Driving stories from around the world
Get Ready to Drive with sisters, Bhavneet and Taranjit, as they chat with every day and professional drivers from around the world about their craziest driving experiences, driving pet peeves, driving fails, and more.
Season 4 Episodes
S4E15: Letting Friend Drive Unsafe VW Bug
Riana Avis
Have you ever had a car that took honking into its own hand and the horn would just go off whenever it liked?
Riana did and she shares several stories about her VW Beetle. Like the time she let her friend borrow the deathtrap…
S4E14: Driving 30 mph from Virginia to New York
Bill Cushing
Bill shares a sliding on ice fail and a 4-hour road trip from Virginia to New York turned nightmare where his car decided it no longer wanted to accelerate. No matter how much he tried, his car would not go faster than 30 mph. Bill and his friends stopped at…
S4E13: Followed by Random Car + Wedged into Fence
Sara Beth Wald
A red light rear-end accident that sandwiched her between two cars and totaled her car this past summer is just one of the crazy on the road experiences Sara had.
She also shares about the time a car full of strangers were following her and she…
S4E12: Car Hits Semi & Almost Losing License
Jen Amos
Jen shares the time her friends and her decided to race down Olympic Parkway, terrified driving down the Pacific Coast Highway while it was raining at night, being mistaken for the RV in the Tennessee RV bombing, and…
S4E11: Mongol Rally Disaster + Police Bribes
Scott Gurian
After 53 days and driving through 18 countries during the Mongol Rally, Scott and his brother endured more than the average car problems, like having to visit went to 10 mechanics, getting towed 7 times, having 2 broken axles, a blown head gasket, a busted radiator, a broken drive shaft tire blowout, and an emergency rescue in Mongolia….
S4E10: Hiding Rental Car Damage & Getting Stuck in Ditch
Erin Hynes
Have you ever went to great lengths to repair damage to a rental car so you could hide it from the rental company? Jen Ruiz did just in New Zealand. She did not have insurance and there was no way that she was going to tell the rental company. And that is only the start of…
S4E9: Jeep Rolled Over in Africa + How to Get out of a Ticket Abroad
Dan Grec
What if your cars brakes failed and the Jeep rolled down a hill into a rock wall?
Dan was on a road trip in Africa in his Jeep when he decided to park it on a hill to get some pictures of the beautiful view, but little did he know, the Jeep’s brakes were going to fail and it would start to roll down the hill despite the e-brake being on.
He has also nearly escaped a police…
S4E8: Last Minute Interview w/ Robert Downey Jr. + 3am Flat Tire
Chris Berrow
Failing his driver’s test 3 times, a last-minute interview with Robert Downey Jr., and a 3 am flat tire are just some of today’s guests’ crazy driving experiences.
Chris, podcast host and BBC Radio News reader, is from the UK and used to drive 40,000 miles a year. Along the way he has had some interesting driving encounters, like the time…
S4E7: Crashing a Motorcycle into some Aunties
Amandeep
Have you ever crashed a motorcycle into some Aunties?
When first learning to drive, Amandeep and his friends decided to take the motorcycle out for a spin, and unlike his friends, Amandeep was curious what would happen if he took the turns a little faster than he should have. He quickly found…
S4E6: Car Overheated in Sri Lanka
Shannon Martin
Have you ever had your car overheat in a foreign country?
Shannon was taking a trip in Sri Lanka and they had hired a driver to take them around, but it did not go as well as they had planned. The car constantly kept overheating and to make matters worse it…
S4E5: He Left ALL His Money in a Stranger’s Car
Chris
Have you ever hitchhiked in another country and left all your money behind?
Chris left all his money behind in the car when hitchhiking in Nepal, had his van stolen with all his personal belongings and passport in Australia, and participated in the Rickshaw Run in India…
S4E4: Crashing into Teacher’s Car + Squeezing RV Through Tight Tunnel
Dr. Jeff Williamson
Have you ever had to squeeze a RV through a tight tunnel?
Jeff was on a family trip in an RV when they came to a tunnel that was a little too tight for RVs to fit through, or so they thought. But his dad was determined and…
S4E3: Rear Ended & Totaled car + Road Rage with Teacher
Amy Scott
Have you ever lost your cool in front of your teacher? How about when you were driving with your teacher in your car?
Amy Scott did and it did not look pretty.
Amy also shared about the time her cross-country road trip was cut short when a women…
S4E2: Road Rage Incident Almost Gone Wrong
John D. Lewis
A road rage fight that almost ended deadly when the guy behind him pulled out a gun on him is one of the intense driving experiences our guest today experienced when he was younger.
LIke how he felt so invincible, even when the angry driver pulled out a gun on him or the time he…
S4E1: Driver and Passenger ticketed for “invalid” license & almost hit cow
Palle Bo
Swerving to miss hitting a cow, everyone in the car getting a ticket for his “invalid” driver’s license, and crossing the Lesotho border without knowing it are only some of the crazy driving experiences Palle Bo experienced on his adventures around the world.
Like the time he gave a tailgater a…
