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For season 11, the focus for the panel of experts with this year's crop of nine nominated as Canada's Worst Driver are the hazards of speeding, especially in combination with distractions behind the wheel and/or ineptitude in driving skills. The speed demons of the nominees are: Tina Cook, a belligerent driver who is unrepentant about her drinking and driving, believing everyone does it; Cameron Donavin, a distracted driver as he can't put his cell phone away when he's driving despite knowing that whatever he is doing on his phone is never an emergency; Jillian Matthews, a nervous driver who speeds if only to get off the road as quickly as possible in her nervousness; Alex Morrison, an extremely aggressive driver who will play chicken with slow moving vehicles and who will often drive with his knees while he does something else with his hands; Jordan Paddon, who is more concerned about personal grooming and personal hygiene tasks behind the wheel than he is about paying attention to what's happening on the road; and Polly Sergeant, who drives at widely variable speeds as she gets distracted with other things around her. The seventh nominee, Renee Boily has the opposite problem in that she drives so slowly as she is so nervous when there is any other traffic around, especially on the highway, that she will turn on her hazard lights to let cars pass, while she will often pull over the side of the road to deal with her nervous emotions. Nominated by his brother Shmuel Hoffman, the eighth nominee is Sholom Hoffman. The ninth and final nominee is Shmuel, who was in turn nominated by Sholom. The brothers are relatively new drivers whose inexperience shows. The nominees' first task is to do the approximate one hour drive on the predetermined route with their nominator in the back seat from - appropriate to this year's theme - Cayuga Dragway to the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre at Dunnville Airport, with Sholom and Shmuel taking turns on their joint drive. At the Centre, the nominees are then subjected to an assessment drive, consisting of a reversing section which includes both straightaways and slight curves, a tight maneuvering section through a concrete-barriered course, and a slalom which must be driven at 60kph. The nine then meet the expert panel for the first time, the panel who provide their initial thoughts.

The nominees' first three challenges are traditional ones to the show with a twist. After receiving a lesson in the skills of reversing from Tim, the nine nominees embark on the first challenge, to reverse through a course. The extra pressure is that they perform the challenge head-to-head with another nominee. The second challenge is riding the rails, where the nominees are required to drive along a straight parallel set of rails, which will test if the nominees know where the tires of their vehicles are when they are driving. The extra difficulty in the challenge this year is that the rails are offset meaning that their vehicle will be riding only one rail during certain parts of the course, giving the sense of imbalance if done correctly. After receiving a lesson on proper shoulder checking from Philippe, the nine embark on their third challenge, the annual changing into the green lane, the course which must be driven at 75kph. The additional item with the challenge this year is that the nominees must shoulder check both sides, as in past years, nominees often only shoulder checked one side assuming the side they did not check was the other color (i.e. if the checked side was "safe" green, the non-checked side was "danger" red; if the checked side was red, the non-checked side was green). This challenge proves emotionally difficult for speed-shy Renee, who has never driven far in excess of that speed. During the panel discussion to name the first graduate of the season, they shortlist two nominees, the only two who believe they should graduate and want to graduate this episode. The decision may rest on who the panel believes has truly changed his/her bad attitude.

With Tina Cook and Alex Morrison jointly being named the first graduates of the season, there are seven nominees left at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Andrew believes that Jordan needs to address his poor eyesight issue, vanity which has prevented him from getting his vision tested in the probable need for eyeglasses. And Shyamala is looking forward to having a chat with Jillian, who is arguably the most skilled driver of the nominees left at the Centre but who is in constant tears behind the wheel due to her anxiety, that is when she is not arguing with her boyfriend nominator Mitchell in his unwavering support of her. The first challenge is the annual riding the trough challenge, which is designed to see if the nominees understand the concept that their rear tires do not follow the path of their front tires in turns. Most indeed do not understand the concept until shown what happens when Andrew drives a car around then over markings on the pavement. The second challenge is reversing a station wagon in a figure eight course, which tests use of side mirrors, this challenge which should be easily accomplished if they use their mirrors without even needing to look out the rear windshield. The third challenge is the annual swerve and avoid, where the nominees have to swerve at the last minute to avoid hitting a suddenly appearing object. The drive by two demonstrates the season's theme in that excessive speed can be extremely dangerous. During the deliberation, the panel has only one person under consideration for graduation. The question becomes if they feel that that person indeed should graduate at this time.

With Cameron Donavin being named the third graduate, six nominees remain at the Centre. Shyamala finally has her session with Jillian, Shyamala who tries to get Jillian to deal with her emotions in a different way, with the outward outcome being not to abuse her boyfriend Mitchell in the process, he who tries to support her at every turn while only to get yelled at constantly in return. The nominees' first challenge is not so much a challenge but an assessment as Tim takes each out for a drive on the roads of small town Dunnville, trying to get each to focus on what they should see holistically while they are driving and what they should not focus on while behind the wheel. The nominees' first official challenge, after given the basics on how to do so by Tim, is to parallel park a full sized Cadillac in a spot that has a total of five feet of space extra beyond the length of the vehicle. After receiving a lesson from Philippe on the concepts of looking where they want to go and target fixation, the nominees then embark on their second challenge, the annual eye of the needle, which is to be driven at 80 kph. The speed in and of itself may prove too much once again for speed-shy Renee. Excessive speed again proves to be a driving issue for some in the challenge. Through these challenges, the panel can see if Shyamala's talk has had any effect on Jillian, her driving and her treatment of Mitchell. Between the challenges, the three remaining nominees who admit to often being distracted by their own admission on other things they shouldn't be while behind the wheel are taken on the distracted driving demonstration to open their eyes to the dangers of distractions, even at relatively slow speeds. After these three challenges, the panel decides they will not deliberate because...

The latest graduation does not reduce the number of people at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre as that graduate is Shmuel Hoffman, who remains at the Centre as the nominator of his brother, Sholom. As the bad driving problems of the remaining five nominees left at the Centre have some basis in their psychological makeup, they all have one-on-one sessions with Shyamala, that is except... who refuses to attend that voluntary therapy. After given a lesson on the task by Tim, the nominees are asked to reverse a minivan towing a boat, first in a straight line, then in a ninety degree turn into a garage. There are varying degrees of success/failure, with some knowing what they're doing wrong, but being unable to translate that knowledge into actually correcting the error. The next challenge is the annual longest straight reverse in the world, the course getting wider as the course progresses. The nominees are encouraged to drive the course as fast as they can, especially when it widens, to show them that they need to steer less the faster they go. In doing the challenge, some still do not fully understand the concept of looking where they want to go as opposed to looking where they are going. After given a lesson in the concept by Philippe, the nominees embark on their final challenge, the annual steering out of an icy skid. The panel and others relay stories of how this challenge in past seasons has positively affected their own lives and that of viewers. Partly because of those anecdotes, the panel believes passing this challenge is of utmost importance in demonstrating if the nominees are skilled enough drivers now to graduate. Two nominees believe they are indeed ready to graduate. The panel has to decide if they will take the nominees' wants to stay or leave into consideration, especially in relation to their actual driving skill.

With no one graduating following the most recent panel deliberation, there are five nominees remaining in the running as Canada's Worst Driver. Their first challenge is the annual parking lot challenge, which this year has the added issue of the nominees needing to back into any of the parking spots available in one attempt (i.e. not backing in and out and in again). Although they are given as many tries as they want, a passing grade is only issued if they can do it in two tries. The second challenge is the annual water tank challenge which this year includes a high speed section, a precision driving section, a raised knowing where your wheels are section, a congested parking lot section and a concrete barriered confined section out of which they must reverse. One nominee demonstrates a flaunting or non-understanding the of the rationale for the challenge in the process of losing a lot of water regardless. The third and final challenge is the annual reverse 180 degree flick in a confined space challenge, the nominees who are given lessons in the maneuver by Philippe. Although some do not understand the need to do such a maneuver in real life, they are taught such to understand the physics behind what their car does. Beyond these three challenges, the panel also believes that two of the nominees need to address their primary fears truly to be ready to graduate. One is Jillian, who is afraid to drive by herself, fearing not knowing what to do if something happens, even something as minor as getting lost. She is given a short, programmed GPS route to drive in the small town next to the Centre. The other is Renee, who fears driving on the highway at the posted speed. As such, Tim offers to take her on a drive to get on and off the highway as well as to change lanes once on the highway. Both Jillian and Renee are given the choice if they want to confront these phobias by doing these drives. In the panel deliberation, a comment by one of the two shortlisted nominees determines who of those two will be named the next graduate.

With Jordan Paddon being named the most recent graduate, there are four nominees left at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre in the running as Canada's Worst Driver. Three of the four begin to use techniques either self created or taught by the instructors to cope and/or deal with the challenges ahead of them, while the fourth may come to a realization that his/her issue is a potentially dangerous one especially when caught in emergency situations. The first challenge is the annual cross, where the nominees are required to back a vehicle into the four spokes of an enclosed cross. They will be using a full length bus to show them that the techniques are still the same regardless of the size of the vehicle. The second challenge is the annual forward 180 degree spin out in an enclosed space, the maneuver which will be taught to them by Philippe. Although the task is not one they will ever need to do in public roads, it will give them driving skills and further knowledge about the physics of what vehicles actually do. The third and final challenge is the annual high speed slalom which needs to be driven at 80 kph. The challenge is not so much to accomplish the slalom without hitting the markers, which should be an easy task, but knowing their driving limits in whether they will move the markers closer on another attempt and if so by how much. Through it all, Tim continues to take the four out on public drives, with both Renee and Jillian given the additional challenges of doing solo drives in what causes them stress, for Renee on the highway and for Jillian most specifically in any drive with which she is unfamiliar. By the end, only one nominee feels ready to graduate. The question becomes if the panel feels that person is ready to graduate or if they should take all four into the final.

With Renee Boily being named the final graduate, there are three nominees remaining at the Centre who are in the finale for the running of Canada's Worst Driver: Sholom Hoffman, Jillian Matthews, and Polly Sergeant. Their first challenge, which they each have ten attempts and forty-five seconds per attempt to complete, is a forward and reverse slalom course. 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 combined eye of the needle/slalom section, a forward and reverse precision driving section, a confined parking section, a reverse flick section, and an icy corner section. 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. The final challenge is altered for Jillian, who is set to drive the course on her own with the assistance of a GPS as it is her fear of driving alone especially in unfamiliar situations that is her biggest driving nemesis. The panel has arguably the most difficult final deliberation, with no one nominee standing out as the best or the worst. The person named Canada's Worst Driver largely comes down to one event.