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A vile driving instructor has had a formal complaint made against him after calling a student “drop-dead gorgeous”
The instructor also asked the 28-year-old woman if she was single and said “Who is your daddy” 15 times, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) report.
Another Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) in his 60s has also been reported for saying to a 22-year-old student that “girls on their period never do well in their driving test”.
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They went on to claim that it is because it affects their coordination and they “get flustered”.
According to DublinLive, a freedom of information request revealed that these complaints are among 128 made by students in the last year.
Complaints are seven times higher than the figures recorded for 2021.
The publication added that a complaint made in August of last year claimed that the instructor told her to imagine she had two children in the car so she would drive carefully or kill them.
The learner also claimed the ADI made racist comments about her country of origin, stating she lived in a “very rough” area but not “as rough as the country” she is from.
One main claimed his teacher physically beat him, and struck him on the tight and the back of his head, leaving him too afraid to react or withdraw from pre-booked lessons.
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When the lesson finished the ADI got out of the vehicle and told his mother that the student had driven “worse than shite”.
A female driver reported her instructor to the RSA for putting his hand on her knee to give her a “massage” and alleges he made comments about her body and “told her about his sexual experience”.
Another ADI didn’t bother taking cigarette breaks and instead smoked during lessons, even though the learner driver had told him that he was asthmatic, according to one complaint.
He also said the lessons were “filled with rage and anger” every time he made a mistake. At one point, the car stalled and the ADI shouted “Move the f**king car, move the f**king car” while the window was open, so people outside could hear and started laughing.
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A female complainant told the RSA that her instructor had slapped her thigh within 10 minutes of being in the car. “At first I thought it was an accident, but it happened again and again,” she said.
He was also aggressive and shouted at her until she cried, according to the complaint. “He told me he didn’t care if I cried or if I came back for another lesson,” she said, adding that the instructor had said she was probably one of the worst students he’d ever had.
ADIs must pass a series of tests and be Garda vetted before receiving accreditation from the RSA. The agency did respond to a request for data in relation to disciplinary processes arising from complaints.
The Approved Driving Instructors Union is in the process of disbanding and becoming the Professional Driving Instructors Association. A representative was therefore not in a position to comment, as “neither organisation really exists at this moment”.
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