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.
- All our listed members
(See
"Instructors" button at the top of this page) are fully
qualified
Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
- In addition, if you are
offered
what seems like ridiculously low cost driving lessons,
please check the SMALL
PRINT first,
because invariably there will be some somewhere. Try to
avoid booking
up front in these cases until you are happy with the
instructor and the
terms and conditions. Quite often these low-priced lessons
will tie you
in for a period of time, and the price will rise
dramatically later on.
Reporting
an
Illegal Driving Instructor
You
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 SHOULD NOT NEED TO PAY A BOOKING FEE
Instead use the links on this web site to go directly to the DSA website.
Also Click Here
- 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 SHOULD NOT NEED TO PAY A BOOKING FEE
Instead use the links on this web site to go directly to the DSA website.
Also Click Here