History Characters / CanadasWorstDriver

* BreakTheHaughty: Danny, fed up with Scott's bad behavior and refusal to change, decides to cancel his insurance, and since Scott was driving under said insurance and couldn't pay for his own, meant that he was expelled from rehab. On top of that, fter bragging about his various criminal offenses he's committed, Cam contacted the Calgary city police about this. This is topped off with Scott tearing up as the weight of reality sets in for him.

* FullNameBasis: Andrew usually refers to Mike in his full name.

* ReformedButRejected: Played with. Despite cutting his license up in front of the panel, Cam still wanted to name him the Worst that year because of his poor road test. The only reason he didn't receive the title (or tied with Angelina) was that the rest of the panel believed that Mike was willing to change.

* HappilyMarried: Zig-zagged at first, as he treated his wife quite well most of the time, but could occasionally display flat-out sexist behaviour, particularly in the lane change rally. As the season went on, he started behaving much more reasonably toward her, and by the end of the season, he was thankful for her nominating him.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Actually believed that smoking, eating, and ''texting'' while driving can be done with enough training. Fortunately, she learned the hard way that it's dangerous in the distracted driving challenge.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Averted. Despite being named the worst and cutting his license up, Kevin still drives.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Kevin came shockingly close to graduating in Episode four, after passing the first two challenges. The only things that prevented it were a) an abysmal run at the eye of the needle and b) Angelina's NonGameplayElimination.

* ForWantOfANail: Admittedly, it was a pretty ''big'' nail; her final drive was completely flawless, apart from an incident where she nearly ran over a pedestrian and had to be stopped by Andrew. If not for that, it would have been a complete no-brainer to name Melanie the worst, and Ashley might even have challenged Adam for the final graduation (though it would have been a long shot, considering Adam's own final drive was quite good, and he had a much better track record in the challenges). Instead, it nearly got her named the worst.

* ButchLesbian: She was nominated originally by her former girlfriend, as seen in her first nomination video. They'd split up by the time the season began filming, however, leaving her brother to act as her nominator.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Due to having plates in her knees, Faith-Ann could not do the tire changing challenge as it required crouching. So, Joanne did the challenge for her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Not towards Colin specifically, but after Andrew destroyed his keys, the show got into trouble as it counted as destruction of property. As such, future seasons afterwards would have Andrew confiscate the nominee's licenses at the start of the season.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since Teagan was 18 at the time of filming, he wasn't legally allowed to have a rental car, so Andrew reluctantly let him drive his own truck to rehab. Also, despite graduating, Teagan had to leave in a taxi.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since she had an angina attack in a challenge, the show couldn't keep her around out of fear she would have another one (the courses are already stressful enough). Also, Cam and Dan, as part of their professions, called their respective districts to let them know about her condition and placed her on a medical review (which judging from her angry email to the show, she lost).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Because of Donna's shoulder problems, she wasn't allowed to accompany Brad on certain challenges that had the car rocking around a lot, and he automatically failed the soccer challenge for injuring her.

** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: That being said, the show sent him to an optometrist office for an eye exam, and the optometrist said he would have to contact the Ministry of Transportation about it which might put Jason's license up for review (albeit likely not with any consequences worse than simply being barred from driving without glasses).

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Episode 6 reveals that during the evenings, she would party and get drunk. SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs soon enough as she starts having dizzy spells and had to be sent to a hospital for a few days, missing two challenges along with Travis's graduation as a result.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Subverted. The accident as stated above was thought to have caused brain damage to Shayne, and he was unable to remember some of the lessons. Andrew even told him that the show might give him medical treatment for it. In episode 7, it's revealed that he did take a [=MRI=] scan during his time in rehab, but fortunately, there was no brain damage found.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** He came to rehab with a broken arm from a skateboard accident and was almost barred from driving as he did not receive a signed form from a doctor clearing him. Brandon had to use a spinner attachment (designed for one-handed drivers) for the first few episodes, though after his cast was trimmed back he could start driving without it.
** Since driving distracted requires two hands, Sarah had to do the Distracted Driving Challenge in Brandon's place.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Because of Karlene's frail state, she could not do the Trough Challenge as it was, and had to take a simpler course to get the full lesson. It was also the same frail state that prohibited her from taking the Teeter-Totter challenge.

* ConsolationPrize: Got a Bluetooth headset when he graduated, to keep him from using his cellphone at the wheel. Ironically, such headsets are themselves now considered to be just as dangerous as cellphones and have largely been supplanted by speakers and microphones built into the dashboard.

* {{Retcon}}: The show seems to ignore Flora as Co-Winner with Kevin last year, as Kevin is called the worst driver of Season 8.

* KnowWhenToFoldThem: After a terrible road test where he almost ran over bicyclists and an old woman, he cut up his license when given the option in front of the panel. Although there were signs that Mike might consider starting over, its later revealed three seasons later that he gave up driving for good/

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Performs at least half of the challenges either in socks or completely barefoot.

* DeathGlare: Gives these out whenever something stupid happens. One of his most memorable glares was in response to Kevin (frequently regarded as one of ''the'' worst drivers the rehab center ever saw) claming that people who give up their licenses are idiots.

* BerserkButton: Underestimating how hard his job is seeming to be one, as he let out a BigNo when Adam admitted he wanted to be a driving instructor, and he gave Cam a DeathGlare for believing one of the bad drivers could be one

** To Ashley. While both are nervous drivers that do not have a lot of skills, Ashely was willing to learn more from the experts while Melanie was not.
** To Shayne. Both had a bit of a negative outlook on driving but as with Ashely above, Shayne shook that outlook around the second half while Melanie kept hold of it to the very end.

--> Andrew: "I don't want to see you park. You drive like an ass. Get out."

* RealLifeRelative: He's the nephew of Canadian comedian Brent Butt, who you may know from Series/CornerGas.

--> Phillipe: "You know, I don't usually agree with you, Cam, but in this case I think you're right."

* SoreLoser: After being named the worst, he initially refused to even accept the trophy, much less burn his license.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Not only was she well-liked by the other contestants, with even Colin's only PetTheDog moment on the show being toward her, but she was also the first person in the show's history to get a unanimous graduation decision from the panel.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Was loved by everyone on the show, and had a lot of fans while on the show, making him a very big favourite of the show to this day.

** He failed the straight-line reverse challenge, going forward.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Averted. Despite being named the worst and cutting his license up, Kevin still drives.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Lenny. He has gotten more assertive during the offseason and is more likely to call out Kevin on his bullshit more than last time. It was amply demonstrated in a joint ConfessionCam segment after Kevin's taking the reversing challenge forwards lead to him trashing the Trans Am:

* TemptingFate: It's obvious that when he promised to destroy his driving license and sell his car if he failed to graduate, he never thought he would end up having to go through with it, all the more evident when he tried to weasel his way out of his word at the finale.

* SpoiledBrat: Not to JoJo's extent, but his car and accident repairs were paid by his father, not him.

* AllOrNothing: He's the only driver in his family, so if he loses his license, his father will not make it to his doctor appointments.

* HairTriggerTemper: His anger and anxiety for driving builds rapidly in the car, which led Andrew to believe that it might be a form of mental illness.