Supervising learner driver

comeandgo

It wont be the OP that is charged though, it is the learner driver, driving without a supervisor driver -

Paradigm

Quentin wrote: »

Without a "neighbour like that" this could have ended in tears for 2 innocent neighbours whose cars were being used to practice the hardest parking manoeuvre on by a learner let loose by her supervisor who thought it the right and proper thing to do.

We know who the villain is in this tale, and the neighbour like that may be a jobsworth but I think you'd be grateful were all this going on outside your house and involved one or two of your fleet!

Really?? "Let loose"? Deary me.

hollie.weimeraner

comeandgo wrote: »

It wont be the OP that is charged though, it is the learner driver, driving without a supervisor driver -

It would also be anyone that "used caused or permitted" ie probably the person that allowed the learner to drive unaccompanied. The offence carries the same penalty as that of the driver.

Blackpool_Saver

you need to be inside the car or the insurance won't pay out

Quentin

Paradigm wrote: »

Really?? "Let loose"? Deary me.

Yes.

The learner was let loose on the car weren't they?

Who was on hand to intervene should the manoeuvre go wrong - confident drivers muck up parallel parking but know at what point to abort before scraping, a learner has a lot on their plate without having that to consider.

It's at panic times that the brake gets mixed up with the accelerator.

Paradigm

Quentin wrote: »

The learner was let loose on the car weren't they?

Not really

Quentin wrote: »

Who was on hand to intervene should the manoeuvre go wrong - confident drivers muck up parallel parking but know at what point to abort before scraping, a learner has a lot on their plate without having that to consider.

It's at panic times that the brake gets mixed up with the accelerator.

Who would have been on hand to intervene if the OP had been in the passenger seat? With the mirrors set for the driver, the "supervisor" would be restricted to looking over their shoulder.... how quickly could they react if the "brake got mixed up with the accelerator"? More to the point, what could they do?

It's a damn sight easier to reverse into a space with someone watching from outside....

martinthebandit

Quentin wrote: »

Without a "neighbour like that" this could have ended in tears for 2 innocent neighbours whose cars were being used to practice the hardest parking manoeuvre on by a learner let loose by her supervisor who thought it the right and proper thing to do.

We know who the villain is in this tale, and the neighbour like that may be a jobsworth but I think you'd be grateful were all this going on outside your house and involved one or two of your fleet!

Ah, so you're the neighbour

jc808

Typical MSE overreaction

Aretnap

jm2926 wrote: »

The person supervising you must sit in the front passenger seat ...

The actual regulations say

(2) Subject to the following paragraphs, the holder of a provisional licence shall not drive a vehicle of a class which he is authorised to drive by virtue of that licence—

(a)otherwise than under the supervision of a qualified driver who is present with him in or on the vehicle,

There doesn't seem to be a requirement for the supervisor to sit in any particular seat.

harrys_dad

Sheesh, good luck to you Op, with neighbours like that you will need it. Why couldn't they just speak to you in a civil fashion?