This week, we take a ride with an Essex boy racer whose girlfriend is terrified of getting in a car with him, a mother from East Sussex and a Warrington grandmother.
Harry is an architectural technician from Essex. His girlfriend Sam gives him an ultimatum: unless he sorts out his reckless driving and slows down, she is not going anywhere in a car with him. Harry takes Sam out for a drive to try to reassure her, but after committing numerous driving offences, all he succeeds in doing is terrifying her and demonstrating how much he needs professional help! His time with the pros starts badly, as he decides to show expert Sarah his usual tricks...
Another driver that gets a kick out of going fast is 23-year-old legal student and mum Stephanie. Steph’s best friend thinks that as a mother, she really should know better and set an example. Steph takes her dad out for a drive to show him how in control she is. As a driving instructor, he is horrified by what he sees and ends up pleading with his daughter to get professional help. Steph begins her two hour session with the experts by taking instructor Karen for a whirlwind spin around East Sussex. Karen quickly pulls her over and dishes out some tough love – will it be enough to turn Steph’s driving around?
Finally, there is Pat, a grandmother from Warrington who is desperate to win back her independence. Her daughter Angela ends up being more of an instructor than a passenger. Pat cannot get above fifteen miles per hour and ends up crashing her car into a pile of trolleys in a supermarket car park. Can the expert, Steven, to iron out Pat’s issues with speed and parking in two hours?
Comments (77)
3 months ago
Chongers
In episode 1, why oh why was the young idiot forced to re-take his driving test???
3 months ago
dave
If its not staged then why are not the drivers up in front of a magistrate for the many laws recorded on film being broken?
3 months ago
Mike.
I have just been watching this episode and I cannot believe these three took and passed a Driving test; especially the old woman who who can't understand the traffic signs that where given her to look at!! She clearly cannot drive and certainly has'nt a clue what she's doing. The instructors don't seem to have much Kop either. Its definitely a put on!!!
4 months ago
Alan
I'd just like to ask that if the cyclist at 14.30 is the same cyclist that overtook my nan (Episode removed can't see)? If so, it wasn't staged at all, I'm her grandson and was sat in the Land Rover filming... That's genuinely the speed she drives at...
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over 1 year ago
Alan
X amount of time every 5 years with an instructor. Staged or not these people still give the rest of us inflated insurance premiums. Im not convinved that was Harrys yamaha either, who starts a bike and revs it like that straight away, it seems he has a complete disregard for vehicles (mechanical killing machines)
over 1 year ago
Alan
Get a life Harry, you are driving a ford focus not a touring car....
over 1 year ago
anon
just seen this and truth im god smacked how these people drive. I think they shud try driving a artic on a test track, that shud give them a wake up call, the amounts of near misses ive had do to beep drivers who try to under take on roundabouts!!!
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over 1 year ago
Heather
I love this programme, makes you aware of how you can pick up bad habits so easily and then think that this is the correct way of driving :o(
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over 1 year ago
Ada
Harrys girlfriend is well fit!!!
over 1 year ago
TONY
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE MADE TO TAKE THE DRIVING TEST AGAIN
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over 1 year ago
Cyclist
I am the cyclist @ 14 mins 30 seconds It's all in the edit. It did not happen the way you see it. This programme is staged... Made up... Fiction.
over 1 year ago
mike young
i,d invite them to the local morge and show them a few motoring deaths caused by stupid drivers
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over 1 year ago
Jean Brown
It isn't staged, honest, I am in one of the episodes, not shown yet!!
over 1 year ago
anonymous
what is that all about bobski
over 1 year ago
Bobski
All this show proves is that bad driver do not believe they are bad. Until they kill themselves, someone else or grow up they will never be good drivers. I was a mobile guy for years and at first I drove worse than those guys. But experience and learning from losing control quickly made me into a half decent driver. Over 500,000 miles later and I get there quickly but without drama. I meet drivers like these all the time and all they are is an irritant. I feel I am growing up. 500,000 miles on my clock and I am getting there. Maybe they will realise in time and look back in horror at the glamorisation of their bad driving.
over 1 year ago
Jason
I keep hearing "she/he is a different person behind the wheel". No, they are arrogant selfish people who don't care about the welfare of anyone else. This is a personality trait and has nothing to do with being behind the wheel of a car...
over 1 year ago
chris
actually yes that would be correct the are breeching hire conditions but I still really enjoy the show
over 1 year ago
jamie
If that focus was an enterprise car would this not be evidence of breaching the terms of hire / lease. 1)smoking in the car 2) the driving standard etc. In someways i disagree with the show, sticking cameras into peoples cars is just giving them motivation to show off. If one of the participants of the show binned their car into a hedge would you have shown this footage? Rather than giving bad drivers fame.. how about looking for the drivers who already do drive at a high standard and putting them through Institute of advance motorist tests?
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over 1 year ago
chris
although love the programme.
over 1 year ago
chris
harry and stephs driving is terrible. Also I agree with tom there is a data privacy problem because I could see on the focus that it was an enterprise vehicle.
over 1 year ago
Tom
There's a data/privacy issue here. From various hints given re. location and brief shots of street signs, then by using Google Maps and Streetview, I was able within 1 minute to find the exact house where one of them lives. They need to be careful to either blur out relevant roadsigns or be more vague about the area where someone lives because with Streetview it is so easy to find out. I found out this person's address and postcode within 60 seconds and I'm not a professional in any shape or form, someone with malice who knows what they're doing has carte blanche here.
over 1 year ago
john smith
haha a boy racer in a ford focus... FAIL!
over 1 year ago
Mike
as an ex driving instructor I find it difficult to believe that some of these drivers have a full uk licence. Im with glenn retest every 2 years.
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over 1 year ago
Ade
This is such a complete set up !! What ADI in their right mind will let someone eat a bag of crisps whilst driving ? All set up for the cameras and a marketing exercise for the AA
over 1 year ago
Stef
Why dont the police take there registrations and book them,they no were they stay.
over 1 year ago
anonymous
fail programme
over 1 year ago
K8
...and i thought I drove fast (40mph on a 40 mph road now seems quite slow)! It is a combination of arrogance and immaturity for these drivers. What is sad is that this show could have had far more of an impact if they had not tried to 'glorify' these muppets and properly shock them so their illegal driving doesn't return.
over 1 year ago
anon
i have watched 15 mins of this episode 5 times already, why does it keep freezing stupid thing. bored now channel 5. won't be using the player anymore.
over 1 year ago
bob
this is great driving
over 1 year ago
paddy
Why the fake sound effects? And to the blonde girl... RICE
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over 1 year ago
David
The police should be more active in stopping these type of drivers. But I suppose they have to catch the motorists driving 3mph over the limit first
over 1 year ago
David
The police should be more active in stopping these type of drivers. But I suppose they have to catch the motorists driving 3mph over the limit first
over 1 year ago
Anna
Seat too far / too close / bad body position / leaning over steering wheel. Let's start from the basics... please
over 1 year ago
Martin Taylor
Saw this last night and in 2 minds - if it is staged then what a waste of a great opportunity to program good material on the real impact dangers of such atrocious habits. If it is not staged what on earth are the production company doing to allow such persistently dangerous driving - god forbid an accident occurs during filming. Final point if Steph has had a number of accidents already has she informed her insurer - if she has her premium must be in the trillions - if she hasn't her insurance is invalid. If this is for real the program in this format needs to be stopped and the authorities need to take a look at the footage and take action
over 1 year ago
Giles (Driving Instructor)
Shame the AA instructor failed to notice that Stephanie had tucked her seat belt behind her shoulder. It's a typical trick by drivers who take risks - they don't want to wear the belt, but for a following Police car the belt looks like its being worn. That's a Part 3 fail for the instructor :-(
over 1 year ago
Leanne
I'm learning to drive and I can honestly say that my drving is 10 times better than these lunatic drivers featured on this programme!
over 1 year ago
Richard Kennedy
Too much focus on the bad driving and not enough on shocking these idiots into changing they're terrible habits. Well done C5 for giving these people their 15 minutes of fame. Also, too many post edit sound effects (screeching tyres etc). Generally poor TV
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over 1 year ago
Steve
I cannot believe the complete and utter disregard for other road users by some young drivers. I'm 24 and would never dream of driving the way that some of the people featured on this program have. It's people like that who make our insurance premiums so high.
over 1 year ago
Shayn
It wont let me see both episodes...WHY!!!
over 1 year ago
Andrew
Steph well done on your change in your driving .Just remember kids tend to mimic there parents .So you don't want young Scott to grow up and end up driving like you did . Again well done please keep it up for your sake and little Scott..
over 1 year ago
Andrew
Just a question on the driving skills in this programme for anyone to answer for me .How is it that people who get filmed driving crazy and dangerous on youtube get convicted yet nothing will happen to the drivers in this show?
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over 1 year ago
Biker Joe
Im a biker too and i agree with you.. TERRIBLE driving.. What are the police doing ?? nothing..... Its terrible it really is !
over 1 year ago
Simon
This episode has only confirmed my initial suspicion that the whole show is staged.
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over 1 year ago
Glenn Hughes
Tip of the iceberg though. Abandon road tax and have compulsory retest every 2 years will really get these 'bad' drivers either off the road. I find the flippant attitude of this programme somewhat revolting
over 1 year ago
Jan
well said mary, i had just said the same to my hubby, she doesn't need retraining she just needs to take her foot off the gas ... and she knows it, plus wear her seatbeat correctly
over 1 year ago
Carl
Well said Mary
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over 1 year ago
Jan
why hasn't the instructor pointed out to Steph that she isn't wearing her seatbelt properly!!!!
over 1 year ago
Carl
Whats the point on commenting if everything controversial we say gets removed well done channel 5 your turning into the BBC!!!!!
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over 1 year ago
Carl
If he gets on that R1 he WILL kill himself
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over 1 year ago
Dr Fox
I have to say, I know Harry and he is the best driver he knows.
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