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1st 4 Driving is run by Dave Foster and is probably one of the highest qualifies instructors in the country. Not only is he a grade six instructor, held by less than 10% of instructors, Dave also holds a Master’s degree in Driver Training Education. There are less than ten instructors holding such a degree and Dave’s particular degree is probably the only one. Fuller details of Dave’s qualifications can be found by clicking here.

What does this all mean to you? Well this ensures that what ever service you chose from 1st 4 Driving, you are guaranteed the very best of service. 1st 4 Driving was set up to offer quality services in all aspects of driver training and within this site you will find links to the many services offered.

This site will also keep you up to date with the many items of news from within the driver training industry. News of importance and news of interest and Dave welcomes your stories. This site will grow with articles about training and advice for all aspects of training and will grow to be an essential resource for learners, trainers and instructors.

Eddie Stobart cleaned up the lorry haulage image and 1st 4 Driving aims to aspire to such accolade. Whether the training is direct from Dave, or one of the trainers that have been hand picked and trained by him for their professionalism and diligence, you can be assured that you will get value.


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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 October 2011 09:15 )

 

In an article recorded in Auto Express, the government has revealed that 8% of fully qualified instructors had been marked down as sub-standard. That represents 4,182 instructors from the articles stated 52,272 on the register. Although figures given to me from the DSA suggest there are around 47,000 instructors, this still leaves 3,760 ho are below standard. The figures quoted also show that more than half have only just met he standard. The grading of Driving Instructors is from 1 to 6 with 6 being the highest. A Driving Instructor will usually be graded at their check test (test of continued ability to instruct) and this occurs roughly every 4 years. Grades can be seen below with the DSA grading criteria.

Driving Instructors should be looking to increase their grade at each check test and can take additional training to help them with this. Unfortunately very few do resulting in the poor figures we see. Less than 6% of instructors are believed to be the highest grade 6.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:46 )

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Eight weeks until Road Safety Week!
Road Safety Week is the UK's biggest road safety event, involving communities around the UK. It's coordinated by Brake and this year takes place 21 – 27 November with the theme ‘Too young to die’. Brake will be running a national media campaign on this theme, focusing on how we can help young drivers and passengers to be safer, but communities can focus their initiative on any road safety theme. With more than 2,700 educators, groups and organisations registered to take part, we’re on the way to making Road Safety Week 2011 an event to remember! Read more.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:46 )