ROG wrote:The advanced test is DSA approved, the examiners have been approved by the DSA to test
I'm sure that's not the case at all.
ROG wrote:I believe that there should be seperate legislation in regarde to teaching current license holders - WHAT DO YOU THINK
I think there already is proper legislation.
Currently the ADI test has two prongs. The first, in Parts 1 & 2, are where the candidate demonstrates fitness to drive on the roads, and does so by meeting slightly more stringent requirements than are necessary to pass the standard DSA test. A pre-qualifier, if you like.
Although this is generally a right royal pain for anyone who has advanced driver training, it would be a pretty poor advanced driver who can't learn to pass the DSA test is short order given a bit of practice.
The second prong is demonstrating the ability to teach, and perhaps that's where you are at odds with the DSA's approach to the ADI examination. Surely if a person is able to demonstrate the skills necessary to teach a learner driver, both when they start out learning and when they are close to taking the DSA test, then that is a pretty good demonstration of teaching.
I understand that check tests, which have to be taken every three years, do not have to be with a learner driver, but instead can be carried out in your normal teaching environment. So if you only teach advanced driving techniques to people who have passed the DSA exam, then you can do this as part of your check test.
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