To report driving instructor

[SandyY2K]

So DD17 has just started driving lessons. She was pretty shaken after her lesson today. Ad soon as she got in, I knew something was wrong.

She told me a woman on a bike had pulled out/come out of a road without looking. No harm caused at all.

The driving instructor proceeds to wind his window down and scream at the top of his voice telling her to get the F off the road and don't come. back...Other things were said as well.

Then he stretches over where DD was in the driving seat and put his hand on the horn few a good few seconds.

She was scared for the rest of her lesson and doesn't want any more lessons with him.

I wouldn't want her to either, but I'm really concerned a driving instructor would behave like this and wonder if I should take it further.

I'm not sure of he has MH issues, as I thought he was a bit odd when I first met him, but this incident has really annoyed me.

WWYD?

I had a similar experience when I was 17 and learning to drive. It was about my 5th lesson and I was driving along a main road. The car behind us was following a bit too closely for my Driving Instructor's (DI) liking. Suddenly, with no warning to me, the DI slammed on the brakes, using the dual control pedals in the foot well of the front passenger seat. I was really startled; I initially thought I'd crashed into something and that I was feeling the impact since I knew I hadn't hit the brakes! Luckily, the car behind us managed to stop in time, but my DI had a few choice words for him (although only I could hear them)! It left me feeling nervous and shaky for the rest of the lesson. I didn't mention it to my parents and he didn't do anything like it again, but if it happened to me now (more than 20 years later!), I would certainly let him know how inappropriate it was, and that if anything similar happened again, I would be reporting his dangerous conduct.

In your DD's case, I would absolutely be led by her. She has already let you know that she doesn't want to have any further lessons with him, so that's that, so in terms of 'taking it further', I would ask your daughter what she would like you to do, and do that.

If I were your DD in this situation, I think I'd probably want my Mum just to leave it, but I would encourage her to let her friends know about her DD's experience with this DI, and recommend them not to use him for their own children's driving lessons, and I'd also spread the word around my Sixth Form.

I'm glad your daughter is okay; it must have been quite shocking and scary to be in such a small, enclosed environment with a shouty, angry man who she'd only just met.

I'm not sure of he has MH issues, as I thought he was a bit odd when I first met him, but this incident has really annoyed me.

Does it matter? Not your problem. He's probably just a prick of a driver. Not all instructors are good drivers.

I'd just cancel any further lessons with him and find another instructor, but tell him why you've done this.

You don't need to do anymore than that. Life is busy enough.

Most that I know of round here operate that way. There is nobody to report than to.

There is, the DVSA. Part of their remit is to approve people to be driving instructors.