Finding a Good Driving Instructor

A good Driving Instructor will adapt his teaching method to suit the pupil who is learning to drive. The level of driving instruction will be appropriate to that of the needs of the learner driver.

A Qualified ADI should have a car which is in good working order and is reasonably up to date to carry out driving lessons in. The pupil receiving the driver training should feel comfortable with the controls of the instructors car.

Your Driving Instructor should display his Driving Instructor Lisence on the window of the vehicle. A pink lisence is a Trainee Driving Instructor and a green lisence is a Qualified Driving Instructor.

DSA is responsible for maintaining and checking the standards of all Approved Driving Instructors, who to qualify must:

• have held a full driving licence for at least four years
  
• pass a much tougher theory test than the one you will take
  
• pass a strict practical driving test
  
• reach and keep up a high standard of instruction. The standard of driving tuition given by the ADI is regularly checked by a supervising examiner from DSA
  
• The driving instructor must be registered with DSA
  display an ADI identification certificate on the windscreen of the tuition vehicle

You should take advice from your Driving Instructor on:

• all aspects of driving
  
• what books to read
  
• when to take your test
  
• how to practice

Most of all the driving instructor you choose should be punctual, have a good reputation and a car that suits you. Recomendations from friends are always a good place to start.