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Trainee Driving Instructors
Failed tests cost millions as driving schools take pupils for a ride.
Up to 27,000 extra driving tests have been failed in the last year by learners taught by trainee driving instructors – while most pupils did not even know their instructor was learning on the job.
Much lower pass rates among those taught by trainee instructors* have cost learners over £1.7 million in additional test fees over the past 12 months, with millions more believed to have been spent on extra lessons needed to reach test standard.
The BBC1 "Rip Off Britain" revealing that some major driving schools are charging pupils full-price for lessons without telling them their instructor is a trainee.
Few learners realise that trainee instructors are allowed to give lessons unsupervised without having passed an exam on their ability to instruct.
One in Seven
Yet the number of trainee instructors has soared in recent years – more than doubling in two years, to more than 7,600 – according to Driving Standards Agency data. This means one in seven instructors is now a trainee.
A major government study 10 years ago found that learners taught by trainee instructors are 25% less likely to pass their driving test. It found that learners had little idea their instructor could be a trainee, yet they were generally charged full price. The study called for a major campaign to raise awareness about trainee instructors and their lower pupil pass rates.
Yet a recent request for up-to-date pass rates for trainee instructors was declined by the DSA on the basis that it would take weeks of work to create the necessary database.**
How To Spot A Trainee Instructor!
advice for identifying a trainee driving instructor:
•Ask, when booking, whether your lessons will be with a fully-qualified, government approved instructor.
•Beware of phrases like 'DSA-approved' – trainee instructors are approved as trainees by the DSA; and 'Qualified instructor' – trainees are partly-qualified, but have yet to sit the key exam on their ability to instruct.
•Look for a green badge in the windscreen of the driving school car – this means your instructor is fully-qualified. A pink badge means they are a trainee.
•Leader School of Driving, are committed to using only fully-qualified driving instructors.
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Driving Schools are those schools which provide driving education at a minimal rate, teaching all the basics of driving, which includes showing courteousness towards others on the road.
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