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Learning to Adapt Driving LEARNING Instructor THE VOICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL TO ADAPT DRIVING INSTRUCTOR DRIVERS WITH DIVERSE NEEDS ISSUE SIX 2019 p01_Instructor_2019_Issue06.indd 1 14/06/2019 1:45 pm Excellent 9.8 out of 10 CollingwoodInstructors.co.uk WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR LOOKING AFTER YOUR STUDENTS! 9.8 Our Customers love us out of 10 Trustpilot as of 07/01/19 Your Students Could Now Save up to 35% on Short-Term Learner Driver Insurance With Your Code* NOT A MEMBER? SIGN UP TODAY AND GET £50 FOR YOUR FIRST REFERRAL AND THEN £20 FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT NEW REFERRAL. Visit www.collingwoodinstructors.co.uk with code DIA2019 This Extra Discount is only available to Learner Drivers that have been refered to Collingwood with a valid code. *Discount based on savings made on 28 day policy as of 07/01/19 applies to comprehensive policies only. Trustpilot score as of 07/01/19. Collingwood Insurance Services (UK) Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Register no. 310870. Registered in England No 4174235. Collingwood Insurance Services (UK) Ltd, Collingwood House, Redburn Court, Earl Grey Way, NorthL Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 6AR. For security and training purposes calls may be monitored or recorded. Collingwood Discount Advert.indd 1 07/01/2019 16:52:31 p02_03_Instructor_Issue06.indd 1 14/06/2019 1:45 pm Excellent 9.8 out of 10 Driving CollingwoodInstructors.co.uk Instructor WELCOME The official monthly magazine of the Driving Instructors Association READ WITH CONFUSION the news (see page 10) about new labels on petrol pumps. Instead of petrol and diesel, they will now EDITOR be labelled E5 and B7. The government says this is to make drivers WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR LOOKING AFTER [email protected] more aware of the “environmental impact of their travel choices”. DESIGN I This seems to me utterly pointless and a waste of money. What [email protected] alternative environmental choices are there for us at the petrol YOUR STUDENTS! ADVERTISING station? Generally speaking we can choose unleaded, premium [email protected] unleaded or diesel. There is not an environmentally friendly ‘biofuel’ option available. Your average person will have no idea what these labels mean, so it’ll just be CHIEF EXECUTIVE Carly Brookfield a head scratcher. Also, if something is labelled as ‘7’ for environmental quality, Our Customers love us you’d probably assume that this is better than something labelled ‘5’. Yet we’re not CHAIR encouraged to buy diesel vehicles, are we? Dean Mayer At the same time, the government has cut grants for buying hybrid and electric 9.8 cars. Encouraging people to buy alternatively fuelled vehicles would seem to me to out of 10 Trustpilot as of 07/01/19 be a more useful scheme than changing the labels on petrol pumps. Driving Instructor is published monthly by DIA (Int.) Ltd Copyright © DIA (Int.) Ltd 2018 On a more positive note, this issue we delve into the subject of training drivers Printed by Warners Midlands plc with diverse needs. Client-centred learning is essential to take into account different The views contained may not be the views of the publishers. Publication of an advertisement does not imply approval for the goods students’ requirements to help them learn to drive and pass their test. Find out more or services offered. Reproduction by any means, electronically or otherwise, in whole or part, of any material appearing in this magazine is in our features starting on page 21. forbidden without the express prior permission of the publishers. Kathy Manson Your Students Could Now Save up to 35% on Short-Term Learner Meet the DIA Team Carly Brookfield Karen Bransgrove * Chief Executive Chief Diamond Examiner [email protected] [email protected] Driver Insurance With Your Code Carly oversees the daily work of the Diamond manager will help your Diamond post Driving Instructors Association test training and testing requirements Olivia Baldock-Ward Chloe Denny Head of Membership and Training Diamond Co-ordinator [email protected] [email protected] Olivia is an experienced ADI and fleet trainer and Chloe is a key contact for trainers, examiners and oversees all DIA training and development NOT A MEMBER? SIGN UP TODAY AND GET £50 FOR YOUR FIRST REFERRAL customers booking our popular advanced tests Vicky Wilson Sara Jardine AND THEN £20 FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT NEW REFERRAL. Membership Services Manager Advertising Manager [email protected] [email protected] Friendly and efficient, Vicky will help you with any Sara is the person to talk to for anyone interested Visit www.collingwoodinstructors.co.uk with code DIA2019 membership query in advertising with the DIA Matt Russell Head of Marketing, Publishing and Digital [email protected] Magazines, posters, websites – there’s nothing that our design guru can’t turn his hand to This Extra Discount is only available to Learner Drivers that have been refered to Collingwood with a valid code. DRIVING INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION Call 020 8686 8010 | [email protected] | driving.org 11 Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD *Discount based on savings made on 28 day policy as of 07/01/19 applies to comprehensive policies only. Trustpilot score as of 07/01/19. Collingwood Insurance Services (UK) Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Register no. 310870. Registered in England No 4174235. Collingwood Insurance Services (UK) Ltd, Collingwood House, Redburn Court, Earl Grey Way, NorthL Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 6AR. For security and 03 training purposes calls may be monitored or recorded. Driving Instructor Collingwood Discount Advert.indd 1 07/01/2019 16:52:31 p02_03_Instructor_Issue06.indd 2 14/06/2019 1:45 pm INSTRUCTOR CONTENTS HELPDESK & GUEST LEARNING TO 06 FEEDBACK 17 COMMENT 25 COMMUNICATE We answer your questions on pupils with Jim Milton discusses the importance of Kathy Manson reports back on a points on their provisional licence, negative support for those with diverse needs, and it presentation by Disability Driving Instructors reviews on Yell and children in the car. might be a good idea to undertake training. about teaching deaf people to drive. ADI KING’S GETTING YOUR 07 NEWS 18 COMMENT 28 PUPILS MOBILE Rise in drivers having licences revoked, NCP Edmund King OBE looks into the issue Carly Brookfield speaks to disability makes £700,000 a year from overpayments, of why pass rates for the theory test have motoring charity Motability about its nationwide London plans 20mph speed limit and more. dropped. programme to help disabled drivers. CHIEF EXECUTIVE MEETING YOUR TAKING 16 REPORT 21 NEEDS 31 CONTROL Carly Brookfield believes we need more Olivia Baldock-Ward discusses training Kathy Manson visits He-Man in Southampton education on training students with diverse drivers with diverse needs and reflects on what to find out more about the company and its needs. her own experience in this field has taught her. recent expansion. 21 COVER FEATURE 31 04 Driving Instructor p04_05_Instructor_Issue06.indd 1 14/06/2019 1:51 pm OLD MONTH FINAL 35 HABITS 48 IN NEWS 70 WORD Tom Harrington looks at the health risks Worried behind the wheel, England’s favourite New research from Brake indicates an associated with older drivers and also the driving roads, dad cars with the most street increase in aggressive driving around cyclists economic and social benefits of the car. cred and more. over the past fi ve years. LOSE THE DIAMOND 40 NERVES 51 COMMENT Follow us Kev and Tracey Field from Confident Drivers Chloe Denny takes a look at different types share their tips for learner drivers experiencing of sunglasses and explores the best lenses to facebook.com/ nerves during their driving test. wear when driving. drivinginstructorsassociation CUSTOMISED ADAPTING twitter.com/the_DIA 42 COACHING 52 VEHICLES James Whalen gives us a brief overview of Carly Brookfield explores the wide variety of youtube.com/user/ dyslexia and outlines some advice that might car adaptations for disabled drivers available drivinginstruction help when teaching dyslexic people to drive. on the market. 25 35 47 driving Driving Instructor 05 p04_05_Instructor_Issue06.indd 2 14/06/2019 1:51 pm HELPDESK HAVE A QUESTION & FEEDBACK OR COMMENT? Call the ADI helpdesk Mon to Fri 8am–6pm or send your questions and comments to 11, Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD or I have a pupil who I am about to start training. [email protected] Q I have done a licence check via GOV.UK and found that they have seven penalty points for two separate offences. The offences are IN10 020 8686 8010 and LC20 and both happened in July 2016. The website says they are due to expire in July this year but won’t be removed fully until July next year. Is this right and can I start training them? The IN10 is an insurance offence and the LC20 is a A licence offence. More specifically IN10 is ‘Using a vehicle uninsured against third party risks’ and LC20 is ‘Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence’. Both are very serious offences and naturally this would be worthy of a discussion and training put in place to help prevent further offences from happening. Aside from this, you can begin training with more than six penalty points. This seems to be quite a popular topic at the moment among ADIs. The confusion seems to be with the New Driver Act where a maximum of six penalty points in the first three years of passing their test will see the licence being cancelled and the driver needing to start again with applying and paying for a new provisional licence and taking their theory and practical tests again. One of my students is a mum and sometimes The GOV.UK website provides the following information: “Any penalty points on your provisional Q struggles to get childcare for her young child.
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