Terms and Conditions
1 Lessons arrangements
a) Any contracts for tuition are between the pupil and the Instructor.
b) The pupil may be accompanied by someone, over the age of 21 years, in the vehicle on the first lesson only.
c) The instructor will pick up and drop off the pupil at a pre-arranged location and will not have more than 1 pupil in the car at any time.
d) The lesson fee will be paid in cash at the end of the lesson. The instructor will provide a receipt when requested.
e) Exceptional situations:
If your instructor has reason to believe that you have been drinking or have taken illegal substances within the last 7 hours prior to your lesson, the lesson will be cancelled and MUST be paid for in full.
Drink Driving - Research by road safety charity Brake found that one in five drivers admit to driving the morning after they drank the night before. There’s no fail-safe way to guarantee all the alcohol you’ve drunk has left your system, so it’s important not to take risks. When you are under the influence of alcohol at any level, the skills you need when you’re driving, such as hand eye coordination, are impaired to some extent. You’re more likely to have an accident.
“As well as the Legal Reasons, there are common sense reasons: you don’t want to be out on the road and putting yourself and others at risk."
2 Lesson cancellations:
a) Although your Driving Instructor will make every effort to arrive at the lesson start time the very nature of their work means that events arising from traffic, weather and other situations which are outside of his control may mean that he has to occasionally rearrange or cancel lessons at short notice.
b) If the pupil wants to cancel a lesson or amend the length of their lesson, they will have to do so 48 hours before the lesson. Failure to do so will result in the pupil having to pay for the full cost that the lesson would have lasted originally.
c) Persistent cancellations may result in the instructor removing you from their list of pupils.
3 Driving Test cancellations:
a) On the day of your Driving Test the instructor will verify that the pupil is in possession of all the relevant documents. However, if any documents are missing, the test will be cancelled and the pupil will lose the fee paid to the DSA.
The full fee for a 2 hours lesson will still have to be paid to the instructor and the pupil will have to rebook and pay for a new test.
b) Claim out-of-pocket expenses - Find out what happens when your test is cancelled by the DVSA here
c) If the pupil has the test voided due to instructor fault, i.e.: Mechanical breakdown, vehicle not test/drive safe, instructor being late, vehicle not road legal, the instructor has to pay the pupil for a new test and will not charge the test fee
d) Very rarely, and in the interest of Road Safety, the instructor may withhold the use of the car for the driving test if, in the opinion of the instructor, a pupil is not able to control the car safely. The instructor will notify the pupil in plenty of time for the test date to be changed or for the pupil to make a different arrangement.
General terms:
a) Any lessons paid for in advance must be completed within 6 months of the initial payment date, after this period they will be classed as canceled and non refundable. If you require a refund before the 6 months expiry date, a 20% administration fee will be charged.
b) During lessons your instructor will ensure that you always drive obeying the UK Highway Code. However, it is also your responsibility to respect Red traffic Lights, Speed cameras, Bus lane operating times or other driver errors. Failure to do so could result in you being made liable and your details being passed onto the authorities resulting in a penalty charge and/or points added to your driving license.
c) If any of the above described on
d) happens during your Driving Test your details will be passed on to the respective Authorities when and if required.