one of the nominator barking orders to a state of cooperation.
- With Karen Carson being named the second graduate (much to the surprise of most of the others), there are six participants remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. The first of the latest series of challenges is the water test: they are required to drive an obstacle course smoothly, otherwise water from the 500 liter tank mounted above the car will drain on top of the car's occupants. Most get drenched with at least 200 liters of water. The second challenge is a navigational course through the massive Centre (which is really a military base), which if navigated properly should take 20 minutes to complete. They have a time limit of 40 minutes. Some do not finish. The third challenge is a three stage skid and swerve test, first in mud, then in dry gravel, then in a "mystery material" covered asphalt surface around a blind corner, which is hiding a walled barrier. Because of the results of the last challenge which is a culmination of all results, one participant is leaving the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre, but not as a graduate.
- This year's Driver's Rehabilitation Centre takes contestants onto an unnamed military base. The eight participants and their primary driving problems are: Mike Butt, a junk car collector whose driving reflects that he doesn't care what else happens to his junkers; Melissa Cook, whose biggest driving problem may be the constant barrage of verbal abuse thrown at her by her primary passenger, her common-law husband and nominator, Wil; Crystal Farao, who is more concerned about lighting cigarettes and dealing with her cell phone while behind the wheel than actually driving; Father Giles Joly, whose life mantra is slow and slower; Jojo Kopty, who is aggressive at all cost and who does not seem to care about the financial consequences of her bad driving since everything is paid for by her parents; Angelina Marcantognini, an emotional and self-absorbed woman, whose preoccupation with herself affects the amount of attention she pays to the actual act of driving; Jakob Poirer a punk rocker whose driving is an extension of that punk rock lifestyle; and Arun Suryanarayanan, a self-taught driver who never really learned the proper rules and safety tenets of driving. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. On that drive, most display the reason why they are in the running to be named Canada's Worst Driver. Their second test is to drive a precision course, which is to provide the panel of experts an overall assessment of the participants' driving skills, or lack thereof. The test is even more intimidating in that they are given to drive a brand new Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II, which no one wants to scratch or dent. Those participants who thought they were good drivers are humbled by this challenge. After all have completed this assessment test, the panel conclude that these eight are probably the worst drivers collectively from the first five years of the show.
- With Colin Sheppard's expulsion from the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre (he being the first person ever on any of the "Worst Driver" series to befall that fate) because of his unwillingness to learn, there are five participants remaining. Their first challenge in this series of three is called the dirty circle, where the participants must maneuver the car in a 360 degree turn on a mud surfaced "island" surrounded by a moat, so that they can drive on and off the one and only entrance/exit without falling into the moat. Most end up doing the challenge with another participant as their passenger, which helps some and annoys others. The second challenge is a nighttime scavenger hunt with the participants as the navigators, and their nominators as the drivers. They are each given one more test in this challenge in that each car has a flat tire which must be changed before they start. This challenge should take just over an hour to complete, but the first car arrives three hours after the start and one car does not make it at all. The slow times are despite one car receiving a speeding ticket along the way. The third challenge is driving a right side manual drive jeep through a course. Only one of the five has extensive experience driving a manual drive car, let alone a right side drive one. One of the participants has a meltdown on the course. During the panel deliberation, Sean should be named the graduate if only he would admit that driving slower is better than speeding. Sean knows this to be the case. Will he admit to the error of his thinking in order to graduate?
- The panel of experts decided at the last deliberation not to graduate anyone after the previous set of challenges, meaning that there are five participants still remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. The first in the next series of challenges is an off road course mimicking desert driving, including steep uphills and downhills. Because of the potential for injury on this treacherous course, an army sergeant specializing in off road driving will be the passenger in the 4-wheel drive vehicle used for this challenge. Because of her pregnancy, Shannon is given extra words of precaution. The next challenge has each nominator as a blindfolded driver, the participant as the passenger giving directions. The course has several obstacles and turns, plus what is considered the most intimidating section: a straight line in which the car must reach 40 kilometers per hour. There is a 40 minute time limit to complete the course. This challenge is to demonstrate each participant's driving thought process. Before the third challenge, the five participants are each given a different lesson or task based on their own situation. Henrietta, Jodi and Michael are each taught to burn rubber and to do controlled donuts. Sean is given an opportunity to race go-carts with panel expert Juliana Chiovitti in the hope that he will learn that fun driving has its place, such as on a go-cart track or on-line, but not on public streets. And Shannon is given the task of installing an infant car seat. The third and final challenge mimics a highway driving situation where the participants, driving at least 70 kilometers per hour, must avoid hitting boxes falling off a truck immediately ahead of them. This challenge provides a break though in attitude for two of the participants for different reasons. After these sets of challenges, each of the five remaining participants believe they will be named the next graduate, those not graduating going to the final on street road test. At the deliberation, the panel reach an unusual decision.
- With both Jodi Slobodesky and Sean McConnell graduating after the last deliberation (Sean's graduation albeit on the caveat that he promised no longer to speed excessively), three participants remain for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Henrietta Gallant, Michael Telford and Shannon Willemsen. The first in their last series of challenges is to back a trailer into a campground parking spot. Scott gives each a lesson in trailer driving, but it doesn't seem to help on the actual challenge. The second challenge is an obstacle course, which is to test the cumulative knowledge gained from the previous twenty challenges. The only thing they are explicitly told not to do is run into Andrew's "mother". The final challenge is a 27 kilometer road test through the streets of downtown Toronto. One participant gets continually off course, while another has a total meltdown. During the final deliberation, the panel of experts have it narrowed down to two participants, one of whom they do name Canada's Worst Driver. That person takes the news in stride.
- The participants are given a medical test, primarily one of vision and reflexes, to see if there are any medical or physical reasons why they are either bad drivers or why they should not be driving at all. The poor results for one does explain his overall driving attitude. The first of this series of challenges is a high speed shoulder check challenge, where the participants are required to see if either or neither side is open to a lane change within a short distance. Although some succeed and some fail, Father Giles can't even get up to the necessary 70 kilometers per hour speed. As such, Andrew decides to take him out for an open drive to allow Father Giles to experience driving at 120 kilometers per hour, which he has never done in his life. The second challenge is a manual transmission drive challenge on a 300 meter off-road course, which includes parallel parking on a sandy surface. The participants' history or lack thereof of driving a manual transmission car does not materialize in the performance for some. The third challenge is to drive a limousine in reverse through a figure eight course. The other seven participants are to be passengers, who are allowed to (and do quite readily) provide advice. The panel of experts see that the excited frenzy inside the limousine may cause stress for many of the drivers. In their deliberation of who will be the first graduate, the panel weigh the merits of who they see as the safest driver against the best driver.
- With Henrietta Gallant being named Canada's Worst Driver on season 2, series host Andrew Younghusband reflects on life with the eight contestants at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre over the span of their driver training. This reflection is showcased in a video he calls "147 Driver Don't s", which is to demonstrate to the viewer how not to drive.
- With Jojo Kopty being named the first graduate, there are seven participants remaining at the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre. Because the reversing challenge from the previous episode was such a disaster, the participants are given yet another reversing challenge. In another figure eight course, two participants drive the course at one time, unaware that there is only one section of the course where there is enough room to pass. This challenge highlights the attitudinal problems each has as the cause of their bad driving. However, both Arun and Father Giles end up reversing faster than they ever have before, one for not the right reason. The second challenge is moving a vehicle laterally both left and right using a series of S-turns. The third challenge is the annual "eye of the needle" challenge, where the participants are required to drive at high speed through a series of narrow arches. The difference this year is that they will be doing the challenge in a manual drive car, which means they have to shift gears while they are driving through the arches. As a bonus, the participants are tested on their knowledge of basic road signs. Before the panel deliberation, one nominator is taken aside to show the destructive behavior he/she causes. As such, the panel graduate the person whose biggest problem has changed, that problem which was not the actual driving.
- When her nominator common law husband was deemed to be her driving problem and after he changed his abusive manner toward her, Melissa Cook was named the second graduate of the Centre after the most recent panel deliberation, leaving six participants at the Centre. The first challenge the six face is more a lesson than challenge: they are required to drive a course at a regular speed while doing various tasks, such as eating, drinking, changing CDs, talking on a cell phone and applying makeup. This challenge is to demonstrate to the participants how dangerous it is to drive while distracted, which is a common occurrence for many of the participants. The second challenge has the participants doing drifting donuts around a stationary obstacle to show them how to control a rear end skid. This challenge may prove to be the most difficult of the year yet. The third challenge is the annual water tank challenge: participants are required to drive an obstacle course smoothly, or else get drenched by water sitting in a 200 liter tank mounted above the car. Most lose more water than they keep in the tank. The participants are also given a test of common road rules, with the best only getting a marginally passing grade. Before the panel deliberation, each participant is allowed to plead their case for graduation to the experts. The panel take these comments into consideration when they decide who to graduate.
- After given a lesson to do the task by Phillippe, the participants' first challenge is to do a peel out and then a donut around a stationary obstacle without hitting that obstacle. Both the attitude and the success of completing the challenge varies between participants. The second challenge is threading the eye of the needle where the participants are required to drive through a series of narrow archways on a slightly curving course at 40 kph or faster without hitting the arches. Many of the participants have issues with maintaining speed on this challenge, and the confident drivers realize that not taking advice from the experts may be an issue. And one participant uses a medical issue as the reason for predicted failure. The third challenge is the annual figure eight reversing challenge, where two participants are required to back up simultaneously through a course, and where there is only one section wide enough to pass. Because this challenge has proved to bring out the worst of the participants in the past, the course designers decided this year to build the course as a double heart. This challenge ends up bringing out the worst in one of the nominators. In the panel deliberation, the experts choose between the most improved versus the safest driver as the Centre's first graduate of the season.
- With Denice Koke being named the first graduate of the season, there are seven participants remaining at the Centre. The seven are first given a lesson on parallel parking. They have no idea they will have to apply that lesson to the challenge of backing up and parallel parking a converted school bus through an obstacle-laden course. The participants are shocked to learn that they indeed are legally allowed to drive a school bus if the words "School Bus" are removed from the vehicle, if the bus is painted in non-school bus colors, and if all but four of the passenger seats are removed. Any passenger is even not required to wear a seat belt. For the challenge, the crew redesign it to accommodate the driving skills of some. The second challenge is a high speed skid and swerve test, where the participants are required to swerve into one of two lanes on which an obstacle will be removed at the last minute. The third challenge has the participants finding a limited number of open parking stalls in a parking lot. They will have to observe no parking signs and watch other "blocker" cars in the lot, which includes their favorite converted school bus. The participants are given an extra test on knowledge of basic road signs. And Dr. Gembora takes aside one participant and their nominator to see if there are deeper issues in their driver/passenger relationship that may be part of the driving problem. Before the panel deliberation, the participants state their case for graduation to the experts. The newest graduate is required to take a side trip before heading home.
- Because all participants expressed that they did not feel ready to graduate at the last deliberation, the panel decided to honor their wishes and graduate no one, leaving six participants still remaining at the Centre. Their first challenge has all six on a two-lane oval course at the same time, the goal being to pass the lead car, driven by Andrew, twice. This challenge tests lane changing ability, especially the need to shoulder check and signal before changing lanes. On this challenge, one driver is oblivious to the fact of a missing car. The second challenge has the participants and the nominators at an undisclosed and secluded location at night 33 kilometers away from their hotel. With another nominator of their own choosing as their passenger, they must find their own way back to the hotel in whatever manner they see fit. This challenge ends up being quite different for one, whose disregard for their own vehicle ends up being the issue. Before attempting their third challenge, Philippe gives the participants a lesson in the specific maneuver called a hand-brake J-turn. This turn teaches car control, and the physics behind what a car is actually doing while in motion. The participants are required to make such a turn in a tight spot with an obstacle in the middle. The participant who ends up leaving the Centre after these three challenges does so for a personal reason, which hits home with all at the Centre, but especially the participants.
- At the last panel deliberation, Thomas Hobbs was named the second graduate - on the caveat that he move his car racing from the street to a race track - leaving six participants remaining at the Centre. The first challenge for the six is to balance a car on one side of a seesaw, with their nominator in another car on the opposite side of the seesaw. This challenge requires hair-trigger decisiveness and good communication. The second challenge has the participants in a simulated ice skid initiated by a third party. The catch?: the third party will not initiate the skid, testing driver nerves and reaction. This challenge is aborted when one the participants kills the car. The third challenge has the participants turning a car 360 degrees within an enclosed cross-shaped course. The challenge can be completed in 29 turns. The fourth challenge is one is driving a manual drive car. The course has a few turns, requiring shifting gears; a few stops, meaning that they have to drive from a cold start a few times; and a dead end requiring shifting from first gear to reverse. Those that have driven a manual drive before have an advantage. Will they use that advantage? Shelby gets a lesson in driving a different type of vehicle, one that he has wanted to drive since he was a kid. At the panel deliberation, there is a short list of two, but the panel decide to graduate the person who has shown the most increase in confidence.
- With Marnie Maddison being named the third graduate, there are five participants left at the Centre in the running for the title of Canada's Worst Driver. After given a lesson in the task by Phillippe, the participants, as their first challenge, are required to do a 180 degree hand brake turn within an enclosed course. Most quickly learn the task but things may be a little different on the actual challenge. There end up being a few aspiring stunt drivers among the bunch. Their second challenge is to move a vehicle laterally on a 10 meter long course in both directions using a series of S-turns. There is added pressure in that the participants will go head to head with one of their fellow participants. Their third challenge has them off-roading in a 4x4, the course which includes what are called "whoopteedo"s which in turn can dislocate the driver's thumbs if they grasp the steering wheel in the traditional manner. They are required to drive the course both forward and in reverse. With the exception of Ed, each is given another participant as their passenger to see if that makes a difference in driving ability. The final challenge is the annual water tank challenge, where the participants are required to drive through a course smoothly, of else get doused by water mounted in a tank above the car. As usual, there is a lot of "fluid" driving. During the deliberation, the panel of experts decide between the most improved driver (which is their stated primary criterion for graduation) but someone who they feel is still unsafe, versus the combination safest and a highly improved driver.
- Ed Porter was named the most recent graduate, and with that there was an implication that he and his nominator ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Cecchi, will make a new attempt at a relationship. That leaves three contenders for the title of Canada's Worst Driver: Shelby D'Souza, Jennifer Kritzer and Jason Zhang. Their first challenge is to drive a straight course at least at 40 kilometers per hour without hitting the concrete barriers on either side. There is a couple of inch clearance on either side. They have issues specifically with hitting on the passenger side, and one wants to quit the challenge. The second challenge is called the Mega Challenge, and uses skills required in most of the twenty-two challenges conducted thus far. The challenge requires three car changes. Nerves get the better of the participants, most of who treat the challenge more as a race. The final challenge takes the participants onto the streets of Barrie, Ontario. The challenge, using Andrew's pickup truck, simulates an actual driving exam with Andrew as the adjudicator. Although all four make at least one moving violation that would result in an automatic failure in a real driver's exam, the panel decide that two really should not possess and valid driver's license. But only one of the three is named Canada's Worst Driver.
- At the last panel deliberation, the experts felt Shelby the most improved (their main criterion for graduation) but still not safe enough to return to public roads. Therefore, the panel named Billie-Jean Leslie as the most recent graduate, leaving four participants at the Centre. Their first challenge has them towing a trailer on a course that has a hairpin turn, a right turn, either a parallel parking section or a long straight reverse section, and a requirement to back into a parking space. One participant cannot finish, and one nominator tries to demonstrate that they can do the challenge better than their nominee. Their second challenge is a tight maze with poor visibility. They have to rely on a map posted at the start to maneuver around the maze. It is imperative that the participants copy down the map to complete the challenge successfully. The third challenge tests if they've learned to look where they want to go. It's a 40 kilometer per hour slalom course that in the distance at an unspecified time will signal a change in the course. Thus the drivers must look for the signal off in the distance, while peripherally checking both their speed and their immediate driving. With only seven possible attempts per participant, only one of the four completes the challenge. On other issues, Jennifer atones for a past hit and run. And Scott takes Jason and Adrian aside to observe their driving relationship and to offer them some advice. They are desperate for Jason to graduate at this panel deliberation, or else Jason may lose his job and they will definitely miss Adrian's sister's wedding. Will the panel oblige Jason and Adrian at the deliberation? The three non-graduates will be destined to participate in the season finale.
- Because her brother-in-law had just been killed in a traffic accident - the driver of the offending car who failed to yield - Crystal Farao voluntarily left the Centre and rehab to deal with this family tragedy. This news hits home with all the others, not only because of sympathy for Crystal and her family, but because all of them have failed to yield countless times in their lives. Out of respect for Crystal, there was no graduation ceremony, leaving five participants left at the Centre. The five are first taught how to make a 180 degree reverse skid turn. They require this skill for the first challenge, which has them doing this maneuver within a narrow course. Although each of the five could do it in practice, they show that skill retention can be short. The second challenge has the participants driving on two raised and angled narrow concrete platforms set in a parallel winding pattern. They are required to drive without falling off the platforms. This challenge is to test if the drivers know where their wheels are. Most think this challenge looks easy until they start driving. The participants are then given a lesson on towing a trailer. The third challenge takes that skill one step further: they will be towing a trailer, which is towing another trailer. In any manner they deem appropriate, they are required to park the vehicle and the two trailers in allotted spots, which requires some reversing. This challenge tests not only the skill of trailer towing, but also in puzzle solving, as reversing two trailers can be dangerous and thus it is more prudent to unhitch the last trailer and manually put it in place. One participant has another method of solving the puzzle, one that catches everyone by surprise. An extra challenge is thrown in courtesy of 'Mike Butt (II)', who shows everyone one of his favorite pastimes which he calls shopping cart hockey. This challenge requires hand/eye coordination and vehicle control. For this challenge, Andrew relinquishes hosting duties. At the panel deliberation, the experts have a short list of two: who they feel is the most skilled driver and who they feel is the safest driver. Coincidentally, these two are the only two who believe they should graduate. The panel's decision surprises both participants.
- With Jakob Poirer being named the most recent graduate, there are three participants remaining at the Centre who will be in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Mike Butt, Angelina Marcantognini and Arun Suryanarayanan. Their first challenge in the finale is a reverse serpentine slalom course, which they are required to complete in less than 30 seconds. They have ten attempts apiece. The second challenge is the mega challenge, which encompasses putting everything they have learned at the Centre into action. The final challenge has the participants off the Centre into the streets of Downtown Toronto, where they are required to drive a predetermined route with Andrew as their adjudicator. Despite an extremely poor performance in Toronto by one of the participants, another is encouraged to stop the drive and give up their license forever. In the panel deliberation, the vote is not unanimous, but one is named Canada's Worst Driver.
- With Father Giles Joly being named the most recent graduate, four people remain in the running for the title of Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge for these four is a redo of the raised concrete platform challenge from the previous episode (the drivers are required to drive on the platforms without the wheels of their vehicle falling off the platforms), but this time driven in reverse. Like last time, this challenge tests to see if the drivers know where the wheels of their car are. Frustration gets the better of the participants. The second challenge has the participants required to balance their stick shift vehicle on a gimbel. Success on this challenge surprises some of the participants. The third challenge is on an off-road course, driving a four-wheel drive truck. This challenge solely requires being calm. With the exception of Angelina who is the last participant to drive the course, each participant is required to teach the following participant the safety rules of completing the challenge successfully. The fourth and last challenge has the participants making a last minute swerve to avoid hitting an obstacle. After their deliberation, the panel of experts decide to graduate the person whose new-found calmness has made that person a safer driver. The decision is unanimous and made without hesitation.
- This series of challenges have all to do with big vehicle handling. The first has the participants driving a laundry truck through a narrow curving course in reverse. Some find the task difficult if only because they are not used to relying on their side-view mirrors. Mother Nature reeking havoc during the challenge doesn't help. For a task that took Andrew just under ten minutes to complete, some of the participants do not finish within the one hour time limit. The second has the participants parallel parking a minivan on a public street in front of crowd of on-lookers. They are allowed one minute for each of their two possible attempts, otherwise it is considered a failure. The third has the participants in a full sized car braking through an icy curve. Philippe explains the mechanics and the physics of the task before each participant attempts it. After these series of challenges, one participant wants to quit rehab, and the challenges themselves highlight a vision problem of another. With the latter issue, all participants are given an eye examination. Beyond the previously mentioned problem for one, another finds out about a color blindness issue. At the deliberation, the panel is split between two, but decide to graduate the one who has gained a better focus on the overall task of driving.
- With Curt Higham being named the first graduate of the season, there are seven participants left at the Centre. With it being one of the most serious driving issues for the seven, the next set of challenges is devoted to the art of lane changing. The first has them in a straight course requiring a shoulder check which will display to them a sign to tell them in which direction to turn at an upcoming V intersection. In attempting this challenge, many are so concerned about the unfamiliar act of shoulder checking that they forget about other aspects of driving to complete the challenge. The second has them driving on a small circular course with six other vehicles in two lanes, each of those vehicles which is maintaining a constant speed. The participants are required to pass all six vehicles. The third has the participants on a public road where they are required to make fifteen successful safe lane changes as monitored by their nominator. The participants are given an additional quiz on the meaning of specific road signs, which end up mystifying most. At the deliberation, the panel is split but decide to graduate the person they feel has improved the most.
- With Ken Westwood being named the most recent graduate, there are six participants remaining at the Centre. The six will face a series of challenges all requiring them to drive a manual drive vehicle. Philippe will first give them all a lesson on how to drive a stick shift. The first has them driving onto a teeter-totter platform on which they must balance. The second is a stick shift version of the smooth driving challenge where a 200 liter water tank is mounted on top of the car, water from which will drench the vehicle's occupants unless they drive smoothly. Before starting the third, Andrew and the panel discuss not who should be the next graduate but the applicability of one participants being at the Centre due to a medical issue that was undisclosed to them prior to the show.
- Because of her stress induced angina which she did not disclose prior to appearing on the show, Donna Hicks was asked to leave the Centre as a participant. The experts also suggested that she stop driving altogether which she refused to do. However, upon her return home, her driver's license was not renewed. With her departure and no graduate after the last series of challenges, there are five participants remaining at the Centre. The next series of challenges all have to do with turning skills. A pre-challenge given to the participants is to drive a narrow circular course while multitasking. This pre-challenge is to demonstrate how dangerous multitasking can be when sitting behind the wheel. Their first real challenge has them driving on a narrow rolling snaking ramp. This challenge is to see if the drivers know where the wheels of their car are located at all times on the course. The second challenge is one where the participants must make a last minute swerve to avoid hitting a suddenly appearing object. Philippe provides a demonstration on a high speed swerve to each before they attempt the challenge. For graduation, the panel primarily take into account the participants' success on the swerve and avoid challenge.
- Because all the participants failed the swerve and avoid challenge, the panel decided not to graduate anyone after the previous set of challenges. As such, five participants still remain. Their next set of challenges all involve the art of reversing. The first requires the participants to learn how to do a 180 degree reverse spin-out, a skill which will be taught to them by Philippe. They are required to do the reverse spin-out in a confined course without hitting anything. The second has the participants in a parking lot with a limited number of open spaces. They are required to back into any legal space that is open. The third has them driving a Jaguar SJ6 in an enclosed cross shaped course. They must back the car into each of the arms of the cross without hitting the concrete barriers. The fourth has the participants driving reverse in a figure eight course, with the other four participants as the passengers. At the deliberation, the panel have a short list of two, one of who may be technically the best driver but has emotional issues while driving.
- With Lindsay Kloss being named the most recent graduate, four participants remain at the Centre. The first challenge the four will perform is the annual eye of the needle, where they are to drive at high speed through a series of arches without hitting them. Following individual lessons from Dan, the second challenge has the participants towing a trailer through a winding course, which includes a hairpin turn and a final back-up into a parking stall. Following individual lessons from Philippe, the third challenge has the participants doing donuts around an obstacle within an enclosed area. Before the second challenge, Dr. Gembora takes Ashley aside for a discussion about her volatile relationship with her nominator husband Bryan, especially when she's behind the wheel, and how that negatively affects her driving. At the deliberation, there is little consensus, but the panel do come to a decision on who not to send into the finale. The final three are incredulous about that decision.
- With Teagan Cramer being named the latest graduate, there are three participants left at the Centre in the running as Canada's Worst Driver: Ashley van Ham, Emily Wang and Amy Wisniewski. Their first challenge has them driving on a course with a slight curve, but with only eight centimeters of clearance on each side. They are required to hit 40 kilometers per hour and drive the course without hitting anything. The final challenge at the Centre is to drive a course that will require all that they learned in the twenty previous challenges. Their final challenge takes them to the streets of downtown Toronto, where they are to drive a predetermined route directed by their passenger, Andrew, during rush hour. Being real life issues, Amy and Ashley, however, have their nominator husbands, Bob and Bryan, as their respective passenger. Toronto traffic is overwhelming especially for the smaller town residents. The panel have a short list of two for the title, the decision on who is worse more philosophical in nature. But the panel do name Canada's Worst Driver, who is incredulous about winning the title.
- The eight drivers and their nominators from the third season are not the worst this time around, but rather the experts. Their expertise, demonstrated through their driving challenges, is showing the 101 biggest problems on Canadian roads. One of those eight will at least no longer be able to demonstrate such as that person has since kept true to their word and given up driving altogether.
- The panel of experts believe this season's crop of bad drivers are the most diverse they've seen yet. The eight participants and their primary driving problems are: Diane Akers, an extremely slow driver who, regardless, is indecisive behind the wheel; Jamie Giberson, an emotional wreck behind the wheel who seeks constant advice when she drives; Brad Hengerer, who hates driving but is now forced to to drive both his currently incapacitated wife and father-in-law to their medical appointments; Lance Morin, a relatively new driver, who is so scared that he often vomits while driving; Dale Pitton, who believes she has hit something on average once a week over her thirty year driving life, often without realizing that she's done so; Scott Schurink, a cocky driver who intentionally flaunts the law, especially drinking and driving, but may want to be a safer driver if only for his infant son; Dean Sibanda, a speed demon with a gangsta wannabe driving style; and Paul Thurston, a motorcycle aficionado who doesn't understand driving any vehicle that has four or more tires. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually from Hamilton, Ontario to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport. On that drive, two are stopped by the show's producers, who feel that their driving is so unsafe that they need instead to be driven to the Centre. Once at the Centre, the eight are given a driving assessment test consisting of reversing through a snaking and concrete barriered course and doing a slalom of at least 50 kph. Heeding the desires of viewers who have been dismayed to see vintage vehicles destroyed, the producers instead are using the same fresh off the lot new vehicle, a Camaro, which will be used for at least one driving test each week. Much of the Camaro is already gone by the time the eight have completed their assessment test.
- The eight participants' first challenge has each reversing a motor home, with the other seven as passengers, through a curvilinear course with some metal barriers. They will have to perform an S-turn to complete the challenge without hitting the barriers. Some do better than they expect, but many, with the constant advice of the other seven, don't really learn what they did right to get through the course. And one has a total meltdown on the course. Their second challenge is to drive straight on two narrow rails, just touch a barrier with their front bumper (if they touch it too hard, it will cause objects on top of the barrier to tumble) and reverse in that straight line off the rails. If they don't drive straight, they will fall off the rails into the water below. This challenge is to test spatial awareness, especially of where the wheels are, and where their front bumper is. It becomes obvious who has good and who has bad spatial awareness. Before the third challenge, Philippe provides a lesson to all eight on proper seat distance from the steering wheel, proper seat back angle, proper hand position on the steering wheel, and proper body alignment during shoulder checks of blind spots. They will require all these skills for that third challenge, a high speed one requiring a shoulder check on both sides to know which way to turn. One feels that these series of challenges may be a self-fulfilling prophecy of being Canada's worst driver, while on screen admissions by another may be too much for both that person's nominator and the panel of experts. In the end, the panel deliberation for the first graduation of the season becomes a moot point.
- With Scott Schurink being the first to leave the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre this season, albeit by being expelled in part because his nominator Danny, who previously insured Scott, decided to pull that insurance due to Scott's unwillingness to take responsibility for his bad driving (making Scott only the second person ever to be expelled), seven participants remain at the Centre. Their first challenge, using a four wheel drive jeep, is to make a three point turn on a moat surrounded island, taking as many tries as needed within a twenty minute time limit. If a participant goes into the moat and cannot drive back out, he/she automatically fails the challenge. Some are able to complete the challenge, some can't do it in three points within the twenty minutes, and some do end up stuck in the moat. Before the second challenge, Peter provides each a lesson in driving a manual transmission vehicle. Only two of the seven have never driven a stick shift vehicle. That second challenge is to balance a stick shift vehicle on a teeter-totter. Not understanding the actual mechanics, several participants end up burning out the clutch. Before the third challenge, Philippe provides a lesson on threshold braking to be able to steer out of a braking situation in vehicles without ABS. The participants are required to drive around a turn at high speed while braking for the challenge. Before the panel deliberation, the seven participants assess their own driving skill and state if they feel they are ready for graduation. No one feels they have learned enough to leave. The panel have only one person for consideration for graduation. Will they graduate that person or abide by the wishes of all and graduate no one?
- The panel of experts abided by the wishes of all the participants by not graduating anyone at the end of the third week, meaning that no one will have graduated yet. The fact of no graduates by the beginning of week four is a first for the show. But the show is down one more person in that Dale's nominator, her nephew John, and she had a falling out, meaning that Andrew will now act as her nominator for challenges until John and Dale make up. The first challenge is the head to head reversing figure eight challenge. With the exception of one participant for who the daily driving lessons has paid off, all the participants demonstrate their major failings as drivers in this challenge. Given a lesson on how to do so by Philippe beforehand, the participants' second challenge is to drive a high speed (80 kph) slalom course. Some surprise by completing the course successfully. Before the third challenge, Peter quizzes the participants on rules of the road. The third challenge is the annual smooth driving challenge where if the participants do not drive smoothly, they will be doused by water in a 200 liter tank mounted above the car. True to their word, the panel of experts do graduate one of the participants and don't need to deliberate to decide on that person.
- With Paul Thurston being unanimously voted the first graduate of the season, six participants remain at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Their first challenge is the annual swerve and avoid test, which they attempt after being taught the driving mechanics of achieving it successfully by Philippe. One participant has a major breakthrough in attempting this challenge. The second challenge is a safe lane change one, where they all must safely pass the lead car driven by Andrew twice in a continuous course. Andrew stresses that this challenge is not a race and that the technical aspects of changing lanes safely is what is being evaluated. One participant demonstrates a non-understanding of what is required to impress the judges. After being taught the maneuver by Philippe, the participants next attempt a dough-nut challenge around a stationary central object located in an enclosed course. Andrew fears for his life when one participant hits the course. Two participants perform well enough to be shortlisted, with the decision of this week's graduate a close call between the two.
- With Diane Akers being named the second graduate of the season, five people remain in the running as Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge those five will take is the annual eye of the needle challenge. To test the hypothesis that most crashes in this challenge have historically happened on the right side of the vehicle as the driver would rather protect him or herself rather than their passenger, this year the five will drive a right side drive vehicle. One of the five manages to do something to the vehicle on this challenge that the producers never thought could happen. In the second challenge, the participants must maneuver a vehicle within a narrow and confined cross shaped parking area. Although promised at the beginning of the season that no vintage cars would be used this year, a 1970 Monte Carlo is used for this challenge as all the other fleet cars have been destroyed. After being taught the skills by Peter, the participants, for their third challenge, have to back up a vehicle pulling a trailer carrying a sailboat. After Andrew drives the course, he admits that he had a difficult time, so suspects that some if not all the participants will have meltdowns while attempting it unless the course is widened. In the panel deliberation, the experts are unanimous on who should graduate, but also factor into the equation the pleading of another participant to leave the show due to health issues. Although the panel makes a decision between the two, the final decision is left to the only person who really knows what to do.
- With Dale and Dean's nominators convincing Dale to stay at the Centre despite her pleas to leave due to health reasons, Dean Sibanda is named the latest graduate, leaving four participants, including Dale, left at the Centre. All four want to be the next graduate so that they can avoid the final three finale. Their first challenge is the trough challenge, which tests their knowledge of where their vehicle's wheels are. If any of the vehicle's wheels falls into the trough or if the vehicle gets stuck, the driver must start the course over again. They each have one hour to complete the challenge or else it is considered a failure. The participants are then given a lesson on the dangers of distracted driving, especially driving while talking or texting on a cell phone. Their second challenge, called Canada's Worst Cup - pushing a large soccer ball with a car, the goal being to score a goal - is to teach car handling skills. After being taught the skill by Philippe, the participants, for their third challenge, must do a hand brake J-turn around an obstacle. The panel are split on who should graduate: the person who has shown the best driving skills up to this point versus the one who has shown the greatest improvement over the course of these last three challenges. Andrew makes the final decision.
- With Jamie Giberson being named the most recent graduate, there are three participants remaining at the Centre who will be in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Brad Hengerer, Lance Morin and Dale Pitton. Their first challenge, which they each have thirty minutes to complete, is to balance a vehicle on a free floating gimbel without driving off it. Their second challenge is the annual mega-challenge, where each is required to use all the knowledge learned at the Centre to maneuver through a set course. Their final challenge, driving a mint condition Porsche Boxter, is to drive through a preset forty-five minute course with Andrew as their passenger and adjudicator through the streets of Niagara Falls, Ontario. As it is a more real life issue to prove his driving skill, Brad will drive with his nominator wife Donna as his passenger instead of Andrew. One participant racks up over $2,000 worth of driving infractions, while another fails to complete the course due to anxiety. After all the challenges are completed, the panel decide that the two worst drivers should not continue to drive on public roads until they deal with their specific driving issues, which neither ends up doing. The panel does name one of those two Canada's Worst Driver.
- Shyamala Kiru, the relationship therapist on the panel of experts, believes this season's crop of eight nominees is an accurate reflection of the cross-section of bad drivers on Canadian roads. Seven of those eight nominees and their primary driving problems are: Lauri Bencharski, who pays more attention to the menagerie of pets in her car than what's happening on the road; Sly Grosjean, who is addicted to using his smart phone while driving; Afiya Lassy, an aggressive driver who will do whatever it takes to get to where she's going without regard for others or traffic rules; Tab Parks, whose fragile nerves behind the wheel often results in her shaking and being in tears; Jon Parsons, an overconfident Corvette driver who often street races, especially against his Corvette driving father; Ben Reiman, who is constantly daydreaming while driving; and Shirley Sampson, an indecisive driver who often stops in the middle of the road when she doesn't know what to do. The panel of experts hope that they can provide as much guidance as they feel the eighth nominee will. He is Aaron Cheshire, who once was a confident driver until, in 2005, he was blindsided by a distracted driver, that accident which almost killed him and resulted in him being in a coma for two months. Remarkably, he never lost his driver's license even though he had to relearn how to drive after coming out of his coma. This appearance on the show is part of his physical and emotional recovery, where he hopes that he can once again become a good and confident driver. Given a set of directions, their first test with their nominator as their passenger is to drive individually from St. Catharines, Ontario to the Driver's Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport, approximately one hour in duration. On that drive, one is stopped by the show's producers, who feel that her driving is so unsafe that she needs instead to be driven to the Centre. The producers also wanted to stop another for unsafe driving, but were unable to do so. Once at the Centre, the eight are given a driving assessment test consisting of reversing through a snaking and barriered course and doing a slalom of at least 50 kph. They will be driving a specially painted 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T, the paint job in part to inspire a sense of respect for the car. It doesn't work as witnessed by what the nominees do to the car. When the nominees are placed in front of the experts for the first time, some do admit their driving faults - one who admits that this day could be the worst in her entire life - while others are in total denial about being a bad driver, they only agreeing to appear on the show to prove the world wrong.
- The eight nominees' first challenge is the annual riding the rails challenge, which has each rail the width of a tire and the two rails exactly the width of the vehicle's right and left set of tires apart. Adding a sense of fear, the rails are set over a shallow pond. The nominees have the option of reversing over the rails - the vehicle properly lined up for them if they choose to do so - or driving forward over the rails, in which case they have to align the vehicle themselves. Before their second challenge - the annual eye of the needle challenge at a minimum 60 kph - Philippe provides each with a driving lesson with the main premise being to look where you want to go. Most do heed the lesson, but application of the theory is a little more difficult for some. The third challenge has each reversing a minibus, with the other seven as passengers, through a figure eight course. This challenge tests the nominees' ability to use their mirrors. Ben and Tab should succeed on this challenge as they both do have a license to drive a full sized bus. Some nominees do manage to complete to course without hitting too many things, but did so only on the constant coaching of the passengers. On the panel deliberation, each member has the exact same two nominees shortlisted for graduation. Their ultimate decision is based in part by comments made by both of those two.
- Lauri Bencharski was named the second graduate of the season after the most recent panel deliberation, leaving six nominees at the Centre. The first challenge the six face is to drive a pick-up truck towing a 10 meter long trailer, which all are legally allowed to do under a basic driver's license. The challenge through the predetermined course also includes a backing up section. Peter provides some instruction on the basic of towing a trailer before each nominee attempts the challenge. Some succeed through the skills learned in the lesson, some succeed despite their own insecurities, while others quit the challenge altogether. The second challenge is to do a three point turn on a raised platform. Most are able to get on and off the platform, but require more than three turns. The third challenge is the annual water tank challenge: nominees are required to drive an obstacle course smoothly, or else get drenched by water sitting in a 200 liter tank mounted above the car. Most lose more water than they keep in the tank, but Andrew, who is supposed to demonstrate that it can be done, is embarrassed by his own performance. The fourth and last challenge is to perform a maneuver called the reverse flick within an enclosed course. The nominees are given a lesson in performing the maneuver by Philippe. Doing the maneuver in the lesson with Philippe and doing it on the challenge course end up being two totally separate things. Before the panel deliberation, each participant is allowed to plead their case for graduation to the experts. Only one of the six feels ready to graduate. Will the panel agree?
- With Jon Parsons being named the first graduate, there are seven nominees remaining at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Because all the nominees admit to driving while distracted, they are placed on what is probably the easiest driving course at the Centre, but one they must drive around while doing their distracted activities, such as eating, texting and applying make-up. After that challenge, they must all face Aaron, who was once almost killed by a distracted driver, that accident being the sole reason he is at the Centre. They are then given a reflex assessment since quick reflexes are required to drive well. They are then shown how to do an S-turn to make a lateral move as they will have to make that maneuver in their next challenge, a head-to-head with another nominee in a narrow circular course. Philippe then shows them the basics of good seat positioning and body positioning while doing shoulder checks. They will need this skill while doing their shoulder check challenge. The panel have an easy deliberation, with only one person being on each member's short list of graduation candidates, that short listed person being the same for each panel member.
- With Tab Parks being named the most recent graduate, four people remain in the running for the title of Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge for these four is maneuvering a car in an enclosed space. This challenge, which requires the drivers to do a series of S-turns to complete it successfully, is more a challenge of patience while driving. The second challenge is driving a slalom course in reverse within a set time limit. This challenge not only tests the nominees' backing up skills but also doing it at considerable speed. The third challenge is the annual donut challenge, the skill which is taught to the nominees by Philippe beforehand. What the nominees learn in the lesson with Philippe does not always translate to the challenge itself. The fourth and final challenge is driving the largest vehicle in the fleet, a delivery truck, through a set course, which encompasses tight turns and a narrow and curving reverse section. After these series of challenges, one nominee is told that he/she may perhaps never become a good driver and thus should give up driving altogether. After their deliberation, the panel of experts are unanimous on who they believe should graduate. There is a dissenting voice - Andrew himself - who, as the show host who announces the graduate, threatens to impose his view rather than that of the experts.
- Despite Aaron being the only person to complete all the latest challenges successfully, his request to stay at the Centre is in part the reason why no graduated after those last set of challenges. Before the next set of challenges, Shyamala conducts one-on-one therapy sessions with Tab and Afiya, the two whose driving problems are highly psychological ones. The first challenge the remaining five nominees take is a snow plow driving one on a simulated narrow street filled with fake snow (in reality wood chips). The nominees have thirty minutes to make as many attempts to drive through the course without hitting anything except fake snow. Despite successfully completing the challenge, one nominee doesn't take away the proper lesson of the challenge. The second challenge is an off road one, testing rules of Canadian roads, including some specific to only certain locales. The third challenge is a game of road curling, where the nominees push oversized curling rocks with their car to a hog line with the goal of getting the rock into the house. They are given eight rocks apiece to reach that goal of at least one rock in the house. Some who fail don't understand the point of the challenge. After being taught the skills by Philippe, the nominees, for their fourth challenge, have to do a swerve at high speed to avoid hitting an unexpected object. Shirley admits that she was taught never to swerve to avoid hitting animals, and as such has killed more than one animal in her driving life. In the panel deliberation, the experts shortlist two. Their decision on which of the two to graduate is ultimately a difficult one.
- With Ben Reiman being voted the latest graduate of the season, five nominees remain at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Their first two challenges are parking ones, the first in a parking lot, the second parallel parking on a simulated narrow and crowded street situation. The parking lot challenge requires the nominees to back into one of the four parking stalls which will be made available - leaving one person unable to park - while battling other pushy drivers. The parallel parking challenge requires each to park in one fluid motion without hitting either the curb or the other cars. Many believe it is easier to do so in the small car in which Peter teaches them the skill, rather than the full sized 1967 Chrysler Newport they drive in the challenge. Peter, however tries to stress that the mechanics of the skill are the same regardless of vehicle size. The third challenge is the annual know where your wheels are trough challenge. One nominee completes the challenge despite bad advice from the passenger, another has a meltdown and fails to complete the attempt, while yet another attempts a potentially tragic maneuver. The fourth challenge is the annual skid and turn challenge on a simulated icy road. Most master the skill when taught to them by Philippe, but fail the actual challenge itself. With only one person who successfully completes all four challenges, that person would seem to be the obvious choice as this week's graduate, but...
- With Afiya Lassy being named the most recent graduate, there are three nominees remaining at the Centre who will be in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Aaron Cheshire, Sly Grosjean and Shirley Sampson. Their first challenge, which they each have ten attempts and twenty seconds per attempt to complete, is a long straight reverse through a narrow, barrier lined course. The challenge proves problematic for two, while one sails through it on the first try. Their second challenge is the annual mega-challenge, where each is required to use all the knowledge learned at the Centre to maneuver through a set course. The sections on the course include a high speed slalom, an icy corner, a donut section, a 20 meter curvilinear forward than reverse which requires S-turns to complete, a reverse eye of the needle, concluding with a reverse flick. Their final challenge is to drive through a preset route through the streets and highways around Hamilton, Ontario with Andrew as their passenger and adjudicator. One participant racks up close to $3,000 worth of driving infractions, which Cam believes is the worst public driving display ever on the history of the show. Before the panel deliberation, Andrew, the nominees and their nominators hold a funeral for a dear friend who was with them for many of the challenges. The panel shortlist two as the worst, and deliberate on if the one who consistently did the worst at the Centre or the one who failed to translate the skills done well at the Centre to the public road driving is the worst. The panel is split, but they do name one of those two Canada's Worst Driver, with a caveat that does not quite apply to the runner-up.
- This season, the eight nominees for Canada's Worst Driver will be facing big city driving issues. Those eight are: Robert Cardenas who believes slower is always better, and who doesn't know how to drive quickly; Margherita Donato who is more concerned about her appearance than the fact that if she gets one more traffic ticket she will lose her license; Azim Kanji, whose stress behind the wheel compounds with every negative incident and which is manifested by his stress-induced alopecia; eighteen year old Klyne Postnikoff who is at the Centre to prove his nominator mother wrong that his reckless approach to driving is an issue; Dallas Sam, a nervous woman who always needs advice when she's driving; Kevin Simmons who does have a physical disability - a glass eye - which compounds his driving issues; Flora Wang, a non-confident woman which is not helped by her nominator husband who constantly barks orders at her and who often grabs the wheel while she's driving; and Diane Zbierski whose answer for her nervousness behind the wheel, especially on the highway, has been not to drive. Their first task is to drive the predetermined route with their nominator in the back seat (so as not to allow them to grab the wheel) from Niagara Falls, Ontario to the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport. They are then subjected to an assessment drive, which includes a tight U-turn in a concrete-barriered course, a reverse section through both a straight and curved section, and a slalom which must be driven at at least 50kph. The eight then meet the expert panel for the first time, the panel who provide their initial assessment.
- After receiving a lesson in the skills of reversing from Tim, the eight nominees embark on the first competitive challenge, to reverse through a course. The extra pressure is that they perform the challenge head-to-head with another nominee. They are also given one small twist to see if they understand the theory of reversing taught to them by Tim, rather than doing the task by muscle memory. After receiving a lesson on rear tires not following front tires in a turn from Philippe, the eight embark on their second challenge, driving the trough, which entails knowing where their tires are at all times, especially in tight turns. And after receiving a lesson in the proper shoulder check technique from Tim, they embark on their third challenge, which requires them to do both a left and right shoulder check at high speed before changing lanes to avoid hitting an obstacle straight in front of them. This challenge is especially difficult for Kevin who has no peripheral vision on his right side. Another nominee is given another lesson on this course to overcome his major issue. When meeting the panel after the three challenges, only one of the eight feels ready to graduate. Although there is some hesitancy by the panel to graduate anyone, they do have a short list of two people, one of who is named the first graduate of the season.
- With Robert Cardenas being named the first graduate of the season, seven nominees remain at the Centre. Those seven are given an examination of street signs, at which most are inept. As many of the nominees have a problem of driving while trying to multitask, they are then told to drive a course while doing several other tasks behind the wheel. Their first true challenge is the annual eye of the needle challenge at which they are to drive at 70 kph, which ends up being an issue for some in looking at their speedometer while at the same time driving the course. These first two driving challenges result in three of the worst exhibitions of driving ever at the Centre, with one perhaps being the scariest and potentially the most tragic. The last challenge is to reverse a school bus through a figure eight course, which teaches the nominees the importance of using their mirrors. While talking to the panel, only one nominee feels ready to graduate. Although that nominee is on the short list of two, that person does not receive the most votes. Will the panel graduate the person who feels ready to leave, or the person they feel deserves to leave?
- After seven seasons of show and the eighth about ready to begin, host Andrew Younghusband answers the most frequently asked questions from fans about the show. Those questions are in regard to him and his role, the experts, the nominees, the nominators, the vehicles used, and the collective interactions with each other and with the crew (most specifically with what are assumed the several damaged cameras). Andrew also passes along a message from several fans to perhaps the most beloved of the fifty-six nominees to date, Aaron Cheshire whose reasons for being at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre outlined what all the other fifty-five should have taken to heart. And Andrew does answer the most frequently asked question of all: in his opinion, who indeed is Canada's Worst Driver?