A Swedish Reality Show which focuses on rehabilitating the worst drivers in Sweden, as nominated by their friends and family members. The object of the show is essentially to learn enough about proper driving in order to "graduate" from rehab, done in the form of different challenges meant to build specific driving skills. In other words, you don't want to move on to the next round. The "winner" (or should we say loser) in the end is crowned the titular "worst driver", and often receives an equally crappy looking trophy.
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- The Alleged Car: Any car used during the course of the show will inevitably end up like this.
- Backseat Driver: Sometimes, this show looks more like Sweden's Worst PASSENGER. This trope goes to its Logical Extreme when said backseat driver grabs for the controls of the car (usually the wheel). Yes, there IS a law against that—specifically, a law that states that when a passenger grabs the wheel, the passenger assumes full responsibility for whatever they make the vehicle do note . In these cases, it's the codriver who needs to learn a lesson (specifically, to put a cork in it), as the nominee's driving skills invariably improve (or at least don't get any worse) without the nominator's "instructions".
- Badass Driver: Some of the contestants think they're this—which is why they are mentioned under Drives Like Crazy. Some of the judges are this, including:
- Janette Jedbäck Hindenburg: Former driving instructor
- Patrik "Budda" Ljungkvist
- Johan Sörbom: Retired cop
- Captain Crash: The drivers sent to rehab for recklessness or obliviousness tend to be this. A number of them have wrecked so many cars that they've lost count.
- Captain Oblivious/Cloud Cuckoolander/The Ditz: Some of the contestants are shockingly clueless. These are arguably the scariest type of bad driver. With some, you wonder if they're even aware they're driving.
- Character Development: Many of the drivers try to iron out their flaws.
- Cheaters Never Prosper: Well, it is kinda hard to get away with anything when it's all being recorded from multiple angles.
- Chronically Crashed Car: Every single car ON the show, and most that the drivers have used as well.
- Clip Show: The ending of each episode is a brief summary of the episode as the judges and Adam discuss the week and decide on the best and the worst of the week.
- Confession Cam: Before and after each exercise. Even if the photage tends to be split into the middle of exercises at times.
- Directionless Driver: Either sex.
- Drives Like Crazy: Seriously, what part of "Sweden's Worst Driver" do you not understand?
- Dumb Blonde: There has been a few.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Invoked. You have to work at improving to graduate.
- Epic Fail: We might need a subpage for this...
- Failed a Spot Check: For some of the bad drivers, not seeing what's going on around them makes them terrible drivers. What's worse, it tends to show up during the public drives since that's where the drivers have to be the most attentive. Some of them seem to border on Captain Oblivious.
- Genius Ditz: Just because you are smart doesn't mean you can drive.
- Improbable Parking Skills: Some people try this. Emphasis on "Try".
- Lethally Stupid: The contestants. Their goal is to become less dangerous.
- Medal of Dishonor: The title "Sweden's Worst Driver" and the crappy trophy the "winner" gets at the end.
- Nervous Wreck: These show up a lot. They're just as scary as road ragers and ditzes.
- Non-Gameplay Elimination: Life happens.
- Once a Season: Several exercises recur every year.
- On the Next: Shown while the credits play in the bottom of the screen.
- Parking Problems: Poor drivers, poor at parking.
- Parallel Parking: A common part of exercises. One even involves doing it on a slope. Better watch the other carsnote
- Point-and-Laugh Show: It's all fun and games until you realize that these people could be on the same road as you.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Some participants get so emotional during the exercises that they just quit.
- Stunned Silence: The judges will sometimes will just stare speechless at the screen when the drivers do something completely stupid or show that they learned nothing from a recent lesson.
- Tears of Fear: Several drivers are absolutely terrified of driving, to the point where a few broke down and cried.
- Tempting Fate: Yes, it's a great idea to dare the guy in charge of the electroshocks to shock you.
- That Poor Car: Except we actually see what happens to them.
- Too Dumb to Live: The lack of skill these drivers have does indeed pose a risk to life and limb.
- Unwanted Assistance: In-Universe. Sometimes, a bad driver's biggest problem is the codriver, who must learn this lesson.
- Watch the Paint Job: Paint job? Try worrying about the car falling into pieces!
- Wiper Start: It happens.
- Your Other Left: Some participants just never managed to learn the difference.
