Canada's Worst Driver 2 Episodes

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*Canada's Worst Driver* Season 2
Candidates for Canada's Worst Driver 2

1 Episode 2
2 Episode 3
3 Episode 4
4 Episode 5
5 Episode 6
6 Episode 7
7 See also

[edit] Episode 2

After being convinced by a specially-built challenge that showed him that he could drive flawlessly if not for his distractions, Matt becomes the first graduate of the new season.

Parallel Parking: The drivers must drive a Winnebago up a hill in reverse, and then parallel park it between two luxury vehicles. Karen, Shannon, and Michael do not hit either car in their attempts, with Shannon making the fewest number of hit obstacles among the three (with four hit obstacles). Sean was the fastest at the task, but he hits the front car twice and parks so that one wheel is not on solid ground. Colin hits the rear car once in his try, while Henrietta managed to successfully parallel park (for the first time in her life, as it is later reveals) after making numerous attempts and hitting many obstacles. Matt and Jodi fail to finish due to poor parking skills: Jodi finished in a way such that the car in front would be hit in the event of brake failure, while each of Matt's attempts were worse than the one before.
Eye of the Needle: The object in this challenge is to run through a series of box archways, first at 30 km/h and then at 60 km/h. Matt manages to do both runs without knocking any boxes over, although he clips the right-side mirror in both runs. Shannon also clips the right-side mirror on her slow run without knocking a box over, but is forced to make a second try at the fast run after failing to maintain speed on the first try, where she hits the boxes five times. Michael was also forced to retry the fast run after failing to maintain speed, although he does not hit anything in either run. Sean also has a perfect slow run, but knocks over one set of boxes on the fast run. Karen hit boxes on both runs and was forced to retry the slow run, while Henrietta's 20/100 vision became apparent when she was hitting boxes even when running at 20 km/h. Colin simply didn't try: although he didn't hit any obstacles, he didn't follow the instructions either, and failed the slow run by running at over 60 km/h.
Crazy Eights: In this challenge, two drivers have to drive in reverse past each other in a figure-eight obstacle course, where the only passing points are in the middle and at the opposite end of the course. Matt hits only one obstacle on the way to the midway point, and another one on the return leg, although he had to wait for Jodi to arrive before attempting the return leg. It came to the point where Matt had to leave the car just to help Jodi get there faster. By the time Jodi was in the middle of the course on the return leg, Matt was finished at just under 30 minutes. For Karen and Henrietta, both were quickly becoming stressed out due to their husbands, threatening to reach the boiling point at the halfway mark. Things began to go smoothly after both husbands were forced from their vehicles, although it still took the two over 45 minutes to finish. Shannon and Michael struggled moreso out of the gate, with neither one reaching the middle on the way to the halfway point after 40 minutes. Both finish after being given crash lessons in making "S-bends", but were by far the slowest of the day. This is in contrast to speed demons Sean and Colin, who effectively raced against each other. Sean would reach the halfway point the fastest, and finishing in under five minutes with only two hit obstacles, prompting Colin to trash the course after losing the "race". Despite Colin's 19 hits from trashing the course, he did manage to finish with the second fastest time in 6:36.
Driving Distracted: Matt's stellar performance in the Eye of the Needle seemed to indicate that he is a better driver without the distractions. To demonstrate this point, a course was set up specifically for him. There, while driving three laps around a narrow track, he does not hit any obstacles, but hits 13 of the 43 obstacles once given a cell phone, a CD, a sandwich, and a drink.

[edit] Episode 3

Karen becomes the season's second graduate, while Alan has learned to become more supportive of Karen.

Road Signs: In a test of their road sign knowledge administered by head instructor Scott Marshall, it was found that many of the remaining candidates did not know even some of the most basic signs. Sean, however, did manage to get all seven signs correct, while at the other end Colin manages to get only three.
Driving in a Straight Line: The contestants had to drive forward up a ramp in a straight line, then reverse down the ramp in a straight line. Michael, Sean, and Shannon finish without incident, while Henrietta had to repeatedly adjust when reversing. Jodi's car, however, goes off the side of the ramp.
Packing Up: In this challenge, the contestants must properly pack items in a station wagon situated in a campsite, and, after reversing out of the campsite, proceed forwards with another car blaring its horn behind them. The drivers then find themselves between the car and an ambulance, and must soon reverse to clear the way for the emergency vehicle to pass through. For this challenge, drivers are paired with different nominators to see whether their overbearing husbands impact Henrietta's, Jodi's, and Karen's driving abilities. Jodi and Jeremy perform well due to good packing skills, as is the case with Karen and Eric. Michael and Sam also did a good job if it weren't for the fact that they accidentally left a first aid kit on the roof of their car while driving, while Shannon and Andy also manage to finish the course in reasonable time. Colin tried to impress Sara by reversing while sitting on the car door with half his body outside of the car, which would cause Sean and Andy to fix the car when the battery cable came loose (despite the car repair not being part of the challenge). Sean, perhaps due to Andy being a police officer, finishes flawlessly with the fastest time (2:55), while Henrietta and Melena, not knowing how to open the car's rear door and packing their items so that there was no visibility, gets their car stuck, making her the only driver not to finish.
Driving Distracted: The course, which was specifically built for Matt in the previous episode, was shown to be so effective that it was also done on the other drivers. There, the drivers had to drive three laps around a narrow track while putting a CD into their car stereo, eating a sandwich, drinking Gatorade, make a phone call, and putting on lipstick. Sean and Michael both stated that they wouldn't do while driving, while Shannon is grateful for the lesson due to her pregnancy. Colin does not see the point in the lesson, but manages to knock fewer obstacles (five) than most of the others (Michael had the fewest with four). Karen, being the wife of a police officer, makes the note that she would report anyone who tried any of this to the police.
Canada's Worst Gas Station: In this musical chairs-like challenge, the seven drivers have to manage to find spaces in six pumps at a makeshift gas station with two entrances. At the start, three pumps are occupied and three are empty, with the three cars in occupied pumps serving as obstacles - one car (driven by Scott Marshall) will back into a parking stall before leaving, while the other two blocker cars will repeatedly leave and enter the same pump until their spaces are occupied. The seven cars are initially arranged in a line, with Karen and Henrietta are on the outside, with Jodi and Michael next to them, while Sean has the initial disadvantage with his car in the center, with Shannon and Colin on either side. Despite the initial disadvantage, Sean finds and opening, beating Jodi and Shannon to one entrance. Karen, against her husband's advice, manages to secure a pump, which also secures a pump for Sean. Henrietta secures the last vacant pump, while Scott's departure allows Shannon to secure the newly-vacated pump. Jodi could not beat a blocker car to the pump, although she manages to take the pump vacated by the other blocker car (despite some parking trouble). Michael would eventually take the last pump, leaving Colin the odd man out.

[edit] Episode 4

Colin is expelled from the driving rehabilitation center for his recklessness and un-willingness to learn. This was the first expulsion on any of the nine Worst Driver series, dating back to the first Britain's Worst Driver series.

Water Tank Challenge: The drivers are taught gentle braking in this challenge, where a 500 litres of water are placed in a tank over a car. The objective of the challenge is to maneuver the car around an obstacle course (complete with several surprises), with jerky braking causing the water to overflow from the tank, soaking the occupants in the car. Although everyone was soaked with at least 200 litres of water out of the tank, the worst came with Michael's 375 litres lost.
Following Directions: The drivers, in a navigation challenge, are given a list of 19 turns to be made around CFB Borden, and had up to 40 minutes to complete the task. Shannon finishes without any issues, also finishing the fastest at 20 minutes, with Jodi, Sean, and Colin also managing to finish despite having headed off-course (Sean and Colin had also sped in an effort to cut time and get back on course). Michael, although taking nine minutes to take meticulous notes on the 19 turns, distrusts his notes and fails to finish, while Henrietta's vision problems leads her to do the same.
Swerving: The drivers practice swerving on three varying surfaces: mud, gravel, and coated asphalt. Jodi is convinced she failed all three, but actually passed the asphalt (and was the only driver to do so), while Shannon is the only driver to pass the mud portion. Shannon, however, fishtails horribly after accidentally putting too much gas when attempting to swerve on gravel, although Sean and Michael do so successfully. Henrietta fails all three tests, but worst of all was Colin: it had appeared upon closer inspection that he intentionally failed all three courses - he swerved with only one hand on the wheel in mud, locked up his brakes on gravel, and accelerated when told to brake on the asphalt. Although he is convinced that he duped everyone with this stunt, Sgt. Woolley does not fall for it, and he is also caught by his fellow contestants, all of whom are convinced he would be among the final three.

[edit] Episode 5

Although each driver is showing signs of improvement, no one graduates in the episode.

The Dirty Circle: The drivers have to reverse their car into a pile of mud, surrounded by all sides in a moat. While in the mud, they must perform a full 360-degree turn, then drive forwards out the way they came. Henrietta was the first to go, and gets stuck in the moat on the way to the circle. After rescuing her out, she manages to complete the course, but cannot see how someone could not reverse into the moat. Henrietta would be in the seat next to Jodi, and each driver would be in the passenger seat of the person going after them. Henrietta would help Jodi in her run, while Michael, with Jodi in the passenger seat, manage to turn 180 degrees one way and 180 degrees the other way before realizing that he had not in fact made a full 360. Michael and Shannon argue in the car (although Shannon would make the fewest turns with 12), while Sean manages to finish the course the fastest (4:25).
Scavenger Hunt: In this nighttime navigational challenge, the contestants become the navigators while the nominators drive the car. Each driver must reach a post office, a store named Utopia, get a flag, buy a pizza, retrieve a party bag, and head to where "Canada's Worst Party" is held by host Andrew Younghusband. In an added twist, all of the cars begin with a flat tire, which Sean notices right away. Although Sean is the first to repair the flat tire, Henrietta and Jodi reach the post office first, and Sean eventually also reaches there thanks to meeting Henrietta (en route to Utopia) while trying to find his way to the post office. Shannon is the last one out, but Michael is the last one to the post office, despite Sara being pulled over for speeding. Meanwhile, Henrietta manages to retrieve the flag and pizza while Jodi is patiently awaiting hers. Sean retrieves the party bag while waiting for the pizza, but gets lost on the way back to the pizza place. Jodi, Sean, and Henrietta manage to finish in under four hours. As Michael waits for his pizza, Shannon comes in. Trying to avoid another flareup, Michael decides to wait outside - a decision proven costly as Shannon steals Michael's pizza, and finishes in five hours. Michael misses out on the party.
Driving in Britain: The challenge is to drive an obstacle course using a manual transmission Land Rover made for driving on the left side of the road. Sean, due to his experience in driving stick shift, performs flawlessly - to the point where some of the judges were impressed with his performance. Shannon and Henrietta also have experience driving stick shift, but neither were as successful - Henrietta had managed stall the engine 33 times. Jodi also had problems on her run, due to Sam believing erroneously that the first gear position was actually the third gear. Michael learned a lot from the challenge, although he stalled the engine five times.

[edit] Episode 6

Jodi graduates by showing increased confidence, while, in a surprising twist, so did Sean, who did not graduate in the previous episode only because he refused to admit that slower was safer.

Extreme Off-road: Aided by Sgt. Dan Andrews, the drivers have an off-road obstacle course challenge consisting of very steep ups and downs. While Shannon was ordered to go slow due to her pregnancy, Sean chose to drive conservatively, creating the impression to Sgt. Andrews that he is to slow. On the other hand, Henrietta and Michael both drive quickly. Henrietta, however, gets stuck going up a hill, while Michael believes he may be too slow to react. Jodi shows dramatic improvement, and created the impression that she was experienced at driving off-road.
Blindfold Driving: The drivers will help their blindfolded nominators drive through an obstacle course, which contains a straightaway that they will have to drive at over 40 km/h. The drivers will also have 30 minutes to complete the course. Sean is again conservative in this challenge, telling Melena to stop 123 times and instructing her in great detail on the straightaway, which pays off as they finish without hitting anything and under the time limit. This cannot be said about Michael, whose communication breaks down just prior to the straightaway, or Henrietta, whose driving causes Andy to go into a ditch during a straightaway run. Shannon hits 71 obstacles on the way to the finish, never telling Sara to stop and adjust.
Stunt Driving: Henrietta, Michael, and Jodi are taught by Juliana Chiovitti on how to do burnouts and donuts, and each of them do reasonably well. Sam, in particular, is impressed by Jodi's performance. Sean races (and loses) against Juliana in a go-kart race, while Shannon installs a rear-facing baby seat in a car. Although Shannon gives up after accidentally installing the seat backwards, she realizes that she still has time to learn.
High-Speed Slalom: In this challenge, drivers must go at least 70 km/h while avoiding boxes that are thrown from a truck in front of them before going into a merge lane and out of the way of the truck. Henrietta fails to maintain speed on the first run, and hits four boxes in her second. Jodi, more confident than ever, does so well on her run (hitting only two boxes) that she wants to do it again at 100 km/h - a far cry from the first episode where it took her three tries to take a car up to 40 km/h. She celebrates her newfound confidence with more donuts. Michael fails his first run, but upon finding out Jodi did a 100 km/h run particularly well, he opts to go for another run at 90 km/h, but crashes merging off of the course. Sean is particularly spooked by the challenge, failing to maintain speed, although he manages to admit that slower is indeed safer.

[edit] Episode 7

Based on the three challenges, it was clear that Shannon was better than Michael or Henrietta, with motivation to improve due to her pregnancy. Shannon finishes as the fifth contestant to graduate. Michael was shortlisted by the judges in virtually every episode, yet to this point did not graduate. He finally receives his deserving reward as Henrietta is named Canada's Worst Driver.

Trailer Parking: In this challenge, drivers have 60 minutes to reverse a truck with a trailer into a parking space in a campsite, while being assisted by their fellow drivers. Although Shannon loses her patience when her trailer repeatedly jackknives, she finishes the fastest in under 50 minutes with 32 attempts. Michael, on the other hand, does not finish in time. Henrietta takes 42 attempts and finishes with seconds to spare.
Mega-Challenge: This challenge consists of multiple parts, incorporating elements from every previous challenge, including high-speed driving, braking, reversal, driving off-road, and navigating tight mazes. Shannon is forced to redo two different portions, while Michael fails four. Henrietta finishes the fastest at just over 30 minutes. However, all three drivers hit at least 30 stationary obstacles in the course.
The Ultimate Road Test: Drivers must navigate a 27km course involving 33 turns through downtown Toronto in a state-of-the-art car known for maneuverability and high safety rating. Shannon goes through the course with 9 moving violations resulting from stopping in the middle of intersections just as the lights turn red. Henrietta goes off course, committing numerous violations as they attempt to get back on course. Halfway through the course, though, her stress goes past the breaking point, and as a result is unable to finish. Michael also gets lost, and the fact that he fails to check a blindspot nearly leads to an accident. Michael finishes with 6 moving violations in 3 hours.