DRIVING LESSONS GREENOCK, GOUROCK, PORT GLASGOW
Terms and Conditions
Introduction
The following terms and conditions represent the basis upon which driving lessons and courses are offered to you by your instructor. Please note the contract for service is between yourself and the instructor.
1. General Conduct
All instructors are bound by a professional code of conduct. Your instructor will be courteous, polite, tidy and punctual. He or she will also behave in a professional and ethical manner at all times. Your instructor’s car will be well maintained, clean and tidy. Although every effort will be made to ensure the tuition vehicle is fully maintained to the highest standard possible, some mechanical faults are unavoidable and as such instructors cannot be held responsible for lost tuition time or fees/costs incurred due to mechanical failure. All cars used by instructors are fitted with dual-controls as part of their standard equipment. The cars are of course fully insured for driving tuition. Instructors will not smoke in the car while giving
tuition, nor will they use your lesson time for any other form of business, personal or otherwise.
2. Qualifications
As a minimum your instructor will be licensed by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to give driving tuition.
3. Driving Licence and Eyesight
The learner must hold a current, valid driving licence (provisional or full), which must be produced on or in advance of their first lesson. The learner must also check that they can read a number plate at a distance of 20.5 metres (i.e. 67 feet - about 5 car lengths) with glasses if normally worn.
4. Payments
Please note payments must be made in advance of the training. To book a course, a 50% deposit or the full course fee (if the course start date is within 4 weeks of the booking date) is required.
Please note the deposit or any subsequent training fees paid are not refundable in the event that you decide to cancel the training once the booking has been accepted by your instructor. At this point a binding agreement is made between yourself and the instructor. This does not in any way affect your statutory rights to be provided with the goods and services you have bought (please see term 10).
5. Lesson Postponement
Provided the instructor can easily obtain additional work for any lessons postponed no penalty will be incurred. If this is not possible the full training fee for the period in question may, at the total discretion of the instructor, be lost or charged. Your instructor reserves the right to postpone lessons if he or she feels that the weather or road conditions are unsuitable or dangerous. The instructor cannot be held responsible for any costs incurred as a result of him or her having to postpone any lessons, for whatever reason.
6. The Driving Test
a) Bookings
Driving tests can be booked by you or your instructor for a fee of £3.50, on your behalf. Driving test bookings always take priority over other lessons. Therefore, your lesson may be postponed to allow for someone else’s driving test and vice-versa. Changes to lesson bookings as a result of this will be notified immediately. Test appointments must be notified to your instructor as soon as they are known, otherwise he or she cannot guarantee to provide a vehicle for the test. Occasionally, for quality control purposes, your examiner or even your instructor will be accompanied by a third party.
b) Use of the vehicle
In the interests of customer and public safety your instructor reserves the right to withhold the use of a car for the test if, in their opinion, your driving is actually or potentially dangerous.
c) Test cancellation
Three clear working days notice of cancellation or postponement is required by the DSA. Failure to provide the required notice will result in the loss of your test fee. Your instructor cannot be held responsible for any postponement or cancellation of tests by the DSA.
7. Punctuality
In their own interests learners are advised to be punctual for their lesson appointments. All such appointments should be recorded (and checked where possible by their instructor) to ensure that mistakes are avoided. The instructor would normally wait for a maximum of 15 minutes before the lesson would be abandoned and the lesson fee forfeited or become due for payment. A reciprocal waiting time may become necessary if the instructor is delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. Any lesson time lost as a result of this would be made up by the instructor either at the end of the normal lesson time if possible or at a later date.
8. Learner Comfort and Safety
In the interests of comfort and safety learners are advised to wear suitable footwear and clothing which does not restrict movement. Learners must also take note of any medication they are taking that may affect their ability to drive safely and advise their instructor accordingly before taking any lesson booked.
9. Complaints
In the event of a complaint all efforts must be made to resolve the problem directly with the instructor. However, please do not let a problem linger. Failing agreement or settlement of a dispute, reference may be made to the DSA's Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors who will consider the matter and advise accordingly
10. YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS
Nothing in these terms and conditions will reduce your statutory rights relating to faulty or misdescribed goods or services provided. Instructors have a statutory obligation to provide you with goods and services fit for the purpose for which they were bought and as described. If you have any doubts about your statutory rights please contact your local Trading Standards Department or Citizen's Advice Bureau. Should the Registrar not be able to settle the dispute he or she may set up a panel, with representatives from the ADI industry, to consider the matter further or advise that the matter should be referred to the courts or other statutory body to be determined. |
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