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''Canada's Worst Driver'' is a Canadian television series on Discovery Channel, based on ''Britain's Worst Driver'', and is part of the Worst Driver television franchise. The series is produced by Proper Television, whose president, Guy O'Sullivan, was the director of the original ''Britain's Worst Driver'' series. As such, ''Canada's Worst Driver'' is considered to be the production company's flagship show. Unlike other ''Worst'' series around the world, the Canadian version emphasizes the learning process of the contestants and the science of driving. As such, it is often more serious than the other ''Worst'' shows around the world, which are mainly played for laughs. It is the longest running of any ''Worst'' series to date. The series is also aired dubbed in French in Canada, as the Les Pires Chauffards Canadiens on Z Télé. ''Canada's Worst Driver'' and its sister series ''Canada's Worst Handyman'' / ''Blood, Sweat & Tools'' are the two highest-rated programs on Discovery Channel. == Format == In each season, eight drivers and their nominators are taken to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre where they compete in challenges designed to improve their driving skills, in an effort to not be named Canada's Worst Driver. In the first challenge, the contestants begin at a location about an hour's drive from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. Following the directions that are given, each contestant must drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. Upon arriving at the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, the driver's licence of each contestant is confiscated (for the first two seasons, their car keys were confiscated instead). The first episode concludes with an obstacle course challenge, meant to evaluate the skills of each driver. The series is well known for its obstacle course challenges. Contestants must routinely maneuver their cars through tight spaces with less than an inch of clearance on either side. To show that the challenge can be done without hitting obstacles by an average driver, host Andrew Younghusband performs each challenge before any contestant attempts the challenge. At the end of the second episode, each contestant meets with a panel of four experts and Andrew for an evaluation of his or her performance. After all remaining contestants are interviewed, the judges and Andrew deliberate on which contestant and nominator pair have improved enough to graduate from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. The driver who has graduated is eliminated from the competition and is sent home with his or her license returned to him or her. Typically, the contestants drive off with their nominators in the car that they used to arrive at the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. The experts also reserve the right to not graduate anyone during an episode or to graduate multiple contestants at the same time. The experts may also choose to expel any contestant who does not show any incentive to learn, who they believe should not continue driving, or who can not continue the rehabilitation program often for medical or legal reasons. In this particular instance, certain contestants are eliminated from the competition and their licenses are returned, and they are given a ride home. In extreme cases, the experts may contact the relevant Ministry of Transport and request that a driver's licence be put up for review, if they believe that a contestant is medically unfit to continue driving. To date, this has happened only twice, in ''Canada's Worst Driver 4'' and ''Canada's Worst Driver Ever''. The elimination process continues until only three contestants remain (the original intent was for two contestants to remain, but due to the first season containing an episode in which no-one graduated, there were three; every season since has had three finalists). The remaining contestants are then given the Mega-Challenge, an obstacle course challenge with elements of almost every previous challenge,〔The standard transmission balancing challenge, among others, is not part of the Mega-Challenge, but every challenge that is practical to include gets included.〕 as well as a driving examination through the busy streets of a major urban centre in Canada near the Driver Rehabilitation Centre. Based on these two challenges, the experts determine which among the three is deemed Canada's Worst Driver. With the exception of the second season, the contestant who fared the second worst is deemed to not have graduated from the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, while the third contestant is considered a graduate. Unlike other versions of the ''Worst Driver'' series around the world, where being eliminated early or being the Worst Driver is either rewarded with a new car or had their car destroyed, no prizes are given for being eliminated early or for being named Canada's Worst Driver, aside from a commemorative trophy in the latter case, as the point of the show is to educate rather than entertain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada's Worst Driver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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