Any contact that occurs between Focus Driver Training and the customer will be subject to the following terms and conditions.
1:1 — Focus Driver Training is primarily a driving school that provides DSA approved driving lessons for the purpose of developing the skills of the learner driver to DSA driving test standard.
1:2 — Booking driving lessons with Focus Driver Training can be achieved by telephone, email or the booking form found on this website and will be dependent upon the student having at least a valid UK provisional driving licence.
1:3 — The student must produce both the photo card and paper counterpart of a valid UK driving licence and make all parts of that licence available for inspection prior to any agreement to provide driver training can be made.
1:4 — Acceptance of any individual upon any Focus Driver Training programme will only be made when there is a suitable vacancy for that individual and upon a first come, first served, basis.
1:5 — Prior to any period of learner tuition, or any other training taking place, a Focus Driver Training terms and conditions document is required to be signed by the student in agreement that the professional relationship will proceed under those terms and conditions. (The form will be provided by the driving instructor, and may be so supplied for examination at any time prior to any period of tuition commencing.)
1:6 — Focus Driver Training will not be held liable for any loss, damage, injury, or any consequential loss, damage or injury, or any indirect loss, damage or injury that is sustained during, or as a consequence of undertaking any period of driving tuition, unless any such loss, damage or injury is due to negligence or other failure in law of Focus Driver Training.
2:1 — Payment for driving lessons, or other driver training as offered by Focus Driver Training, must be made in full prior to any part of that driver training taking place.
2:2 — Accepted methods of payment will be cash or cheque (if supported by a valid cheque guarantee card). Credit is not an option, so please do not cause yourself any embarrassment by asking.
3:1 — Students who are customers of Focus Driver Training will at all times adhere completely and consistently to the following code of conduct.
3:2 — During any period of driving tuition the student will follow instruction as given by the trainer as directed and not question such instruction whilst the vehicle is in motion.
3:3 — Should the student wish to make a point of observation concerning any element of instruction, or seek detailed clarification, such discussion will only take place whilst the training vehicle is stationary within a safe environment.
3:4 — As far as reasonably possible, and with all due regard to the level of training attained, any student who is the customer of Focus Driver Training will abide by the rules of the road and not indulge in any anti–social behaviour.
3:5 — Focus Driver Training will strongly encourage and advocate an ethic of respect, personal responsibility and accountability. Behaviour otherwise may constitute the termination of tuition.
3:6 — Any Focus Driver Training vehicle will be regarded as a smoke free environment and any attempt to disregard this rule will cause the termination of any agreement to train and without refund of funds already paid.
3:7 — Under no circumstances should any alcoholic beverage, whether carried in a sealed vessel or not, be brought into any Focus Driver Training vehicle.
3:8 — No alcohol should be consumed within 24–hours of any practical driving lesson, and if it is suspected that alcohol had been so consumed within that period the driving lesson will be terminated forthwith and with no return of fees.
3:9 — It shall be the total responsibility of any student to ensure they are in a fit condition to drive and that any student driver taking part in tuition must not take or consume any medication, drug or other substance that would impair, or would be likely to impair, their ability to drive a motor vehicle on a public road, and not suffer from any medical condition that would cause, or be likely to cause, any impairment or inability to function fully as a driver in either a mental or physical capacity.
3:10 — Where any person participating in any period of practical driver training is in any doubt as to whether their medical condition will be counted as being of a kind to be included in paragraph 3:9 above, he or she will be considered duty bound to reveal the nature of that condition to Focus Driver Training.
3:11 — Any student partaking in any training course administered by Focus Driver Training shall maintain themselves at such a state of personal hygiene so as not to make the environment within the vehicle in any way unpleasant to operate within.
3:12 — Focus Driver Training reserve the right to refuse any advertised service to any applicant where it is felt the commencement of any advertised service may be inappropriate for the applicant, or if the applicant is not suitable.
3:13 — Focus Driver Training also reserve the right to refuse to accept any new applicant for driver training, and dismiss any current student from a course of driver training where any of the terms and conditions concerning behaviour are not adhered to and without repayment of funds paid for the session during which any such dismissal takes place.
4:1 — Where any person who has arranged any period of driver tuition, cancels that appointment within 48–hours notice, Focus Driver Training reserve the right to retain the amount already paid for that period of tuition.
4:2 — Where circumstances of severe weather conditions occur, such as gale force winds, flooding, heavy snow fall or drifting snow, conditions of dense fog (visibility less than 50–metres), Focus Driver Training reserve the right to cancel any scheduled training session in the interest of safety.
4:3 — Where any such an occurrence of cancellation occurs, as at 4:2 above, any funds already paid will be carried over to the new training date.
Should any person visiting this website require further clarification, or the opportunity to comment upon the content of this website, full contact information is available within the Make Contact Page
This page was last updated
Wednesday, 18-Aug-2010