Driver references the fable of The Scorpion and The Frog: a frog agrees to carry a scorpion across the river if the scorpion promises not to sting the frog; the scorpion does promise, but halfway across the river he stings the frog anyway, saying “it’s my nature,” and they both drown. Driver can be seen as The Frog of the story - he drives/carries criminals (scorpions) around in his car, but is inevitably dragged into their destructive world (stung) leading to everybody’s downfall. Driver’s jacket has a scorpion on the back, just as the frog carried the scorpion on its back.

— Drive (2011), dir. Nicolas Winding Refn