Driving Instructors Come Under The Spotlight
Friday, 9. March 2018
The level of inappropriate sexual behaviour seems to be reaching epidemic levels. We, as parents, trust our kids to football coaches and clergymen whilst women jump into the backs of black cabs without a second thought for safety, all of us believing that everyone is in a safe environment. But recent major stories have revealed the opposite.
I have now read that inappropriate relationships along with inappropriate sexual behaviour is rife amongst driving instructors and their vulnerable teenage students. To the point where the rules have had to be changed with driving instructors facing removal from the instructor register by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
The DVSA have reported that there were 109 investigations into instructors’ misconduct between April 2016 and March 2017. The organisation’s approved driving instructor registrar, Jacqui Turland, has said that she will treat any instructor having sexual relationships with 16 and 17 year old students, consensual or not, as exploitative.
The new rules could see many instructors being banned from giving lessons by being removed from the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) register. In addition, the DVSA will investigate any claims made by students with regard to ‘inappropriate sexual behaviour’ carried out by instructors. This to include the use of sexualised language, making inappropriate or unnecessary physical contact and sending indecent messages or images by phone, email or other means.
In my opinion, simply removing the person from the register isn’t going anywhere near far enough. They have abused a position of trust and should be registered as a sexual offender, if found guilty, then have their private parts removed from their body – yes I have a daughter and granddaughter but that has nothing to do with my views on this matter!
What is wrong with these people? By Graham Hill
