IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT

Your Instructor

When your Driving Instructor arrives for your first lesson, he / she should be displaying their ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) badge in the bottom left-hand corner of the windscreen (on the passenger side).
If the badge is green, the instructor is a fully qualified ADI
If the badge is pink, the instructor is not yet fully qualified, but has passed the first two parts of the qualifying exams, and is training towards the final part.
The instructor's photograph should also be displayed on the badge towards the inside of the windscreen.
Both Green Badge and Pink Badge holders are entitled to charge a fee for instruction.
If the instructor is not displaying either a Green Badge or a Pink Badge, then they are probably not qualified to give instruction, and as such cannot legally charge a fee, and may be teaching incorrectly.

You

Before you begin your lessons, you must have a valid provisional driving licence for the category of vehicle you are learning to drive. Both the card and the paper counterpart must have your signature to be legal and valid. Your instructor should check this before you begin, so please take your licence (both parts) to your first lesson.
You must be able to read an old style (e.g. A 123 BCD) car number plate at a distance of 20.5 metres (67 feet), or a new style (e.g. AB 12 CDE) number plate at 20 metres (66 feet) before driving, wearing glasses or contact lenses if you need them. If you can’t meet this requirement, please see an optician first.

Again, your instructor should check this before you start.

(If you can’t meet the requirement, you will not be able to take the practical part of the Driving Test, because this is one of the first things the examiner will check, and if you can’t meet it the test will be stopped)

If you need glasses or contact lenses to meet the requirement, you should always wear them when driving.