Canada's Worst Driver - S05E01

Episode 1: Basic Training Original Airdate: October 26, 2009

The program begins on a rainy afternoon, as the contestants depart for the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, following a list of simple instructions. The contestants depart in the following order: Melissa, Father Giles, Jojo, Mike, Arun, Crystal, Angelina, and Jakob. Everyone makes a large number of moving violations on the way to rehab, and the contestants arrive in the following order: Melissa, Father Giles (never at the limit the whole trip), Mike (despite stopping for directions), Jojo (speeding the whole way), Crystal, Jakob, Arun, and Angelina (wildly off-course after making the wrong first turn). Basic Skills -- The skills evaluation is performed in a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow vehicle this year, and involves a tight reverse course, before turning the car forward inside a concrete box and driving into a 45 km/h slalom before crossing a white line and braking, stopping in front of a wall. Mike, going first, gets stuck in reverse (and was excused from the box because of it), and fishtails out of control in the slalom. Crystal fails her slalom due to holding a cigarette in her hand and thus having one hand off the steering wheel. Jojo has no issues in reverse or in turing the car forward, but hits the slalom obstacles repeatedly. Angelina is the first to hit the car inside the box, and hits the slalom obstacles going half the required speed. Arun hits the very first obstacle going into the reverse portion, and fishtails out of control on the slalom. Melissa goes the entire course with strong verbal abuse from Wil, and Wil going as far as to abandon her in the concrete box. Worst of all, she hits the wall in the end. Father Giles hits obstacles on the way to the slalom, where he never makes it above 40 km/h. Finally, Jakob learns firsthand the trademark difficulty of Canada's Worst Driver's challenges, as he gets stuck in the concrete box and nearly rolls the car over in the slalom, in a course that he originally dismissed as "easy".

In the evaluations, Mike and Jakob admit to not as being skilled as they had originally thought, while everyone else is taught harsh lessons by the drivers. The first graduation is not until the next episode, as this was merely a skills evaluation. But what is known is that while one may graduate soon, another is Canada's Worst Driver.

Discovery Channel's web extras for this episode: Jakob: Punk or Poseur? - Jakob, in the confessional, trashes Andrew while discussing his own attitude issues and the fact that he admits that all eight contestants are bad drivers, but then retracts his trash-talk when he fears that Andrew will retaliate based on his comments the next day. Crystal - Crystal, in the confessional, discusses her past driving history, and her distractions behind the wheel. She also gives her first impressions on Andrew. Arun - Arun, in the confessional, admits that he had failed to notice that his handbrake had been on or five minutes during his first drive, and how he had not worn seat belts before due to "cramping his style". However, he is optimistic about learning at the Driver Rehabilitation Centre.

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[testify221]

Angelina needs to be killed

[295mfk]

Will needs to be killed

[vulvoline01]

i just dont get that show ... those ppl shouldnt be allowed on the streets . The show should be about ... hoping that one of them MAY get his liscence back ... otherwise those ppl just dont belong behind a wheel lol . Wanna add an interesting twist to this useless show ??? Find out whos the idiot who gave those ppl a driving liscence and putt them on tv ..i cant beleive i pay so much for the privilege of ...sharing the road with ppl like this, watching this show outrages me lol

[Poler777]

"I think I'm broke a nail!" 33:49

[RottieQueen]

@EddieLolz3r Ja det har du ret i. Synes da man møder dårlige bilister herhjemme men aldrig noget der bare kommer i nærheden af dette.

[sandwichpasdecroutes]

Arun: ''Stop laughing, its not funny!!!'' YES IT IS!

[PT109Boat]

A 1977-1980 Silver Shadow II would cost about $20 000-$25 000 (in good condition).

However, fixing it to go back to the way it looked at the begining of the show would run an easy $50 to $70K (because finding everything is close to impossible).

That is why you see the dead Rolls in the same room where the Judges film in seasons 6 and 7.

[qwexas]

Looking like a punk is probably not smart if you're a bad driver. Police might give him bigger tickets and be less likely to believe his version of events if there's an accident. Image is important, and the punk image might make the wrong impression.

[RpGfreak901]

My friends always keep telling me that I'm a horrible driver, so I tried to get on this show and I didn't. That proved to my friends that I wasn't such a bad driver after all. That shut them up and they haven't complained about my driving since then.

[EddieLolz3r]

90% of all Canadian drivers would fail the test in Denmark

[AVeryNiceEverything]

@fredwasnothere a .50 AE attached to the dashboard would work!

[Elwetara1]

I would now like to take a moment of silence for the Rolls-Royce that will soon be departing this world.