Warning – this unit was last revised in 2007

Unit 3: Eyesight Checks and Licences (Provisional and Foreign).

Research Material:
The Driving Instructor’s Handbook
www.direct.gov.uk licencing section

There may be many situations during your career when you are presented with difficult situations with regards to the legality of a customer. Identity, eyesight and licence checks are the simplest things to perform before anything else. Know whether your customer is legal to drive before you invalidate your insurance, and risk losing your ADI licence and therefore your income.

Discussion Points:
Eyesight Checks
Provisional Licence Checks – Including Endorsements
Foreign Licences and their legality
Making sure of who your customer is

Exercises:
With your trainer as a customer in role-play you will check their licence and eyesight