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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The tuk tuks in Thailand just made it...well, obvious with the gear shifters.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The tuk tuks GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in Thailand just made it...well, obvious with the gear shifters.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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** The driving test turns out to be nothing more than driving around a divider in a parking lot and not running over a dog that [[ThrowItIn happened to be sleeping next to it.]]

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** The driving test turns out to be nothing more than driving around a divider in a parking lot and not running over a dog that [[ThrowItIn happened to be sleeping next to it.]]
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* [[BribingYourWayToVictory Bribing Your Way To A Driver's License]]: It's not just Margherita; Papa CJ claimed he got his license home delivered for $6.

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* [[BribingYourWayToVictory Bribing Your Way To A Driver's License]]: BribingYourWayToVictory: It's not just Margherita; Papa CJ claimed he got his license home delivered for $6.
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ep\'s airing right now & it\'s \"Amigo Crazy!\" ;)


* InAWorld: Used for the fake trailer ''Crazy! Amizo Crazy!''.

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* InAWorld: Used for the fake trailer ''Crazy! Amizo Amigo Crazy!''.
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A second 6-episode season is set to premiere on August 18, 2014.

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A second 6-episode season is set to premiere premiered on August 18, 2014.

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* Angrish: Andrew doesn't swear often, but the "interesting" characteristics of the vehicles he has to drive often lead to frustration.

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* Angrish: Andrew doesn't swear often, but the "interesting" characteristics of the vehicles he has to drive often lead to frustration.



* NeverMyFault: Andrew does this inadvertantly during the VIP convoy in Mexico City, when he doesn't keep up with the lead car, but calls himself out on it in the narration.

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* NeverMyFault: Andrew does this inadvertantly inadvertently during the VIP convoy in Mexico City, when he doesn't keep up with the lead car, but calls himself out on it in the narration.
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** The driving test turns out to be nothing more than driving around a divider in a parking lot and not running over a dog that happened to be sleeping next to it.

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** The driving test turns out to be nothing more than driving around a divider in a parking lot and not running over a dog that [[ThrowItIn happened to be sleeping next to it.]]
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A second 6-episode season is set to premiere on August 18, 2014.

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* ContinuityNod: When stopped by the Peruvian police, Andrew was willing to show his Phillipino license as well.

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* ContinuityNod: When stopped by the Peruvian police, Andrew was willing to show his Phillipino Filipino license as well.well.
* CorruptCop: Papa CJ notes that bribing traffic cops is so ingrained in Indian driving culture that India is the only place where a cop will give you change when you bribe him.


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* PoliceAreUseless: Regardless of what the official laws of the road in a given locale are, a lot of them aren't adequately enforced. In Lima, Andrew was actually cut off by a police car.
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* ContinuityNod: When stopped by the Peruvian police, Andrew was willing to show his Phillipino license as well.
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->''"I’m Andrew Younghusband. Is one week enough time to learn how to drive as well as a local in a city that has some of the most dangerous traffic? We’re about to find out."''
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* DontExplainTheJoke: The segues in Peru...are done by segways.


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* InAWorld: Used for the fake trailer ''Crazy! Amizo Crazy!''.
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\n* ThereShouldBeALaw: Played straight and averted. Going against oncoming traffic is usually illegal no matter where you are. Some countries do allow 2 wheeled vehicles to drive ''on'' the dotted white lines, however.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The tuk tuks in Thailand just made it...well, obvious with the gear shifters.
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* AsianDrivers: Episodes have included Dehli (India), Bangkok (Thailand), Ulaan Batoor (Mongolia) and Manila (the Philipines).

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* AsianDrivers: Episodes have included Dehli (India), Bangkok (Thailand), Ulaan Batoor (Mongolia) and Manila (the Philipines).Philippines).
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* AsianDrivers: Episodes have included Dehli (India), Bangkok (Thailand), Ulaan Batoor (Mongolia) and Manila (the Philipines).


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** Also the reason there won't be a Russia episode anytime soon: since everything in Russia runs on bribes, the production team has no clue how much it'll cost and thus can't properly plan for it.
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Six episodes have been produced, and at least five more have been green-lit as of November 2013.


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* TheAllegedCar: A lot of the cars Andrew drives are like this:
** The auto-rickshaw he drove in Dehli had no indicators and no horn, [[HilarityEnsues leading to Andrew clearing a path by calling "beep beep beep!" as he drove.]]

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* SigningOffCatchphrase: Usually to the effect of "Come for the x, come for the y, but ''[[TitleDrop don't drive here]]!''"



* TitleDrop: Usually to the effect of "Come for the x, come for the y, but ''don't drive here!!!''"

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* TitleDrop: Usually to the effect of "Come for the x, come for the y, but ''don't drive here!!!''"

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* TitleDrop: Usually to the effect of "Come for the sights, but ''don't drive here!''"

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* TitleDrop: Usually to the effect of "Come for the sights, x, come for the y, but ''don't drive here!''"
here!!!''"
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* NeverMyFault: Andrew does this inadvertantly during the VIP convoy in Mexico City, when he doesn't keep up with the lead car, but calls himself out on it in the narration.
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** The driving test turns out to be nothing more than driving around a divider in a parking lot and not running over a dog that happened to be sleeping next to it.
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A spin-off of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', where its host Andrew Younghusband goes around to various locales around the world to see just ''how'' bad foreign drivers are, and then attempt the monumental task of actually stooping to their level.

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A spin-off of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', where its host Andrew Younghusband goes around to various locales around the world to see just ''how'' bad spends a week in a foreign drivers are, locale to learn the (often [[DrivesLikeCrazy disorderly]]) nuances of being a driver there, and then attempt the monumental task of actually stooping attempts to their level.
perform a final test to see if he can do it "properly" (as assessed by a local citizen).




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* TitleDrop: Usually to the effect of "Come for the sights, but ''don't drive here!''"
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* SpinOff: Of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''

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* SpinOff: Of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''

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* DeadpanSnarker: Andrew claims the Tata Nano "goes from 0 to 60 in less than a week"


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* NonNaziSwastika: Brought up during a blessing ceremony that involves painting a swastika on a new car; "Who knew?"
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* [[BribingYourWayToVictory Bribing Your Way To A Driver's License]]: It's not just Margherita; Papa CJ claimed he got his license home delivered for $6.
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HilarityInsues.

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HilarityInsues.
HilarityEnsues.
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A spin-off of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', where its host Andrew Younghusband goes around to various locales around the world to see just ''how'' bad foreign drivers are, and then attempt the monumental task of actually stooping to their level.

HilarityInsues.

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*DrivesLikeCrazy: A cab driver claimed that there are "no rules" for driving in New Delhi. He's not kidding.
*SpinOff: Of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''

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