Hello, so can I take driving lessons now? That's the question many people are
asking me and I've got the latest updates here
this is brand new information so let's get straight into it
and this comes from the DIA which is the driving instructors
association. Now over the last few weeks I've made a lot of videos about this
topic and about driving and learning to drive at this
time the information so far has been if you're a key worker you can do
lessons if you're not a key worker don't do lessons but that has now
changed so let me go over the details
so it says there's been software linked to this in the description below
so if you want to read this for yourself have a look at the link
in the description it says there has been some confusion
around key and critical workers dvsa is now using the terms key workers
and emergency testing for key workers so they're making him more specific now
it's no longer just a case of if you're a key worker
like if you're a nurse you can do lessons and if you're not
you can't it's a bit more involved and a bit more in-depth
than that now it says the type of training
deems an essential and that should be avoided
so this is the list of people here who should not
be considered urgent and don't need to take lessons urgently
learners and novices of anyone who's not a key worker
so if you're not a key worker you should not really be doing lessons at the
moment it's strongly advised and i myself
personally would strongly advise against that
the other people who aren't seen as essential
learners and novices who are going from scratch
so if you're a complete novice if you haven't driven at all
and you're completely the beginning that is seen
as being an essential even for key workers that's the interesting
part because a lot of people are saying well
i'm a key worker so i can learn to drive and he says here it's unlikely
that new learners would pass their test soon enough
to be able to undertake a useful and safe driving role
as a key worker at this time so in other words
if you say well i'm a nurse and i need to pass my test
if you're a nurse you're probably very busy working at the moment doing a great
job which everyone appreciates and the thing
is it's simply not going to be possible to
learn to drive in a week while you're working as a nurse and
there's another good point on that coming up in a moment
it says it could also cause too much road risk
to encourage new drivers novice drivers to rapidly gain a license so in other
words saying they're worried about people
who are going to rush through their lessons and the test
and they're not going to fully you know be learning and taking it in
as they normally would be now i would say that if you are working at the
moment as a nurse to a carer or anything like
that i think you would probably be finding it
hard to concentrate on learning to drive let me know your thoughts in the
comments below i'd like to know that so he'd say he's another kind of people
we shouldn't take on training development if anyone is not a
key worker so someone who wants to improve the skills
not got a motorway for example um if a key worker wants to improve the
motorway skills because people have been asked to work
in different hospitals and care homes and whatever
that's okay but if you're not a key worker you should not be expecting
your motor lessons a good point is training or development
where the key worker does not have an essential need
to drive in a role now i have had not many but i've had a few and you
might be watching this video thinking it's you and it's probably not
because lots of people have emailed me i have had some people email me wanting
lessons who are kind of trying to be a key
worker to get lessons if you see what i mean
they're trying to make out like oh yeah i'm a key worker and
when they tell me what they're doing for a living it's not
really being a key worker they're trying to kind of bend the rules
to get the lessons in we've been told to watch out for that
so it can be quite hard for us to make that call we've got to decide
do we think the person's role is vital enough because
there are some key workers who are more vital than others
and i don't want to start categorizing key workers everyone's important
so it says here this is the training that would be
deemed necessary so these are the people we should
be teaching if we decide to key workers who have a practical
emergency test confirmed with dvsa um if you've already got a test booked
and it's confirmed you are more sort of accepted for
lessons than someone who hasn't got a test
pulled key workers requiring new licenses
for essential frontline roles such as emergency response workers acquiring a
license or needing licenses in new categories so let's say someone
who works um and he's training to be a paramedic
for example i taught someone a few years back i
wonder if you're still watching he was a paramedic and obviously they
need to be able to drive to drive the ambulance so or whatever
vehicle they're driving key workers needing development you
still want to mention before if they need to drive on a motorway and
they're unfamiliar and they want like a quick refresher or
quick you know what you call quick enhancement course
on the motorway we can do that and last one lists our key workers
needing driver development for new or increased occupational
context it's quite confusing one and his driving
risk may therefore be greater this includes increased
commuting to multiple work locations and again it's the same sort of thing if
people are not familiar with driving in the dark or driving on different types
of road that kind of lesson may be accepted
the big part now for instructors risk assessment
trainers and trainers are driving instructors not the trainers you wear on
your feet trainers are driving instructors
trainers should carefully consider the risks involved
in delivering in-vehicle at this time as they will be unable to socially
distance so in other words it's saying if you do
lessons it's up to you it's been left up to
instructors to make that choice examples of key worker training which
may be required at this time a nurse or other frontline healthcare
professional who's now required to work a different
location so again it's saying if if they're
unfamiliar with motorways they may be asked
i should imagine nurses at the moment might be asked to work
in a place different to normal i know many
from the midlands went to london i think to work there
because of the surge in cases there a community worker been required to take
the cbt in order to be more agile so it does
cover motorbikes as well there is a separate section of bikes at
the bottom which i'll go over in a moment
uh people people who have been recruited as a delivery driver
covering rural areas and want to develop their skills in rural areas
a key worker new to the uk so someone who maybe has
come from abroad and wants some lessons to familiarize themselves
with uk roads so in other words just because you're a key worker does
not mean you should be taking driving lessons and
it's saying about guidance and this cell won't go through
it all of all of it but it's saying we need to ask people if
they have symptoms if anyone in the family has symptoms you
both need to wash your hands i've been over all this before in other videos
and you need to keep the windows open we need to
clean the wheel with an alcohol gel all that kind of thing now there is a
big section for motorbike instruction i'll go over
this briefly and i'm not discounting motorbikes i've
got nothing against bikes this is primarily a car channel but it's
for anyone who's interested in safe driving safe riding as with driving
instructors. I missed this part out, says we do need to call
the people ahead call them on the day or text them and ask if they're feeling
okay same for motorbikers make sure all the
equipment you sanitize hot gloves helmets fasten
straps fuel taps handlebars and grips lots of things you can touch on the bike
as there is in the car when you stop for breaks on the road
monitor the client it says body temperature increases
greatly when you wear motorcycle clothing like i suppose if
you are wearing leathers your temperature may go up so it can be
difficult to check whether it's a fever or temperature if
you're refueling remove protective gloves and put on
disposable gloves provided and it's pretty much the same um it's
the same sort of thing about uh checks for signs of fever i'm not
skipping over this survivors it's just you can read it for yourself it's very
similar sanitize the bike the handlebars make
sure the key is sanitized and it says as a note of
caution the police are stopping people who are
out in the cars to ask them what they're doing and
saying the same for bikes it says it's an extremely difficult and worrying time
for us all we appreciate the financial loss
but we consider it's not possible for us to comply with current social distancing
measures while teaching in a car we realize that
any decision regarding your business is ultimately your own to make
but i hope that this announcement might help those of you with uncertainty
about the appropriate course of action to take
so in other words what it's saying is it goes on about driving tests i've audited
some videos about those um if you're a key worker you should be
able to go on sooner but it's not guaranteed there is a page
on my website that i'll link to below in fact if you
go to firstdrive.com forward slash news you'll see many pages many videos
i think i've made about 12 videos now about this virus outbreak
so check out the other videos on the screen keep checking maxed this channel
for the latest news on this situation thanks for watching
and i'll see you again soon for more
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