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Andrew announces that for season fourteen, the show will embrace all the new technology available to assist people in making them safer drivers, meaning that they will leave such things as back-up cameras installed in the vehicles used on the show. It also means that the nominees will have to use the GPS on their phones to find their way on the 70 km drive to the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre located at Dunnville Airport. The seven nominees for Canada's Worst Driver Season 14 are: Karlene Bowen, a once professional driver who has such high anxiety behind the wheel the result of being hit by a vehicle as a pedestrian as she was walking across a crosswalk thirteen years ago; Brittany Dube, a distracted driver, usually by her phone, and chronic speeder, who failed her driver's exam eleven times; Descy McMurray, a chronic speeder who has written off in the range of twenty cars, and who admits that she should be dead by now from one of her many caused serious car accidents, one those when she was pregnant; Alexis Pratola, who seems oblivious to the effect of her careless driving, despite her infant daughter being in the car during one of her many caused and preventable serious accidents; Ryan Whittier, with all of his several car accidents being caused by using his hand held phone when he's driving; Darris Wilderman, whose reckless driving seems to be a death wish, perhaps due to being in a stolen vehicle when he was twelve, that joyride which ended up killing his partner-in-crime, his cousin; and Brandon Wilkins, who flaunts the rules of the road, while getting overly frustrated to the point of losing focus whenever anything goes wrong behind the wheel. Brandon's participation in the show is dependent on getting a doctor's certificate to okay his participation due to he having broken his arm in a skateboarding accident a week ago, his own personal doctor at home who did not sign such a release. After arriving at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre, the drive which goes smoother for some than for others, the nominees are placed through an assessment drive which will give the evaluators a first glance at their driving skills or lack thereof. That assessment drive includes a reverse through a curvilinear enclosed course, a maneuvering section through a concrete corral, and a slalom which must be driven at at least 50kph. At the end of this process, the evaluators contemplate doing something that they have never done in the previous thirteen years of the show: graduate someone at the end of the season's first show.

With Ryan Whittier being named the first graduate of the season, he the first ever to do so at the end of the first episode in a regular season of the show, there are six nominees left in the running for the title of Canada's Worst Driver. The first challenge is the annual riding the rails, which the nominees must do forward and in reverse, the challenge designed to see if they know where their wheels are at all times. The one change this season is that the car will be equipped with a bird's eye camera which will allow the drivers to see where their wheels are via the screen attached to the camera. The question then becomes whether any of them will use the technology and if it will help. The second challenge is a head to head reversing challenge through a curvilinear enclosed course. Tim will give the nominees a lesson in reversing which will also include how to use their backup camera which should only be used as an aid, and not a means to the end. Tim also gives special instruction to Brandon, who cannot reverse in traditional means due to his broken left arm in a cast. And as Darris has shown in the assessment that he knows how to reverse, Tim instead takes him on a two hour public drive to gauge his on road emotions and if the rage is still there. And the third challenge is the annual eye of the needle, with the five needles being set in a random pattern, and the course need to be driven at 70 kph. Philippe provides a lesson to each of the drivers as to the principle of looking where one wants to go in completing this challenge successfully. During the evaluation, the experts' only question is whether to graduate Darris, who knows how to drive, and even if they don't believe he is telling the truth in being a reformed person, whether there is anything else they can do for him at the Drivers' Rehabilitation Centre. Some things that Darris divulges about his family history may factor into the decision.

With no one graduating after the last expert evaluation, six nominees remain at the Centre. The first challenge is the figure eight reversing challenge, which all the nominees will do with the other nominees as their passengers. Andrew provides them a demonstration that they can successfully complete the challenge by using the side view mirror on the inside of the turn, which they need to hug to prevent their front end from hitting anything on the outside of the curve due to front end swing. The second challenge is the trough challenge, which is designed to see if they know where their wheels are at all times. Andrew provides a further demonstration that in turns, the rear wheels take a tighter turn than the front wheels, meaning that to complete the challenge successfully, they will have to take the turns as wide as possible otherwise their rear wheels will fall off the trough in the turn. The car once again will be equipped with a bird's eye camera which will allow the drivers to see where their wheels are via the screen attached to the camera. The third challenge is the annual shoulder check challenge, with the nominees needing to merge into the clear lane, and the course driven at 70 kph. Philippe provides a lesson in the concept of the blind spot in needing to do a shoulder check, and not just relying on what one sees in their side view mirrors. During the evaluation, the primary question mark remains Darris, who wants to graduate but who learns some information this week which may affect his ability to drive in the outside world.

With, for the second week in a row, no one having graduated after the latest panel deliberation, six nominees still remain at the Centre. There is only one official challenge this week, the swerve and avoid challenge, the maneuver which is taught to the nominees by Philippe. The maneuver is to be used to avoid hitting something when there is insufficient room to brake before hitting the object. The most difficult aspect of the maneuver may be the natural instinct to brake, which in this case will only lock the vehicle's movement in the direction it is already traveling. The other item which the panel will use to evaluate is the public drives on which Tim takes the nominees individually, he focusing on the aspects which he feels will help each nominee in becoming a more competent driver. Also this week is the annual distracted driving demonstration, which has become more important as cell phone use behind the wheel now accounts for one-quarter of all traffic accidents and as five of the six remaining nominees all routinely and unabashedly use their cell phone behind the wheel. Some of the nominees already know that they being distracted behind the wheel is an issue, and what they say coming out of the demonstration may also impact if they will be considered for graduation. In the deliberation, Darris once again is the question mark, with the experts deliberating on whether he truly has changed, whether they can do anything more for him at the Centre and whether he will be a public safety hazard once outside the proverbial walls of the Centre and the eyes of the panel. In the deliberation, Darris' mother, Jen, also becomes a question mark in if she is true to her word of no longer enabling Darris' behavior by paying all his vehicle related bills, including what would be his $7,000 annual vehicle insurance.

With Darris Wilderman being named the second graduate of the season, five nominees remain at the Centre. Their backing up skills are tested in all of the three challenges this week. With Tim in the vehicle, the nominees are able to see the mechanics of parallel parking using the vehicle's automated parking technology before they may be able to put these skills to good use in the annual parking lot challenge. The nominees must be able to back into whatever space is available in one motion, some of those spaces which are in the parallel parking vein. Hitting anything or contravening any traffic law, including parking in what may be considered illegal spots, will require the driver to take a "lap of shame" around the exterior of the lot before they can attempt to park again. Tim laments most driving schools not placing more emphasis on parking lot parking as he and the other experts watch how most most of the nominees don't understand the fundamentals of positioning their car before backing up. Tim then teaches them how to back up a trailer before he shows them the trailer backup assist function available in the vehicle they will be driving in the trailer backup challenge, the assist, which will prevent the trailer from ever jackknifing, which the nominees have the option to use in the challenge if they so wish. And Philippe shows the nominees how to perform a one-hundred eighty degree reverse spin-out, which they must do in an enclosed space in the third challenge. In the resulting panel deliberation, skill versus attitude are points under discussion in who, if anyone, graduates this week.

With no one graduating after the most recent panel deliberation for the third time of only five deliberations this season, five nominees remain at the Centre. Andrew discusses how brain functioning is a large cause of the bad driving for those five - with at least two having been diagnosed with some sort of clinical mental health issue - highlighting the importance of Shyamala's role on the panel in helping them become better drivers. Two of the three challenges this week focus on the skill of pedal control. The first is the annual teeter-totter challenge where the nominees each have fifteen minutes to balance a vehicle on a teeter-totter without falling to one side or the other. The third is the annual water tank challenge, with two hundred liters of water in the tank which has the potential to fall on top of the nominees and their nominators depending on how poorly they maneuver through the course, which this year includes a straightway section in which the drivers must reach a speed of 60kph, a precision steering section, a parking lot section with the potential of unexpected hazards, a turnaround corral section which is entered forward and exited in reverse, and a reverse slalom section. After being taught the skill by Philippe, the nominees embark on the second challenge which is to do a hand brake J-turn aka a one hundred eighty degree spin-out in an enclosed space, each having up to five attempts. Much of the focus this week is on Karlene and her ultimate driving goal of feeling comfortable enough to drive on the highway by herself. Karlene goes through some extreme emotional highs and lows this week which results in her really wanting to go home. One of the questions then becomes if the panel, especially Tim who has taken her on public drives, and Karlene are on the same page of if she has reached the goal she wants to achieve.

With Karlene Bowen named the most recent graduate, albeit under less than usual circumstances, four nominees remain at the Centre in the running for the Season 14 title. Before the nominees embark on their challenges for the week, Andrew acknowledges a letter received from a viewer, Will Banda, who credits the show for saving his and others' lives in teaching him how to do the swerve and avoid which prevented a serious accident from occurring. Unlike aware Mr. Banda, Tim has noticed that all four of the remaining nominees suffer from a lack of focus which is a large part of the reason for their respective bad driving history and which could be improved by using the technique of the running commentary: saying everything out loud about what is relevant to them while behind the wheel. The first challenge is the know your limits challenge, where they must do a slalom at 70kph with the barriers around which they will slalom being forty meters apart, this course which should be easily doable. They then will be given another opportunity to do the course again with whatever distance between the barriers they choose, to see if they truly understand their driving limits, thus not placing themselves in unnecessary dangerous situations on the road in the real world. The second challenge is the cross, where in an enclosed corral, the nominees will have to back into each of the four spokes set at right angles in the corral. The third challenge, which Andrew considers the most difficult to master of all the regular challenges, is the icy corner, where the nominees have to reach a speed of 50kph before hitting a simulated icy patch, out of which they must turn ninety degrees to the left to avoid hitting a wall straight ahead. Going into the panel deliberation, the experts face an unprecedented scenario of having the three finalists decided for them. The question becomes whether the fourth nominee should join the other three in next week's finale, or whether he/she should graduate this week.

With Descy McMurray being named the most recent graduate, the three nominees in the finale to be Canada's Worst Driver Season 14 are Brittany Dube, Alexis Pratola and Brandon Wilkins. They all reached this point in the unprecedented request to be in the finale (Descy who had no desire to be), with Brittany and Brandon making the further unprecedented declaration that they will cut up their license and either start from scratch or never drive again if named Canada's Worst Driver, something to which Alexis also ultimately agrees for herself perhaps in her belief that she will not get the title. Brittany arguably has more to lose in this declaration as driving is one important access point she has to her nominator sister Mia's children. The first challenge of the week is the three in a vehicle challenge, where, driving a stretch limousine with the two other nominees in the front passenger seat, each nominee will have ten attempts to complete a forward and reverse slalom starting and ending driving through a "needle" in under fifty seconds without hitting anything to be considered a pass. The second challenge is the annual finale mega challenge where the nominees drive through a course testing all that they have learned while in rehab. This year's course includes an "eye of the slalom" section, a forward precision steering section, a concrete trap section, a reverse precision steering section, a one hundred eighty degree handbrake turn section, and two more needles leading into an icy corner section. The final challenge is the public drive on a preset route through the streets and on the highways in and around Hamilton, with Andrew, their passenger, giving them ample verbal direction on when their next turn will be. In the expert panel deliberation, the best of the three and who will be named Canada's Worst Driver Season 14 are clear. The biggest question becomes what to do with the person in the middle, who in most years would have been named Canada's Worst Driver and who the panelists largely agree will still be a menace on the road.