Canada’s Worst Driver - Season 14 Episode 7

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.