Luke and Chantal Barely Legal Drivers

Britain's young drivers are some of the most dangerous in Europe.

Last series, 12 new drivers were let loose on the road,

and millions of us got an instant refresher in road sense.

SCREAMING

Move, mate!

Now we're back with 12 more newbies.

I can't! Those signs say you can't go right.

So, buckle up,

because each week, two new drivers are taking off in a family car.

And they don't know it,

but they'll be secretly watched by their parents.

Each rookie roadster will make three trips testing every

aspect of their driving.

The cars are fitted with state of the art cameras and

a telemetry recorder hidden in the boot to track their every move.

At the end of it all, former traffic cop Judith Roberts and top

driving instructor John Lepine will scrutinise their skills.

I do despair, I really do.

And finally, if Judith doesn't like what she sees,

she'll be dishing out lessons to target bad habits.

But if the driving's good,

she'll give their parents the cash to buy them a car of their very own.

Tonight, two teens as different as chalk and cheddar.

First up, a girl who only does fast.

It's could-be track star Chantal.

I don't know how slow you're supposed to go.

And ladykiller Luke...

No STDs for Lukey this year!

..who reckons he's a cool hand but acts more like a hothead.

What are you doing?

Will they pass our secret driving test

and bag themselves a new set of wheels?

Oh, for God's sake!

Or will top cop Judith send them back to driving school?

Sit tight, it's Barely Legal Drivers.

18-year-old champion hurdler Chantal has Olympic dreams.

Four gold and three bronze. Competing is a big thing, because athletics is the only thing I can actually do.

I'm not, like, the top, but maybe one day. If I train hard enough.

With 3 years to wait till Rio, Chantal's filling her post

A-level, pre-medal days working two jobs and relaxing with her BFFs.

When she's not doing any of that,

she's at home with her dad, Cyril, in Sussex.

Do you want a drink?

Growing up was, it was a bit weird, because my dad is, like, 80.

DO YOU WANT A DRINK?

-Are you shouting?

-Do you want a drink?

-Yes, please.

Chantal and I, we are very close. We have fun, no matter where it is.

Growing up made me closer with my dad because he was always there.

My mum would always be going to work.

With parents there's always the nice one and...the other one.

It hasn't been easy, growing up with an African mum.

What did you do today, Shanny?

-Um...

-I like to be in control all the time.

-Trust is probably an issue with me and my mum.

We do clash a bit. Like, I've got a suspicious mind.

If my mum knew what I got up to when I was out...

He's going to do what?

I would probably be on the next flight to Nigeria.

Where I come from, we do not argue with our parents.

We do as we are told.

Whatever.

Chantal's driving has already caused a family drama.

Weeks after ditching her L plates, she was shunted by another driver.

She only just got her driving licence in February and then in April she had an accident.

Her injuries were so bad that she couldn't race.

I missed out the whole competing season. Like, all of it.

And mum Edith's car was a write-off.

She still, to this day, thinks it was my fault.

Because of that I was a bit apprehensive giving her the keys again.

Now, everyone's on tenterhooks about how it'll go

when our track star gets back behind the wheel next week.

It is really important for me to know what Chantal is all about.

What she is really like behind the wheels.

Now I will see it with my eyes, to see if I am wrong or right.

Because, remember, I like to be in control!

19-year-old Luke lives in Mansfield with mum Nicola,

stepdad Paul and little sister Charlie.

You are a loser!

Loser or not, Luke should be devoting his time to his business course

at Lincoln Uni but so far the big thing in his life has been

trying to reel in the girls.

At uni, girls were a big part of my life. I was just going out looking for a pull, really.

Tend to get it quite a lot, to be honest.

He's always the type to go for girls who are involved with some

other lad, which has got him in trouble quite a few times.

I have quite a bad reputation for taking people's girlfriends. That's actually how I met my girlfriend.

But he'll be less of a God's gift next term

cos his girlfriend Lauren is also heading to Lincoln to study.

Probably my biggest fear is he will want to go back to how it

was before he started uni, and keep pulling girls all the time.

I just hope we'll be the same as we are now. Hope that nothing changes.

Hmm...but being tooootally reliable hasn't been Luke's greatest

strength so far.

I get angry a lot. Like, I got excluded from school for arson,

for setting a thing on fire in the back of a German class.

-We come down on him like a house of bricks, didn't we?

-Yeah.

Luke's inner beast may seem tamed

but daily stresses can still turn him into the Hulk.

I get stressed that I'm stressed.

I'm not joking.

Which may explain why it took him three goes to pass his test.

Being on the road stressed me a lot, like, people on the road annoy me all the time and I get bad road rage.

Nicola and Paul are hoping Luke reins in any

recklessness over the next week.

My worst fear of Luke's driving would be to get in the car

after he'd had a drink.

I have once drunk drove, when I was at a New Year's Eve party.

There's nothing more severe than drinking and driving,

because the consequences are more severe.

-Looking back, it was a stupid thing to do.

-Hopefully it's the drinking side.

-That he thinks about that.

Luke's got a week of larging it up before uni starts.

-Looking good, mate.

-Guess not.

-Shut up.

-I've got something for you.

And as a special favour, he's being lent his mum's motor.

Drive steady. OK?

Time for the Mansfield massive to get mobile.

Happy days!

But what he doesn't know is that Nicola

and Paul will secretly have their beadies on him.

We're going to crash it first night, aren't we?

Bonfire night and the girls are out for fun and fireworks.

-I don't know what to bring, do we need to bring anything?

-Purse, phone, keys?

Purse, phone, keys, right. Purse, phone is here, and keys are downstairs.

-We're off.

-You're off? Now you be careful.

-After your accident I just want you to get your confidence back.

-Let's go!

So, Chantal might have the keys to her mum's car again

but she has no idea of her double agenda.

Before sparklers, the girls pick up friend Freya,

then it's over the South Downs to Lewes.

It's just six miles, but these are dark and winding roads.

Oh, my god, fireworks!

Ooh, eyes on the road!

They are so gorgeous!

-AUSTRALIAN ACCENTS: You do like fireworks.

-I absolutely do.

That was a bit random.

An athlete's reactions there.

Well done!

A micro glance to the right and a very nippy turn.

Chantal dashes over the Downs.

Little does she know the telemetry box is on board

and if she legs it, it logs it.

-Bloody Nora!

-ALL: Bloody Nora!

Parking? Time for the trusty GPS.

You're driving the right way!

-You're driving completely past the red dot now.

-OK.

Or maybe a little local knowledge?

Does anyone know where Hastings car park is?

-Somewhere around there? OK.

-He doesn't know?

Go over there..? Go up there!

Oh, for God's sake!

Or just guessing.

This is it, apparently, look.

Finally, across the line.

We are going into the pub.

And for Chantal?

-Designated driver!

-Oh, well done though.

Away from the crush, the girls take a breather.

Was your mum a bit funny with you coming here tonight?

Yeah, she'll never be happy with me.

Have you ever thought about literally sitting down with her

and saying, "I'm 18 now, Mum, I am an adult, I can do what I want"?

We've done that loads of times, yeah.

She probably wants you to tell her everything you're doing,

but if you tell her she's not going to want you to do it.

She's always telling me I need to learn from my mistakes,

-but she'll never let me make a mistake. I need to, like...

-Be free.

-Yeah. Be free. Like a bird. Spread my wings!

-Awww!

Leaving Lewes burning, Chantal and her mates head home.

Seatbelt!

Good start

-Home time.

-Any cars coming?

Chantal's taken control. She has great all-round visibility

and lightning reactions to hazards.

But Oh. My. Lord!

She races home at a whopping 30% over the speed limit.

And we're here!

Every year, 400 people are killed by drivers going too fast.

Time for Edith to see Chantal's first drive and with Cyril

away in Spain, neighbour Penny is a good second pair of eyes.

-Ready?

-Mm.

Oh, there she is! My girl.

SHOUTING

-Oh, my God.

-What's that?

-She remains very calm.

-Very calm.

-She is so confident, isn't she?

-She is, very confident.

-No.

-Speeding.

-That was naughty.

She's always telling me I need to learn from my mistakes, but she'll never let me make a mistake.

-I am like a wicked witch!

-LAUGHTER

-I need to, like...

-Be free.

-Yeah. Be free.

-Yeah, that's very upsetting, really.

-She feels like you're going to kick off.

Do you get upset, do you get angry?

We start, you know, yelling at each other,

-and you can't talk properly when you're yelling, can you?

-Exactly.

I think you need to sit her down and let her tell you stuff and don't react to it.

Otherwise...she won't confide in you.

Luke and his mates are going to the dogs.

In control.

It's a 29 mile mix of A roads and motorway. Nothing too tricky,

but he hasn't driven since starting uni a year ago and he's a bit rusty.

I can't see the bloody keyhole.

-Why is the window wiper still on?

-You made it quicker.

-Whatever you just pressed there, do the opposite.

-That's done.

-For BLEEP sake!

-Ring your mum.

Direct me, literally everywhere, direct me, I don't know where I'm going.

Surprised I got angry there.

-People normally anger me.

-Good to know, Luke.

I can't believe I'm driving this shit heap.

Should I go that side? Oh, for BLEEP sake.

Now confusion, Luke's favourite.

Where am I going? Left?

What? You've got to help me out here. I have not got a clue where I am.

At the next roundabout Dan and Luke are still crossing wires and lanes.

-Here.

-What?

-Here.

-What? Where?

-Get off here.

-BLEEP sake!

Ooh!

Bit late there, Luke!

That was legal...

Is that the dogs, then?

I'm looking at the road.

I'm looking at the road.

A little leadership at last.

Bloody hell. Eventful.

Ah, will it be lager or lemonade?

What you getting? Are you getting an alcoholic beverage?

Pint of Coke, please.

Result!

Finally, the boys have a flutter on the last race of the night.

£2 bet on number 6.

Mine is four.

Come on, lad!

Is it four?

TANNOY: 431.

431! I've bagged a winner!

I don't like not winning.

I could have seen more races if somebody didn't fanny around.

You took two hours doing your hair. Your hairspray cost me money!

The fact is, you have lost! It should have been about a 40-minute drive.

What did I say to you? Stay right! And you went in the left lane.

I was in the right lane and it split off into two.

You were in the left lane and I said veer right. If you shave that off we'd be on time.

You are so shit with directions it is unreal.

You are the worst driver I have ever seen in my life, and your hair looks shit.

Oh, you dickhead!

Time for a little secret viewing for Nicola and Paul.

Here we go then.

Why is the window wiper still on?

Does he not know where the wipers are?

For BLEEP sake!

-I have never heard him swear so much, have you?

-Never.

Can't believe I'm driving this shit heap.

Can't believe he's driving my shitty car, he said!

Oh, for BLEEP sake.

I'm shocked with his swearing. Why does he just come out, it's like natural to him, isn't it?

Left? You've got to help me out there.

Can he not use his own initiative there, though?

I think he's just left it all to Dan and Tim.

-BLEEP.

-Getting a bit stressed with each other now, aren't they?

What's he gonna have?

Look at him there, look, he's looking and thinking.

Pint of Coke, please.

-Good choice.

-I'm really proud of that.

Luke didn't break the booze or the speed limit and he used

his mirrors but he was literally pulled left and right by the boys.

And the temper!

What?

It could cost him a car.

Girls' night out to Boho Brighton.

Before they hit the road, time to pre-load.

The bus is in 11 minutes. I need my phone and... that's it, I think.

-I can't walk!

-We need to leave now.

Bye, mother!

-Oh, my God, I forgot my ID!

-Oh, my God, I did!!

-Are you joking?

-No.

-You forgot your ID?

-I just forgot my ID.

Hmm, who you gonna call, Chantal?

Mum, I forgot the most vital thing that I need, my driver's licence. OK, thank you!

Edith's been scrambled to catch the bus up.

My mum's a hero. Hero.

So, let's kick back for more DIY voddies.

-There's your mum.

-Is it? Right, OK, so...

Please could you wait here while I run to that car and run back?

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mother!

Thank you, Mother!

CHEERING

-There you go.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

Four Jagerbombs, please!

Voddies, Jagerbombs and champagne. Ah, the clubbing royal flush.

LOUD DANCE MUSIC

-I've got work tomorrow!

-What time have you got to get up?

-8.

-OH! I feel so sorry for you.

Let's go get a taxi, come on.

Chantal doesn't usually drink that much,

but tonight she's drunk too much.

She's went a bit off her nut.

She's usually quite kept back with when she's at home but when she's

out drinking, she gets to do what she wants, gets to have her own freedom.

-She hasn't got any restrictions. So she literally goes for it.

-She does.

Last night Chantal was hammered.

Now after just six hours kip, yeah, she's

hopping into Edith's car.

Time for the crew to interrupt proceedings.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Right, so that says you have a high percentage of alcohol in your blood

and that you're not safe to drive.

-Oh, right.

-Yeah.

I don't want to wake my mum up, but that's, like, the only option.

-Please, can I have a lift to work?

-Why don't you drive to work?

I'm not allowed to.

You're not allowed to? You're drunk?

Yes. No. Well, yeah, but we need to go because I'm late.

-This is what I've been telling you. You drink too much.

-I feel fine.

You think you're fine, but your brain doesn't think so.

It was a bit of a shock to say that I'm still way over.

If I randomly got pulled by a police car,

that would be my licence gone, wouldn't it?

And I don't need that!

-OK then, ta-ta!

-Thank you.

I was quite surprised at my mum's reaction. She seemed all right about it.

-Be good!

-There's definitely hope for me and her.

Like, coming closer together.

Oh, my god. All the time I have to come to her rescue.

When I say she's a little girl, she says she's a grown woman.

She's 18.

I mean, it's a magic number, she keeps reminding me she's 18.

But most of the time, what she does, it's like she's still 12!

I have to chase her around, reminding her of stuff. I do that all the time!

Ladies' man Luke will have his wings clipped next week when his GF Lauren joins him at Uni.

Do you think we'll still be together by the end of it?

I think if we're still together by Christmas then we'll be all right.

Are you going to be stressed?

I've just got to do work and you're there, so I've got to see you

all the time, got to go out all the time, do work, turn up to things.

And then when I'm stressed, I stress about being stressed!

-You're not going to cheat on me?

-No.

You're not going to cheat on me?

-No, I'm kidding, course I'm not!

-Stop it!

Pre her arrival, Luke wants his new student room sorted,

with a little help from Dandy Dan.

On the road again!

It's a 35-mile trip to the Uni campus with a load of busy

A-roads and dual carriageways.

But it's the not tiny temper that could really cause Luke problems.

No STDs for Lukey this year!

No cheeky trips to the clinic!

Dan's doing directions again. Relax, everyone.

Aw, you little BLEEP!

Luke's starting to lose it.

What is he doing?

'Ey up.

Nice move, giving the car on the left loads of room.

Wrong lane, but Luke thinks he's got it covered.

I'm going to have to try and get in.

Risky, he's gone for the overtake.

-It's all right, innit?

-It's all right.

It's sort of a bachelor pad but now he's coupled up,

ladykiller Luke will have to change his ways. Probably?

You reckon it's going to be weird having Lauren here or what?

It's going to be different because I'm so used to going out, looking to pull, like, all the time.

It's quite good that she's here, to be honest.

-If she went somewhere else...

-Would you be, like, worried?

-Jealous all the time.

-"What you doing?"

I'm still gonna, like, we're not going to go out with each other all the time and stuff.

Sweet. Does your mum and Paul know what you're like?

I think they know snippets.

Do you look up to your mum and dad or anything like that?

-No.

-Not really?

-No.

I think my mum is obviously a good mother and my step-dad, I think

he's obviously a good dad, but I don't look up to anyone, it's just...

-I look up to you guys as my friends!

-Look up to me! I don't blame you.

Now Nicola and Paul settle in for more Lukey surveillance.

No STDs for Lukey this year!

What are you doing?

I don't know why he's getting so annoyed with a white van man.

What is he doing?

He's not actually doing anything, is he?

I'm actually following the speed limit.

He's looking at his speed, he's realising he's going a bit over so he's paying attention.

I think my mum's obviously a good mother and my step-dad,

he's obviously a good dad.

That's nice to hear.

I don't know, but I don't look up to anyone.

-Yeah, OK.

-He don't look up to either of us.

-Bit disappointed that he doesn't see us...

-As role models.

-Yeah.

Why he'd say that I'm a good mum, you're a good dad, but he doesn't really look up to us.

Probably he thinks that we should have achieved more.

-Maybe. We didn't go to uni. Maybe.

-Yeah, that could be a valid point.

We've not led the uni life.

Maybe he thinks, "Why should I listen to them? They didn't do it."

Not bad.

At the roundabout, Luke kept his cool

but he still got heated with white van man.

So, reckless or reliable?

Deciding that is former traffic cop Judith Roberts

and leading driving instructor John Lepine MBE.

Can't see the bloody keyhole!

Why is the window wiper still on?

At least he's doing all this before he moves off.

For BLEEP sake!

And now he's getting himself a bit anxious.

-Where am I going?

-Left?

-He doesn't seem to know where he's going.

-For BLEEP sake!

-I could see a tendency there to be, perhaps losing it.

-He's getting very stressed, wasn't he?

Yeah. So let's have a look at Luke's second journey.

-What is he doing?

-That's what he is.

-Are you on this planet?

What are you doing?

'Ey up.

OK, that was good.

He's looking in his mirror, he had the presence of mind to think

"I'm travelling faster than that car on the slip road so signal

-"and move round."

-It was exactly the right thing to do.

-Which tells me he is looking well ahead.

-Yeah.

-Not just in front of the bonnet.

-I'm going to have to try and get in.

He presumably wants to go left off the roundabout

and he is in the middle lane. I'd like to see a signal.

Good. He did that quite well.

The first journey, he was really getting very excited and agitated

and swearing and getting upset, but this time he was much calmer.

He hasn't exceeded the speed limits, he hasn't broken the law.

All right, his inexperience took him across the cross hatchings

when he left that dual carriageway, but nothing really serious.

Really, it could go either way now.

We've seen him sort of, his experience, his confidence building.

If it carries on, it could go the wrong way.

So, it's all in the balance.

Will Luke's last drive see him calmer still or will

he overshoot with the confidence and unleash the beast within?

Dad Cyril's trip to Spain's nearly up and he's been missed.

-'Hello?'

-Hello!

-'Who's that?'

-It's me. Chantal.

How are you?

-'I'm fine, yeah. What about you?'

-I'm good.

-'And how's Mum?'

-OK.

'You've been using the car?'

Yeah, Mum said I could come and pick you up from the airport.

-'Ooooh!'

-Yeah.

-'Oh, super. You'll need the petrol to get there and back.'

-Ha-ha!

-'So are you doing training tonight?'

-Yeah.

-'OK.'

-OK, see you next week.

'I'm looking forward to seeing you.'

-Bye!

-'OK, bye!'

-Aww!

My dad's probably the main reason why I started athletics.

And he's been my top supporter, sort of thing.

He used to take me to training and then sit in the car park

until I'd finished and then take me home. It's something that I feel makes him proud of me to do.

Chantal hasn't hurdled since her crash,

but after dropping bezzie Beth in Brighton,

she's heading back to the track.

It's a familiar trip but with the adrenaline pumping,

can Chantal stick to the speed limits?

A confident U-ie,

signal and a micro pause and she's off.

Bit quick, Chantal.

Good mirrors but no hanging about at this junction either.

Thanks for the lift! Give me a hug. I will see you later. Bye!

Great mirror, signal and courteous waiting behind the cyclist.

Three, two, one, go!

After a seven-month break, Chantal's hardly run.

The boozy nights don't help...

This is hurting.

But coach Dan makes sure she doesn't overdo it.

Slow down. Big breaths in.

Breathe through your nose. That's it.

Keep breathing through your nose.

Big breaths, big breaths, big breaths.

What do you want to achieve next season and beyond?

What do you think?

I think you've got to aim as high as you want to go.

If you want to go to the Olympics you've got to get into the gym

twice a week, you've got to get out and do some longer runs,

-you've got to change your diet.

-I have quite a good diet. I do like cake, though.

It's not the cake, Cha, it's the drinking.

Do you feel your friends can influence you sometimes, or...

My friends, they don't really understand it.

They don't understand why anyone enjoys exercise!

If I'm with them before training, they're like, "Just don't go."

I'll be like, "Well, no", because I want to become the best I can

and to do that, I need to go training.

Finding the motivation to go on a run and get myself up

is quite difficult, but if I want to be the best that I can be,

then I've just got to get off my arse and do it, really.

MUSIC: "Roar" by Katie Perry

# I got the eye of the tiger

# A fighter

# Dancing through the fire

# Cos I am a champion

# And you're going to hear me roar... #

Good entry.

Mirror, check.

# You're going to hear me roar... #

But, oops, the girl can't help herself. She loves a little sprint.

Mum Edith and Penny settle in for a little more Chan-cam.

There we go.

-There she goes again.

-34.

Have you noticed she's aware of the cyclist?

She's driving slowly behind.

Slowly, yeah, absolutely.

-And also she was watching the mirror to see what's happening.

-Yeah.

-She looks amazing.

-It's hard work.

-It IS hard work.

If this is something you really want,

you've got to really train hard enough to make it, to get there.

-I do support her anyway.

-Yes.

She's already got her dad,

cos her dad is always checking her sports and that.

She needs Mummy too now. She does need Mummy.

She's growing up into a young woman.

I'm going to give it 100% now, really,

cos, clearly, that's what she says she wants to do.

They're won over by Chantal's impeccable road manners,

but will her need for speed knock her out of the race to get that car?

-Whoa!

-Learn to drive!

I think Chantal, although she was screaming,

-dealt with that quite nicely.

-We're off to a good start.

I like the use of the mirrors so far.

Very good.

She's driving up to the give way line, she's indicating,

she's braking, she's changing gear,

she's having a quick look to the right,

whoosh, first gear, out she goes.

It's all rush, rush, rush.

I don't think she's had time then to look right, look left,

look right again and then go.

-Hmm.

-Oh, dear.

-That's a shame.

-That's 30% over the speed limit.

That's a bit too ridiculous.

Do you know,

again, we've arrived and we've left at the same time, you know?

Oh. Oh...

OK, OK.

I had a horrible feeling there she was going to overtake

the push bike while it was alongside the bus.

See, when I think she's going to do something horrible, she doesn't.

34mph, all right, you know, it's not a heinous crime,

-but on top of 39mph...

-I know.

It's just a shame about this capricious right foot.

She's totally aware of what is around her.

-And when she moves off, she always checks the blind spot.

-Yes.

-She never fails to check the blind spot.

-No.

Perfect. I would like to see Chantal just slow down a little bit.

Just a little bit more caution, certainly at junctions,

and with her right foot.

Despite her taste for haste, Chantal's impressed the judges.

Now it's all down to Drive 3.

Can she curb her speed or will it be Judith who puts her foot down?

ALARM ACTIVATION BLEEP

Luke and the lads, Dan and Kyle...

Hello, Kyle!

..are off for a final pre-uni blowout in the Peak District.

It's a 50-mile cross-country trip for the townie trio.

LOUD BUMP

Bloody hell! Where did that come from?!

Luckily, Dan's on sat nav duties.

-We need to turn around.

-We need to turn around?

Yeah.

-I'm sure I've been here before.

-Relief all round, then.

We have. Bloody hell!

We are shit with directions.

It's this BLEEP sat nav.

-SAT NAV:

-'Turn around when possible.'

-I swear to God, Dan..!

Mate, you heard her say "Turn around."

-What are we doing here, Dan?

-I don't know.

Oh, for BLEEP sake!

Can I get a bearing? Yeah, OK.

Where are we going?

So we're straight and I'm guessing round that roundabout

-and back where we came from.

-Where we were?

-Where I did that stupid three-point turn?

-Yeah.

-'Turn right.'

-Yep.

Got that, love.

-Now where?

-Turn right.

This is stressing me big time.

'In ten yards, you have reached your destination.'

Have we? Now?!

Where?

Luke didn't lose it with Dan's directions.

Will it be enough to impress Judith?

Here we go.

Oh, whoa!

I'm holding it wrong.

Turn it round. In rhythm, rhythm.

It's all about rhythm.

This year we'll actually have to grow up a bit

and be adult kind of people.

Last year, I did a lot of pulling.

Do you wish you were single?

I think being in a relationship's better

than just pulling all the time.

-I've had my fun.

-Is Lauren the wife, Luke?

Is she..? Is she the one?

You'll find out, won't you?

-As life goes on.

-Do you love her?

Course I love her, you idiot. She knows I do.

Well, the L-word's out there

and Luke seems to be rethinking more than girlfriends.

I used to hate school.

I'm one of them kids that teachers will never remember.

If I saw myself now

as how I was, I'd hate myself.

What about those rebellious days where you set fires at school?

What were all that about?

-I was such a little BLEEP, weren't I?

-I'd have shit myself.

I shit myself at the time,

thinking, "Mum's going to kill me, Mum's going to kill me."

Looking back at it, what a stupid BLEEP thing to do.

Everything I used to do was stupid.

-Happy days.

-Happy days.

-Happy days.

CAR HORN BLARES

Cyril's back from Espana.

-Hello.

-Sweetheart.

Have you been having fun?

-So much fun.

-Yeah!

And he has a burning question.

-Have you been training again?

-Yeah.

How's it going?

I can already feel myself getting fitter

from the first session that I did,

so I can only get fitter from here.

You were so good before. It'll come back again.

Running for the county, qualifying,

getting really into it.

You can do it again, easily.

TYRES SCREECH

Chantal's off on an overnight jaunt with her mates.

This is my first ever time

that I've gone away with anyone with me driving

and staying over with the car.

I don't know, I guess it feels like

I've got quite a lot of responsibility, I guess.

Make sure you've got everything, Shanny.

Marie's persuaded them to go fly-fishing.

Odd girl.

Do you have to put worms on the end of your rod?

Yeah, but you can wear gloves,

so you don't actually have to touch them.

Is it hard to reel it in?

No, if you catch something, the line will wiggle.

Shanny, so excited for you, but be careful at the same time.

ALL: Bye!

It's a challenging 40-mile drive - A-roads all the way to Pembury.

But she's got a packed car, it's raining

and the roads are pretty slippery.

Argh!

And there's that capricious right foot too.

Ah, straight off the blocks, Chantal puts her foot down

and tears through the village dangerously over the speed limit.

Oh!

-Traffic's stopped on a hill.

-I hate this road!

How's Chantal on hill starts?

-Oh, flawless!

-Whoop-whoop!

Bitches! BLEEP, petrol!

I need some petrol.

Who was the...? Who was it?

What side is it on?

This is going so well(!)

Oh, brilliant(!)

"All eyes on us.

"All eyes on us."

THEY GIGGLE

We got there in the end.

-All done, Honey Bun.

-Woo-hoo!

Well, that car's speeding, and there is a speed camera,

so I'm slowing down.

Ah, right. And not a moment too soon.

So the conditions have been terrible,

her mates trouble, but Chantal's kept her focus.

But what about her racing?

Has she controlled that enough to convince Judith?

Let's go fishing.

THEY SCREAM

Oh, my God, look at that.

It's a man sheep.

THEY WHOOP

It's really... What's it called?

-Therapeutic?

-Therapeutic.

I was about to say "addiction", but that wasn't the right word.

Woo!

Oh, my God, it's actually pulling on me!

It'll snap my rod!

SHE SCREAMS

Yeah!

Oh, Oh, my God!

-Touch it!

-It's really nice.

Oh, it's still alive!

Just kill it quick. Are you going to kill it?

Oh, no, I'm going to cry.

SHE YELPS

-Is it dead?

-Erm, yeah. It is now.

-Oh!

-Look at that.

-Thanks, guys.

-Somehow, conscientious objector Beth forces it down.

-I like it, but it does taste...

-It tastes of my tears.

Chomping down the catch,

the talk returns to Chantal's big return to hurdling.

I'm finally getting back into it,

cos it took me quite a while to be bothered to go back.

When I did, I felt quite good about myself.

Can we still go out if you're training and everything?

Erm, yes and no.

-An elite athlete - alcohol isn't good.

-An option.

Yeah.

What do you want to do with it? Do you want to be in the Olympics?

It would be nice, but I don't know if I'm good enough.

I'm going to force myself to do everything that

I need to do to be the best that I can.

I don't really have anything else that I get the same feeling out of

and it's what, I guess, can get me somewhere.

I definitely think you should just go for it.

We can be, like, your motivation.

-You can be our coach.

-Let's all go on runs.

Go and knock on your door: "Come on, girls.

"It's that time of night again."

I don't know if I could deal with that.

THEY LAUGH

TYRES SCREECH

Judith's about to see Chantal's third and final drive

and she's in two minds.

She's very, very relaxed behind the wheel,

which is what I like to see.

My main worry

is that she's a bit right-foot heavy.

It's not a pattern I want to see continue.

-Oh, hello, come on in.

-Edith?

-I am Edith. Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Penny.

-Pleased to meet you.

-Pleased to meet you too.

-Right, well, let's have a look and see how she's done.

-Yep.

Let's go for it.

I'm very impressed.

Chantal does actually look all around her

and she's got a great use of the mirrors.

-She does.

-We did say that, didn't we?

-Oh.

-Oh, my...

Oh, that is so sad.

All through Journey 1 and 2 she was very slightly over the speed limit.

That's a whack over the speed limit.

She just deals with stuff so well. She's got everything.

It's all there.

Chantal's on her way home with no idea

that waiting for her is Mum, Dad, Penny and an ex-traffic cop.

Oh.

Hello, Chantal.

Hello, darling.

Hello!

Chantal, this week hasn't been just about you and your friends.

-Oh, my God.

-We have also been watching you drive.

I've been brought in to have a look at you driving.

The good bits...

-This is so embarrassing.

-..and the not so good bits.

If I feel

that you're ready for your own car,

then we will give you your own car.

If I don't feel you're ready,

-then you'll get some bespoke lessons.

-OK.

OK.

-Whoa!

-Learn to drive!

That wasn't your fault, cos they pulled out,

braked and then turned right,

but you did actually deal with it quite well.

That's quite a nice entry onto the dual carriageway.

Woo!

Down it!

You probably had about ten units before you even left your bedroom.

You're not safe to drive.

Oh, right. HE TUTS

You shouldn't have gone near that car.

I guess I just didn't really think about it, cos I just felt like,

"Yeah, I've had a sleep so I'll be fine now."

But obviously it's not like that at all.

-FRIEND:

-I don't trust this bus.

Best hill start I've done in my life.

Things like that that a lot of young drivers find really hard,

you breeze through it.

-Behind a bus as well.

-Terrific in all aspects,

apart from your speed.

Argh!

It's raining hard, the road surface is wet,

and you continue on 46

for some considerable time in the 30 zone.

What's your thought process?

-I can't really say anything about it.

-"Guilty", that's all you can say.

You will get caught one of these days, cos you do it so often.

I guess I don't really have anything to justify myself.

You've got to keep looking at that speedo

until your bottom knows what 30 feels like in the seat.

-I think it's for your own safety as well.

-Yeah.

I'm sorry.

-So you learned from your mistake?

-Yeah.

That's good.

Was your mum a bit funny about you coming here tonight?

She's always telling me that I need to learn from my mistakes,

but she'll never let me make a mistake.

-I've just said what I feel and...

-Sometimes I forget you are 18.

-Sometimes.

-Don't I, yeah?

All I want is to protect you,

but I have seen how much it's bothering you.

But from now on, I'm going to let you make those mistakes

that you say I don't let you make.

From now on, I'm going to let you be your own woman.

I will still guide you. That's what mums are there for.

OK.

Remember that then when everyone's gone.

I'll be like, "You're my witness,

"you're my witness, you're my witness."

That's fine.

If you'd like to go outside and I'll have a chat with Mum, Dad and Penny

before I deliver my decision.

If I had to decide whether I should get a car or not,

then I would that I do deserve a car.

Edith, give me your thoughts.

Right, in actual fact,

she should be getting the lesson

for her to be really, really competent with her speeding.

Pimp it out, make it look really cool.

But, yeah, it would be so good to have my own car.

I personally think Chantal should get the car.

I don't think she's going to repeat those mistakes again.

So I've had a chat with Mum and Dad and Penny.

You do everything really, really well.

My only concern is your right foot.

"Whoosh!"

And you're off.

I'm going to recommend that you have driving lessons.

This particular decision has been really hard.

You would do well to have your own car, but I cannot give you a car

and then find you go out and smash it up

because your right foot is too heavy.

It's just annoying, cos it's just about my speed.

The telemetry box that's in the car picked up nine occasions

where you exceeded the speed limit.

That, to me, is dangerous.

If I just drove a bit slower, then I would have a car right now.

Something that could have been so good has just been crushed

because of the one main thing that you should do when driving.

I feel like a bit of a BLEEP.

Oh, well.

CAR HORN BLARES

Judith's heading to Paul and Nicola's to watch Luke's last drive.

Luke's general driving is nice.

He's very comfortable behind the wheel,

he's not distracted within the vehicle,

but I am concerned about his quick temper

and his anger at other road users.

This is Luke's final chance to prove he's mastered his mood.

..what to do.

Oh, for BLEEP sake!

That was my biggest fear - that this drive,

his confidence would build and the aggression would come out more.

-SAT NAV:

-'You have reached your destination.'

Have we now?

-Where?!

-Smiling now.

Yeah, he is more relaxed and now he's driven a bit more

and he's calmer.

He's not agitated.

I thought he would have been worse.

-I thought there would be more aggression there.

-OK.

And he's controlled that, I think.

Yeah.

Fresh from the peaks, the lads dropped off,

Luke's coming home without a clue what he's about to face.

-Hello, Luke.

-Hello.

-You think this week's been just about you...

-God.

-..but we've been watching everything you've been doing.

-Hello, Luke.

-Hello.

-My job - to think whether or not you perhaps would benefit

from some advanced driving lessons

or if I think you're safe enough,

we will finance a second-hand car for you.

How do you feel about that?

Excited and nervous at the same time. I don't know what's...

Would having your own car benefit you?

Loads. So much.

Oh, my God.

Right, are we ready?

Ready, I can see you.

Seat, mirrors... It's like being on a driving test again.

That was quite nice that you took time

to familiarise yourself with the vehicle.

For BLEEP sake!

Oh, for BLEEP sake!

BLEEP me!

-That's disgusting language.

-Sorry.

Now, I don't know you,

but I'm seeing a driver that is aggressive

and he's shouting and swearing.

Is that you?

-No, it's just...

-Why am I seeing this aggressive young man?

Cos it was a new environment for me, driving-wise.

Danny was saying, "Left, right, straight on."

Who do you think should be in charge of that vehicle?

Well, obviously, me, but, obviously, we had a sat nav...

Obviously nothing.

You are in charge.

As soon as you get in that car and you put your seat belt on,

you are in the driver's seat, you are in control.

At the moment, I'm seeing a very aggressive young man.

It's just like...

It leads to road rage, it leads to making mistakes.

Do you see yourself in a bit of a different light?

Looking back at it, yeah. At the time, you don't think.

I think I should just calm down and just... Yeah.

What is he doing?!

Here I'm seeing not quite as bad aggression.

What should you have done?

Just left it.

-Just not said anything.

-Just back off.

'Ey up.

Your forward vision is really good.

You've seen the vehicle coming in

because your vision is so far ahead.

-You avoided any conflict.

-Yep.

Yep.

No STDs for Lukey this year.

-Ho-ho!

-Ho-ho!

A cheeky trip to the clinic.

Was that joke or was that real?

Oh, I don't like this silence.

No, it wasn't. I didn't have one.

-I thought we'd told you about condoms...

-Yes, you did.

Lauren, your girlfriend, is going to see all this.

Ah, she'll be all right.

She'll be fine. She knows. I've told her before.

We've seen a different side of you

where you're not as shy as we thought.

OK, so in the car,

there is a telemetry box that records all your speed,

all the time, OK?

Does that data worry you?

No, I don't think so.

I think there was one occasion where you slightly went over

-for three or four seconds, but that was probably an overtake.

-Yeah.

But your speed was pretty much spot on,

so that's telling me you're looking at your instruments.

-Well done.

-Good.

So do you want to step outside?

Paul, what do you think he's ready for?

I think, personally, he's there,

his driving's quite good for a young lad.

Nicola, what would you like?

Seeing the three drives, after the second drive,

I was a bit "umm"-ing and "ah"-ing - after seeing the third drive,

I was really pleased with Luke's driving.

If I got a car, it'd help me out massively.

Yeah, we'll see.

OK, so, Luke, what do you feel you're ready for?

Do you think you're there?

I think when I first started, I was obviously nervous -

it was a big car, I'd never driven anything like that.

The first journey, you could tell, obviously,

I was stressed and getting a bit angry and stuff,

but I think as I went on and I got used to the car, it was fine.

I did like the fact that you've got a really good attitude to drinking.

The majority of the time, you've got two hands on the steering wheel.

In the first drive, I thought, "You're not there."

As the second drive progressed, I thought, "No."

You know, the anger management problem.

The third drive was better...

..which is why, I think on this occasion...

..you'd probably benefit...

..from your own car.

Oh, my God.

-Don't do that to me.

-Well done.

Jesus Christ.

My heart's banging.

I'm excited now that I've actually got a car.

I've definitely learned that I need to calm down a bit.

-Well done, Luke.

-SIGHING: God.

TYRES SCREECH

At an Essex airfield,

Chantal is learning that even at 10mph over the speed limit,

emergency stopping distances are much further than she thought.

-INSTRUCTOR:

-Stop!

TYRES SCREECH

Yeah, it's quite shocking.

It makes me think twice about...

..actually going over the limit.

That's my next thing.

Learning how to fly a plane.

Up in Mansfield,

Luke's mum is taking him to get his new set of wheels.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Thanks a lot, cheers.

-OK, bye-bye.

-But not without a word of warning.

-Drive safely.

-Yes, will do.

-Drive carefully on the way home.

Make sure you use the mirrors for the right reasons,

-not doing your hair.

-Yes.

-See you later.

-See you in a bit.

Bye.

He's independent now. He won't need lifts from me all the time.

Yeah, it's great.

So nice to be able to drive myself to places and not rely on other people.

So glad that I don't have to walk Lauren home,

walk back.

I can just drive there now.

This experience has taught me

that I definitely need to still improve as a driver.

I need to be a lot calmer in the car when I'm driving.

Yeah, so happy,

like a little kid at Christmas.

Next week on Barely Legal Drivers...

Oh, my God!

SINGING: I don't care!

Ooh!

Just got through that light, didn't I?

HE SCREECHES

Banging my head.

That's awfully dangerous.

CRASHING AND SHE SCREAMS

THEY LAUGH AND SHOUT

How much have you had?

Six beers, one perry.

Has anyone ever told you that you're a BLEEP?

I think this is getting pathetic. I still completely disagree.