Canada’s Worst Driver

October 26, 2006 | Category: Personal, Random Thoughts

There is a reality show on the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel which puts some of the worst drivers ever?, well maybe the worst ever through a series of tests to show how bad they drive.The purpose of the show besides being very entertaining is to hopefully teach these horrible drivers something so they will improve their skills. I am not really into ‘Reality Television” but when I saw this show I figured I would give a whirl.

I caught the second episode of Canada’s Worst Driver and the idea is their are 8 contestants and as the show progresses and each contestant shows some improvement they “graduate” and get their car keys back. The last contestant will be crowned Canada’s Worst Driver, I am not sure what that person gets for achieving such a dubious award. Hopefully they lose their license and there will be one less menace on the road. A panel of experts are the judges who determine when a contestant graduates. To be on the show each contestant is nominated and the person that nominates them joins them as they complete each test.

The tests this week included driving through a course which included a set of arches which simulated driving through a tunnel. The drivers had to complete the course at 30 kilometers per hour and 60 kilometers per hour without hitting any of the arches. This was quite comical and none of the drivers made it through without any hits. The second test was a course in a figure 8 which two drivers at a time had to back through until they reached a point where they had to pass the other vehicle and then continue through the course. As the obstructions were spaced at odd angles the drivers had to go slow and sometimes stop and pull forward to allow them to achieve a better angle to get past any obstructions. To prove that the course was able to be completed without hitting anything the hosts of the show completed the course in just under 4 minutes. While for the most part each of the drivers was amusing to watch as they tried to go through the basic course one of the drivers Colin, was particularly funny and at the same time very scary. A twenty year old who has been pulled over more than 40 times in three years, had his license suspended for speeding and racing and continued to drive while his license was suspended. What is amusing is Colin truly believes he is a good driver and he is in college studying to become a police officer.

All of these drivers scared the crap out of me I cannot believe that they actually were given their licenses and I think that each of them should go through another road test and when they fail take their license away from them. I have known that their are some pretty damn shitty drivers on the road but I could never guess that they are this bad. It makes me think we need to make the licensing system tougher and hopefully weed out some of these drivers.

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