Outrageous behaviour from a driving instructor
Discussion
Following a learner car through Worksop today, my wife and i noticed that the person in the passenger seat kept playing with something, and we thought it was just the instructor not paying attention.
When we pulled into a car park, we noticed that the driver was in his mid 20's and the woman in the passenger seat was about the same age.
We then saw what she had been playing with as they were driving, she had a baby, no older than a few months, sat on her knee, they had no baby seat in the car.
Would you report this and who to?
I have a picture of the car after it parked, so i have a name and phone number, but after looking at the number it looks like the instructor is self employed.
What would you guys do? I thought about the police, but it would be our word against there's
When we pulled into a car park, we noticed that the driver was in his mid 20's and the woman in the passenger seat was about the same age.
We then saw what she had been playing with as they were driving, she had a baby, no older than a few months, sat on her knee, they had no baby seat in the car.
Would you report this and who to?
I have a picture of the car after it parked, so i have a name and phone number, but after looking at the number it looks like the instructor is self employed.
What would you guys do? I thought about the police, but it would be our word against there's
Cotty said:
How do you know the driver was a learner. Could it be that the driver was the instructer and the passenger his wife with their child and no lesson was being undertaken.
Yes we kind of came to that conclusion, but it's still crazy for someone in a fully marked instructors car to do Gixer said:
Lol me too
As for the original post, who cares? Isn't there more important things to worry about in life?
To be fair it is the child's life at risk if they had an accident, so it's certainly worse than speeding etcAs for the original post, who cares? Isn't there more important things to worry about in life?
Edit:
Just reading up on it
"The penalty for offenders is a £30 fixed penalty notice or a maximum fine of £500 if a case goes to court."
So according to the law its better to endager a baby's life than to do 35 in a 30.
Edited by Robb F on Tuesday 14th February 15:12
englisharcher said:
Yes we kind of came to that conclusion, but it's still crazy for someone in a fully marked instructors car to do
What if it's the family's only car? It'd be unreasonable for them to have to tear off all their vinyl/decals when using the car privately, and pay to have them re-applied when teaching, surely?timbob said:
What if it's the family's only car? It'd be unreasonable for them to have to tear off all their vinyl/decals when using the car privately, and pay to have them re-applied when teaching, surely?
WTF? 
What's that got to do with the stupidity of having a baby on a front seat passenger's lap?
timbob said:
What if it's the family's only car? It'd be unreasonable for them to have to tear off all their vinyl/decals when using the car privately, and pay to have them re-applied when teaching, surely?
Use a child seat, don't break the law, set an example, no problem with it been marked up thenenglisharcher said:
timbob said:
What if it's the family's only car? It'd be unreasonable for them to have to tear off all their vinyl/decals when using the car privately, and pay to have them re-applied when teaching, surely?
Use a child seat, don't break the law, set an example, no problem with it been marked up thenI agree, instructors should be setting an example.
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