Learners please be on your guard against un-licensed driving Instruction

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RSA Issues Warning To Rogue Driving Instructors

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is warning un-regulated driving instructors, today Tuesday 2nd June, that they must comply with new laws, which were introduced recently, to regulate driving instructors in Ireland or face prosecution.
Instructors who are not registered with the RSA as Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) face a fine of up to €2,000 or even six months imprisonment, or both if convicted in a court of providing lessons for reward.
The RSA is advising all learner drivers to only take lessons from full permit holding ADIs - do you want to pay for driving lessons from someone who hasn’t even passed their own tests?
“There are over 1,300 Approved Driving Instructors registered with the RSA and a number who, under the new legislation, have been given 90 days to complete their exam.” Said Mr. Noel Brett, CEO of the RSA, “However, we are aware that there are instructors out there who have not engaged in the regulation process at all and continue to unlawfully charge driving test candidates for driving lessons.”
“Our message to un-licensed instructors is simple. You are committing an offence and the RSA will take action to protect the consumer from un-regulated driving instructors. Anyone who is aware of such un-licensed instructors should report them immediately to the RSA by phoning 1890 50 60 80 or email adienforcement@rsa.ie .”
Learner drivers looking for their nearest Approved Driving Instructor can visit www.rsa.ie or www.drivingtest.ie or www.theorytest.ie to download the list of full permit holding Approved Driving Instructors.
Since 1st May 2009 it has become an offence to give driving instruction to a learner driver for hire or reward unless the instructor is on the RSA register of approved driving instructors (ADI).
Regulation guarantees the quality and skills of those teaching new drivers across the country. It is a crucial building block in our work to make the roads safer. The quality of driving instruction in Ireland impacts directly on road safety and it is essential for a credible driving instruction industry that every instructor meets a minimum standard in terms of his/her ability to deliver instruction.
An ADI must also show that they are tax compliant and be able to provide a tax clearance certificate. All ADI’s have been through the Garda vetting process and this provides an added layer of protection for young learner drivers.
The regulation process applies to individual instructors and not to driving schools.






Learners please be on your guard against un-licensed driving Instruction

The RSA is warning learner drivers paying for driving lessons that there are new laws which were introduced recently to regulate driving instructors in Ireland.

These Regulations guarantee the quality and skills of those teaching new drivers across the country. It is a crucial building block in our work to make the roads safer. The quality of driving instruction in Ireland impacts directly on road safety and it is essential for a credible driving instruction industry that every instructor meets a minimum standard in terms of his/her ability to deliver instruction.
Since 1st May 2009 it has become an offence for an Instructor to give driving instruction to a learner driver for hire or reward unless the instructor is on the RSA register of approved driving instructors (ADI). The RSA is advising learner drivers to take lessons from full permit holding ADIs as the best way to learn.
Make sure your Instructor has ‘Passed his / her test’ before taking any lessons with an them. You can check that your Instructor is qualified on our web site www.rsa.ie or www.rsa.ie . Also ask to see the Instructors permit on your first lesson; it must be displayed in the driving school vehicle during the course of the lesson and qualified Instructors will be pleased that you asked to see it – it will show that you are taking your driver training seriously.
If you witness un-licensed driving Instruction operating in your area please report it to either the Gardai Siochana at your local Garda Station or to adienforcement@rsa.ie or telephone 096.25007.
When making a report please include the following details:
• Name
• Make of Vehicle
• Vehicle Registration
• Location
• Date witnessed
• Time witnessed



If you wish to write into us to make a report please write to:
ADI enforcement officer
ADI Unit
Road Safety Authority
Primrose Hill
Ballina
Co. Mayo

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I wonder will they actually do anything about it though? For example, they STILL aren't enforcing the law when it comes to drivers being unaccompanied, you can still turn up at your test on your own, fail and drive away on your own:rolleyes: what is the point of instructors getting the ADI, passing the stages and others can still teach without the ADI and still are. By the time the RSA actually get around to investigating these fakes, they'll have changed the rules yet again. Boggles the mind.