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** In Season 6, Scott and Dean both drove 50 km/h (30 mph) over the limit and were ordered by the camera crews to stop the trip altogether.
** In Season 7, Afiya had to pull over for going over 50 km/h over the limit while Jon would have been stopped if there had been a crew member in the car.<ref>His car was too small to fit both his nominator and a cameraman.</ref>
* [[Driving Stick]]: Stick shifts are brought frequently. This trope is played as straight as you please every time, with ground gears, burned clutches, and the works.
** That being said, some drivers [[Subverted Trope|have had no problems]]. The most recent subversion was [[Badass Biker]] <ref>Motorcycles have manual transmissions as well</ref> Paul from Season Six, who completed a challenge involving balancing a stick-shift car on a teeter-totter almost as quickly as Andrew did and with not a lick more damage to the car.
{{quote|'''Paul:''' (from almost completely level car) How's that?
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Scott may never face charges for his literally criminal driving. However...
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Scott's insurance was yanked by his roommate, who got fed up with him. And in 2010, he was arrested for drug trafficking.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: The "Cool Bus", a s{{color|purple|'''c'''}}h{{color|purple|'''ool'''}} bus that was modified to skirt the driving restrictions on standard driver's licenses. Andrew can't believe that taking out most of the seats, painting it so it doesn't look like a school bus (it was painted purple), and altering the sign on it (as demonstrated) is enough that anyone with a standard license can drive it, and it doesn't even have ''seat belts''.
* [[Malaproper]]: Angelina from Season 5 did this a lot. Near the very end of the season, after being repeatedly told that she should never, ever drive again, she repeatedly and angrily told Andrew that "I'm [[Confusing Multiple Negatives|not not]] driving!"
* [[Medal of Dishonor]]: The title "Canada's Worst Driver" and the crappy trophy the "winner" gets at the end.
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** Season 4: Donna Hicks was sent home in the fourth episode after exceptionally poor performance coupled with an angina attack. Donna was convinced that she could drive, despite all evidence to the contrary. The province of Ontario reviewed her driver's license after the show; whether or not it was revoked was not stated.
** Season 5: Crystal Hubley-Fararo left in the fifth episode after learning that her brother-in-law had been killed in a vehicular collision. A video retrospective of the rest of the rehab subjects revealed that they consistently failed to yield, the same behaviour that got Crystal's brother-in-law killed.
** Season 6: Scott Shurink was expelled in the second episode after revealing on-camera his numerous undocumented vehicular crimes: more than just excessive speeding (which ended his first test in the first episode), he drove while drunk, while suspended, and used his friend's license. Said friend immediately cancelled the vehicle insurance Scott needed to drive, while resident traffic law expert and retired OPP sergeant Cam Wooley contacted the Calgary police with this information.
* [[Normal People]]: Andrew Younghusband says he's an average driver. He may be turning into a subversion, [[Took a Level In Badass|as seven seasons of demonstrating the challenges have honed his driving skills.]]
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]: Andrew Younghusband and others ''insist'' the drivers really are this bad and are ''not'' actors.
** After Angelina destroys half the obstacles and almost melts the truck's engine on season 5's Eye of the Needle challenge:
{{quote|'''Andrew (narrating)''': For the millionth time, (the words "Real Driver" appear on screen) Angelina is ''not'' an actor.}}
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* [[Worth It]]: Many of the graduates have left glad to have been on the show.
* [[Your Other Left]]: Whenever contestants take a challenge together, this trope is on full display.
** During the 5th season all the drivers were put into the same limo together and had to take turns driving the limo backwards around a course. Advice was shouted and this trope ensued.
** If you count cases when it's the [[Backseat Driver|backseat-driving passenger]] shouting advice, this happens just about every season.
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