Canada's Worst Driver 4 is the fourth season of Canada's Worst Driver, a Discovery Channel Canada television series which seeks to improve the driving of eight nominated contestants, each of which trying to avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver. Like previous series, each contestant is nominated by a loved one, and are taken to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, located this year at an abandoned correctional facility in Guelph, Ontario. At the rehabilitation centre, each contestant is taught key driving skills, and are tested in various challenges, with three challenges to an episode. Before each challenge, host Andrew Younghusband performs each challenge to demonstrate that they are doable without error by an average driver. The first episode, where the contestants must drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre from a location an hour's drive away in the traditional first challenge, serves as a skills evaluation. Starting with the second episode, and at the end of every episode thereafter, the experts and Andrew decide on which of the remaining contestants have been sufficiently rehabilitated to be let go onto public roads. This continues until three contestants remain, where two traditional final challenges determine who is named Canada's Worst Driver. Though normally one contestant leaves in every episode, the experts may, at their discretion, refuse to allow anyone to graduate, or conversely graduate more than one contestant in an episode. In extreme circumstances, the experts may also choose to expel a contestant with no intention of improving their driving skills. This year, like the previous season, roughly half of the challenges are new to the series, while the other half, such as the initial drive to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre, the Eye of the Needle, the Water-Tank Challenge, the Mega-Challenge, and the series-ending road test, are returning from previous seasons. However, the challenges this season are more specifically tuned for the individual contestants than in previous years, to better address driving issues specific to each contestant. For this year, a fleet of brand-new luxury cars have been commissioned for some of the challenges.
Episode 1
Guilty As Charged
Oct 27, 2008
A new group of dangerous drivers come to the Driver Rehabilitation Center to try and work out their personal driving issues and avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver.
Episode 2
Big Manoeuvres
Nov 3, 2008
This week, the nominees learn to handle a large delivery truck, how to corner on ice and how to parallel park on an actual city street.
Episode 3
The Urge to Merge
Nov 10, 2008
The nominees find themselves being tested on a basic driving skill: merging in traffic. However, when the nation's worst drivers are involved, anything can happen.
Episode 4
Shifty Manoeuvres
Nov 17, 2008
Our six remaining drivers still stuck in rehab get thrown in the deep end in this episode dedicated entirely to driving stick.
Episode 5
A Turn for the Worst
Nov 24, 2008
In an episode devoted entirely to smooth turning, the first order of business for our 5 remaining drivers is a lesson in the dangers of distracted driving.
Episode 6
It's All Reverse
Dec 1, 2008
Everything goes backwards for our 5 remaining drivers in this all reversing episode.
Episode 7
Practice Makes Perfect
Dec 8, 2008
The final four drivers tackle some of the toughest challenges they've seen in rehab to date.
Episode 8
The Verdict
Dec 15, 2008
In this final episode of the series, the remaining three face some of the biggest challenges in the show's four-year history.