VERY IMPORTANT
Your
Instructor
- When your Driving Instructor arrives, he or she should be displaying their ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) or PDI (Potential Driving Instructor)badge in the front windscreen on the passenger side.
- If the badge is a green octagonal shape, the instructor is a fully qualified ADI (Approved Driving Instructor), approved by the DSA
- If the badge is a pink triangular shape, then the instructor is a PDI (Potential Driving Instructor), is not yet fully qualified but has passed the first two parts of the qualifying exams, and is working towards the third and last part.
- The instructor's
photograph should also be displayed towards the inside of
the windscreen.
- Both green badge holders 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 illegally and not to the required standard.
- Also please be very
cautious if you are offered what seems like a ridiculously
low rate for driving lessons. Please read the SMALL PRINT,
of which there will be some somewhere - all is not
necessarily what it seems. These cheap lessons (eg
£99 for 10 lessons) will usually be linked in with a
lot more expensive lessons, and you may have to sign up
for a set period. If you don't get on with the instructor,
once you have paid up front, you're stuck! There is
no small print with me - all I ask is that you agree to
the Terms of
Business
Click
here to Report an Illegal Driving Instructor
PLEASE NOTE:- If you are booking a Theory Test or a Practical Driving Test online, don't just "Google" or whatever for it, as the chances are you may be directed to a third party website which will rip you off for about £20 for a booking fee.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAY A BOOKING FEE
Instead use the links on this home page to go directly to the DSA website.
Also Click Here
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 your photocard and paper counterpart must have your signature to be legal and valid. Your instructor should check these before you begin, so it's important to take both parts with you for your first driving lesson. Your instructor may ask to check them again at some stage, so keep them in a safe place.
- You must be able to read an old style (eg A 123 BCD) car registration plate at a distance of 20.5 metres (67 feet), or a new style (eg A 12 CDE) registration plate at a distance of 20 metres (66 feet) before driving. This is legal requirement. If you need glasses or contact lenses to be able to read the plate at the required distance, then you must wear them at all times whilst driving.
- If you can't meet
this requirement, then please see an optician before
you start your lessons. Your instructor should check
this before
you start. If you don't meet the requirement, you won't be able to take your driving test, because this is one of the first things your driving test examiner will check. - You must be in
reasonable good health, and not be suffering from any
uncontrolled medical condition which may affect your
driving ability. If in doubt, check first with your
doctor. Remember there are some conditions you must
declare to the DVLA before being issued with a
provisional licence.
PLEASE NOTE:- If you are booking a Theory Test or a Practical Driving Test online, don't just "Google" or whatever for it, as the chances are you may be directed to a third party website which will rip you off for about £20 for a booking fee.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAY A BOOKING FEE
Instead use the links on this home page to go directly to the DSA website.
Also Click Here