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- The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is the highest authority on driving in Britain. Their advice is
- sought and respected worldwide. The road safety principles that you learn should be at least to
- the standard of the DSA Driving Test. You will need to pass this test to gain a full driving licence.
- An instructor who teaches for money must be an officially approved instructor. A DSA ADI is a
- Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving Instructor. These instructors have passed three stringent tests -
- a Theory Test, a Driving Ability Test and a Test of Ability to Instruct. Currently, about only one in five
- instructors who apply for these tests pass all three to become an approved and certified Driving Instructor.
- A driving Instructor who is only partially qualified and still in training has a pink identity card.
- #100,360,ADIGreen.bmp
- #375,360,ADIRed.bmp
- The standard of instruction of all ADIs is regularly checked by the DSA. This is done by a DSA
- Supervising Examiner sitting in on a live lesson. The instructor is then graded as follows:
- Grade 4 is competent, Grade 5 is good , Grade 6 is a very high standard.
- Ask any potential instructor for their grade before embarking on a course of lessons.
- Dual controls are used - to prevent risk of injury to persons or property, to prevent an action that
- would be illegal, to prevent excessive stress to the learner if difficult situations arose without warning,
- and to prevent mechanical damage to the car.
- The Code of Practice has been agreed with the driving instruction industry and covers instructors'
- personal and professional conduct, advertising and their complaints procedure. For further information,
- contact the DSA on telephone number 0115 901 2500.
- Your instructor will check your eyesight before you start to drive. See Health Issues in Q3.
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