What's to be done?

Well, driver training in all it's forms are a bit of a mess.

Learners can be taught by ADIs or trainees with very little training, or their mates.

FLH can receive training from anyone.

Companies can receive driving advice from risk assessors (with little or no driving qualifications).

Driving Experience days seem to be above the law, allowing people to drive high powered cars around race tracks or 4x4's over the fells with little or no driver training or instructional experience.

ADIs and PDIs can be trained by ADIs with nothing more than a 3 second wait after passing their part 3.

Police can be trained by police.

Ambulance drivers can be trained by ambulance drivers.

The only regulation seems to be that if you want to earn money, teaching learners, you have to be an ADI.

Now I know the law spreads over the whole of the above, with certain restrictions and allowances, but surely there should be a blanket qualification which ALL driver trainers should reach. So suggestion time:

To train FLH for normal/advanced/business driving:

• Advanced Test passed (not one of the independent ones - a government approved one, like the part 2)
• Instructional Techniques Course passed
• Risk Assessment Course (on road) passed

To train FLH for specific purpose (experience days):

• Specific purpose driving test passed (specific to the experience)
• Instructional Techniques Course passed
• Risk Assessment Course (specific purposes) passed

To train Learners:

• Advanced Test passed
• Instructional Techniques Course passed
• Risk Assessment Course (learners) passed
• Counselling/coaching techniques Course passed

To train Response drivers:

• Response driving experience verified/Test passed
• Instructional Techniques Course passed
• Risk Assessment Course (response) passed

To train Trainers:

• Appropriate driving skills courses passed to high standard
• Instructional Techniques Course Passed
• Train The Trainer Course passed
• Risk Assessment (for purpose) passed
• Counselling/Coaching Course passed

I'm sure we could all think up more, and until then, we can ponder which of the two main systems of car control we should be concentrating on, or whether we should integrate them - MSM/PSL, or IPSGA?