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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.