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Auto insurance firm criticises untrained driving instructors
Learner drivers are demanding to be informed if their instructor is training on the job, one auto insurance firm has found.
The AA has said that learner drivers could be getting a raw deal from companies who allow their trainee instructors to provide paid-for teaching.
The auto insurance provider has carried out research showing that 97 per cent of its members are against letting young people be taught by unqualified instructors while paying full price for the service.
Nearly one-third of survey respondents said they believe motorists who do not get the best training while learning to drive are likely to be unsafe on the road as a result, which could push up auto insurance premiums as more accidents occur.
Edmund King, president of the AA, called on the government to raise awareness of the pink badges, which denote trainee instructors, and help potential motorists make informed choices .
He explained: “The government identified these very problems a decade ago, yet people are still in the dark. Parents have serious concerns about entrusting young learners with trainee instructors.
“One-in-five new drivers will have an accident within a year of passing their test, so it’s only natural to want the best instruction. Yet driving schools do not even have to tell you when the person teaching your son or daughter is learning on the job.”
Separate research by the AA recently found that the cost of auto insurance has increased over the past three months and is rising faster than it has done in the last 15 years.
The results of the firm’s British Insurance Premium revealed that average premiums were hiked by 5.6 per cent in the last quarter.
Written by Karen Eliot
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