ultimate effect of forcing driving instructors to pass on these newly imposed fines to the customer, already struggling with soaring living costs.
“Some of our members could be pushed to the verge of bankruptcy - and beyond – by this new fines’ regime. Charging nearly £4,000 for an appeal hearing is outrageous; especially, if the instructor wins, there appears to be no avenue for reclaiming costs.”
Unite is also against the DSA’s proposal to outsource the ADI qualification process, as it is not making any money from it and currently ministers will not let it increase the test fees for the qualifying exams.
Matt Draper said: “Unite does not believe there is an outside accredited organisation with the necessary skills to undertake this. There are many educational institutions that may be very good at training classroom based subjects, but the moving environment of a driving school vehicle is totally different.”
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For further information please contact Unite senior communications officer Shaun Noble on 07768 693940
Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union with 1.4 million members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Len McCluskey.
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How does your National Association feel about the Registrar issuing civil sanctions in the form of fines
We have on good authority that one association is in favour and would like the registrar to also be able to suspend an instructor short term; is this your association? How would you feel to be suspend for possibly a week or month, how would your business survive?
We very strongly oppose the registrar being able to issue civil sanctions.