Pupil Terms & Condition
We recommend that our customers should keep a copy of these terms and conditions for their records.
Driving Tuition
Please note, all ABS driving instructors (are self-employed and) operate under a franchise with the ABS School of Motoring Limited.
If you have chosen to undertake on-road driving tuition in a motor vehicle, this agreement is between you, and your ABS Franchised Instructor (an ‘Instructor’). No contractual liability shall arise or subsist between you and ABS School of Motoring Limited
The Instructor shall provide you with driving tuition at the rate per hour communicated to you from time to time. Prices for lessons may be reduced through marketing promotions or at the discretion of the instructor. Most on-road lessons are scheduled to last 2 hours, although in certain circumstances one-hour lessons are available.
If you are taking on-road lessons, and your normal Instructor is unavailable for any reason, the Instructor has the right to arrange for another Instructor to provide some, or all of your on-road driving tuition.
If your Instructor cannot arrange for an alternative Instructor to take your driving lesson, or in the event of mechanical breakdown of the vehicle in which you have been learning to drive, or for any other reason, the Instructor reserves the right to rearrange a driving lesson to a time convenient to both you and the Instructor.
If you have booked a practical driving test, and the instructor cannot get you to the test due to circumstances beyond the instructors control, the instructor shall not be liable for any refund or expenses incurred.
If missing a practical test is due to the instructor being at fault, then liability will be limited to the test and pre-test lesson fee being refunded.
If you are taking on-road lessons, your Instructor will carry the appropriate motor insurance should you have an accident as a learner whilst driving the Instructor’s tuition vehicle, whether you are accompanied by an Instructor or a Driving Standards Agency Examiner.
Requirements
To take on-road lessons, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the required licence to drive under the tuition of an Instructor. In the UK, to take driving lessons in a motor vehicle, you must be at least 17 years old (unless you are disabled, in which case you must be at least 16 years old) and hold a valid provisional driving licence. You will be asked by your Instructor to show your provisional driving licence at your first lesson.
Payment
You must pay for each lesson in advance. Payment for the current or next lesson can normally be made direct to your Instructor.
When payments are made direct to the Instructor, ABS do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any acts, default or failure on the part of the Instructor not to carryout his obligations.
You must give the Instructor at least two days’ notice if you wish to cancel a driving lesson, otherwise you will still be liable for the lesson fee in respect of that lesson.
