History Main / DrivesLikeCrazy

* ''WebVideo/Dimension20':'[[TheConscience Connor Schintz]], who's usually a ShrinkingViolet, drives with overly reckless confidence, going as fast as his car will allow, narrowly avoiding obstacles, and taking the sharpest of turns. It's rare for his passengers to come out of it unscathed.

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[-[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons I stand on my record: Fifteen crashes]] and not a ''single'' [[FalseReassurance fatality!]]"]]-]

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** What's worse than orks driving trukks? Orks driving ''planes'', as ork flyboyz are even crazier than most Speed Freaks and still consider their aircraft to be melee weapons in the event they ever run out of bullets (or if they get bored, orks aren't too picky). Per ''ComicBook/DeffSkwadron'', Ork pilots are prone to things like staying in the highest gear even when landing, consider going any faster than maximum speed to be a form of cowardice, and have never understood why the other factions bother with boring and useless preflight checks.

** What's worse than orks driving trukks? Orks driving ''planes'', as ork flyboyz are even crazier than most Speed Freaks and still consider their aircraft to be melee weapons in the event they ever run out of bullets (or if they get bored, orks aren't too picky).

* Worra the minicab driver (CatchPhrase: "As the Pink Floyd say: Set the controls for the heart of the suuun!") in ''Linda Smith's a Brief History of Timewasting'':

* ''Animation/TheMindsEye'': ''The Gate to the Mind's Eye'' features someone in a FlyingCar doing this. Their antics include veering wildly from side to side (likely caused by the vehicle's large rear end), bouncing off walls and other structures, breaking hard and [[CameraAbuse forcing the camera view to rear-end it]], and ending in what is likely a fatal collision with a massive wall inside a sectioned-off tunnel inside a building.

-->'''Priest''': Lord, why is that man being treated so much better than me? All he did for a living was drive a taxi, while I dedicated my life to teaching others about you.\\

-->'''Priest''': Lord, why is that man being treated so much better than me when all he did for a living was drive a taxi, when I dedicated my life to teaching others about you?\\

Has a complex relationship with BadassDriver, as they both tend to scare everyone around them. The difference is the the Badass Driver actually knows what they are doing, and how to pull off such stunts.

* The Website/{{Reddit}} community [[https://www.reddit.com/r/idiotsincars /r/IdiotsInCars]] collects various examples.

* In ''VisualNovel/MalusCode'' The professor of the polar resarch lab, Suzukake was driving her students to the onsen after reciving a large sum of money, despite certain circumstances. Before the trip, upon announcing that Suzukake will be driving, Yuri becomes very silent, and bails on the trip at the last minute, to Will and Yae's surprise and terror, Suzukake was speeding and drifting , all the way there.

'''Worra:''' Hahahah! Linda, do you want me to lose my licence? Hypothetically speaking...

** The somewhat non-indicatively named Road Rage is a decent, friendly sort... on her feet. In vehicle mode, an inexplicable glitch causes her to go berserk until she transforms again, at which point she's tremendously embarassed.

** According to [[http://tokiandcowiki.wikidot.com/wiki:brownie Brownie's Profile]], she is known for driving while under the influence of caffeine, which is the equivalent of either driving drunk and/or under the influence of PCP, thus, she usually gets her licence taken away. Apparently, she also has a habit of running her friend Toki over and tends to drive on the curve, as well as crash into buildings. Amoridere states that, somehow, she drives ''on top'' of buildings and was once observed driving on electrical and telephone wires.

* ''WebVideo/SomeCallMeJohnny'': Johnny's brother, Elliot, is this everytime he takes the wheel in ''VideoGame/LANoire'', intentionally going out of his way to run over as many pedestrians, objects, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs pedestrians with objects]] and even going as far as to [[https://youtu.be/6W2f8A6Dn4M?t=2071 wreck havoc on the game's physics]] ''just by driving!''

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': As part of a TimeSkip between his adoption and the present, the movie transits to an adult Moses and his brother, Crown-Prince Ramses, engaging in a reckless ChariotRace that endangers numerous civilians and (unintentionally) defaces a monument to Ramses' father, the ruling Pharaoh. Shortly after, the Pharaoh has the two brought before him and [[CallingTheYoungManOut chews them out for their antics]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': If Ramses and Moses' chariot race at the start of the movie is to be believed, crazy teenage drivers have been a problem [[OlderThanTheyThink a lot longer than we currently think]].

** ''[[WesternAnimation/{{TheLittleMermaid1989}} The Little Mermaid]]'': In the "Tour of the Kingdom" sequence, Eric hands Ariel the reins to the carriage, and she ends up driving over a ravine. However, after jumping the ravine, she seems to ease up a bit.

* ''[[Anime/PonyoOnACliffByTheSea Ponyo]]'': Lisa. Note, though, that for all her near-misses and frightening speed, she has ''superhuman'' control of her subcompact. It's almost like watching [[LeParkour Parkour]]. She even has the nerve to bite a bit off her son's ice cream, while racing over a narrow cliff road. And she is able to outrun supernatural waves without injuring herself or her son.

* Judging from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', all {{Toon}}s are lousy drivers. (After all, the RuleOfFunny is fundamental to Toons.) The weasels can't slow the Toon Patrol wagon to a stop, crashing through walls instead, and Roger himself totals Eddie's car while going on a joyride. The worst offender is perhaps Bennie [[TheTaxi the Cab]], who is first seen locked inside the Toon Patrol wagon for driving on the sidewalk. ("It was just a couple of miles!")
* Just like in the novel, Toad from ''WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1995'' has this trope as one of his defining characteristics.

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* The "Wrong Turn" mode in Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Indianapolis 500}}'' is about an UsefulNotes/IndyCar racer who races off the track, gets directions from a farmer, and ends up stuck in traffic for his troubles.
* The backglass for ''Pinball/VacationAmerica'' shows the family wagon flying offroad and crashing through a "Road Closed" barricade.
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* Chell from ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' is a nightmare behind the wheel. Though she at least insists on everyone wearing a seatbelt, at the same time she believes traffic signs are more of a suggestion. Yuki will do whatever she can to avoid driving in the same car as her. On the upside, the Chell Danielson Guarantee is that you'll always arrive somewhere on time, no matter how late you leave.
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[[folder:Print Media]]

* A comic strip in a British car mag showed a learner lorry driver ''not'' driving like crazy, and the main character asking his friend why you never saw that sort of consideration for other road users once they passed the test. His friend replied it was obvious -- those are the ones that ''fail''.

[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* Beauregard in ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' might qualify. He gets his directions mixed up, such as making an abrupt U-turn when told to go straight. The fact he does this in ''open traffic'', causing all others cars to take evasive action. After arriving at the intended destination (''by driving through the front door'', no less) he is told to make a U-turn to leave. What does he do? Drives straight through!
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'':
** Lady Penelope. Amazingly she managed to drive [=FAB1=] to the Bank of England without a scratch to the car, although the same can't be said about various hedges and another car she encountered on the road. Her driving improves in a later episode though. She normally leaves the driving to her many-talented butler Aloysius "Nosy" Parker, to the relief of all. Although one should not forget that Parker is canonically not only a former safe-cracker, but also a former getaway car driver. Still, the trope is averted in that Parker is generally a safe driver, even when he appears to be reckless.
** Another female driver is responsible for the disaster in "City of Fire" when she crashes a car in the garage of the world's tallest building. [[DudeNotFunny Amazingly, this is treated as a joke in the tag scene]].

[[folder:Radio]]
* ''Radio/CarTalk'': Click and Clack always sign off with "Don't drive like my brother".
* Worra the minicab driver (CatchPhrase: "As the Pink Floyd say: Set the controls for the heart of the suuun!") in ''Linda Smith's a Brief History of Timewasting'':
-->'''Linda:''' Worra, [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I never thought I'd say this]], but drive as fast as you can!\\
'''Worra:''' Hahahah! Linda, do you want me to lose my licence? Hypothetically speaking...

[[folder:Roleplay]]
* ''Roleplay/ShadowhunterPeril'' has Veronica Carter, who drives like a total maniac...and her vehicle of choice is a TANK. She enjoys blowing stuff up with it as well as driving, although it did come in handy during the Assault on Alicante arc, where she distracted a horde of demons, by shooting tank shells at them. Still, Ethan is scared of driving with her, and Umbra manages to find an excuse not to go with her.

-->'''Jumin:''' My father dragged me there but I came back by myself.
-->'''Zen:''' Did you drive? Are you crazy?
-->'''Jumin:''' No. The driver drove. That's why I'm still alive.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 8, Yang gets a hoverbike and while riding, takes the time to make a jump off a ramp and goes into a spin. Oscar, riding behind her, was not happy.
* In ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'', Yang is a massive thrill-seeker, prompting her to do insane things such as flee from the cops in a car chase when Ruby [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext accidentally robs a bank]]. Upon discovering a roadblock, excitedly yells to her teammates that she's going to jump it, much to their horror.

* Gulab from ''Literature/TheSolsticeWar'' gets behind the sticks of a stolen tank and proceeds to crash it into several different buildings. She can't even get it to go forward, so it crashes everywhere ''in reverse.''

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "[[UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff She Drives Like Crazy]]"