Holland's worst driver "contestant" runs down TV host [with video]

[JFC]

Well, we've all complained at one time or another about how badly a lot of people drive. It's such a phenomenon that several countries have had a "Worst Driver" TV show. Actually, here in Canada the show has become quite popular, so much so that so far, we've had 6 separate seasons of the show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada's_Worst_Driver

Anyway, I'm rather relieved to say that NONE of the people that have been on the Canadian version of the show have ever been THIS bad.

A contestant on the Dutch TV show "Who Is The Worst Driver In The Netherlands?" has well and truly staked his claim after he ran down a TV presenter during filming for the final episode.

BNN reporter and television personality Ruben Nicolai was standing to the side of a 'braking from speed test' when the contestant known as 'Pim' swerved off the tarmac and ploughed straight into both a cameraman and Nicolai himself.

Luckily no-one was seriously injured in the smash which occured when Pim took his eyes off the road and ran over traffic cones.

In a split-second the car left the road and headed toward the nearby crew as Pim closed his eyes and hoped for the best.

Travelling In his car were two female passengers - an instructor sitting in the front seat and Pim's friend in the back.

The bone-crunching accident did have one positive impact for the TV show though, with the broadcast attracting a record 1.2 million viewers.

After spending a night in hospital, a shaken Nicolai reassured viewers that he would make a full recovery: 'I've just a little pain in my shoulder and my foot. We all had the fright of our lives.'

Pim has had his licence revoked.

VIDEO (with English subs)


FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/868611-hollands-worst-driver-contestant-runs-down-tv-host

Now I don't want to pick on or badmouth the guy or anything, but seriously, if you do like he did, and shut your eyes closed so that you CANNOT SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING in a situation like that, you're nothing but a menace behind the wheel and sooner or later (assuming that it hasn't happened already), you WILL cause accidents, if not outright KILL somebody. Thank Miki-sama his licence got revoked, and let's hope it stays that way.

[Tuffty]

Not only did he close his eyes, but he hit the accelerator rather than the brake pedal. What an idiot.

[kuro808]

Sometimes, if it takes a death to establish a cause to not drive, you shouldn't be on the road in the first place lucky he only managed light injuries