Driving instructor charging for scrape on car

Katiemay26

Hi. My daughter sat her driving test yesterday and she scraped the curb slightly while out. Her driving instructor is now saying she needs to pay for the damage to his alloy. Can he do this? I have never heard of this. I would of thought surely as an instructor if there is any damage by a student it would be covered by his insurance? Can anyone advise please. Thanks

glentoran99

Tell him to jog on, The fee you pay the instructor is to cover his insurance etc


Take it she failed?

Ms_Chocaholic

Surely this must happen all the time. It's not like the learner gets to inspect the car (in a hire care type fashion) before and after every lesson so how can he prove it was your daughter.

I'd tell him to stuff it!

Katiemay26

She passed with only 3 minors. So pleased for her but this has put a dampener on it.

Nobbie1967

Yes, she damaged someone else's property. The instructor may be insured, but the excess is likely to be far greater than the cost of refurbing the wheel, so it would come straight out of their pocket. How is that fair?

How much is he asking?

Katiemay26

He originally said she would have to pay £400 To replace the alloy. It is only a scrape though so we are waiting to hear if he is getting a price for repair

martinthebandit

Nobbie1967 wrote: »

Yes, she damaged someone else's property. The instructor may be insured, but the excess is likely to be far greater than the cost of refurbing the wheel, so it would come straight out of their pocket. How is that fair?

How much is he asking?

The amount of excess is the driving instructors choice, he could have bought a policy with zero excess, how is it fair that the OP's daughter pays out because the instructor gambled (with the amount of excess) and lost?

OP I'd be telling him to jog on as well.



PS OP congrats to your daughter

AndyMc.....

martinthebandit wrote: »

The amount of excess is the driving instructors choice, he could have bought a policy with zero excess, how is it fair that the OP's daughter pays out because the instructor gambled (with the amount of excess) and lost?

OP I'd be telling him to jog on as well.



PS OP congrats to your daughter

Jog on and add her straight to the CUE database. Good luck with her getting insurance.

Car_54

Alloys and driving instruction do not mix well!

Was this before the test? If so, it's the instructor's fault.

Or on the test itself? Why didn't she fail? The examiner must have thought it trivial.

Herzlos

The insurance may be different if she's under instruction rather than a test, as technically the instructor is in control.

No way should an alloy cost £400 though. Get the specs and see if you can just buy him an alloy yourself and pay a local tyre place a fiver to swap the tyre.

loskie

It would only be reasonable to request this if an agreement was made with the instructor prior to using him.
Have you entered into a contract without checking all the details.

To me the whole thing sounds ludicrous.