Hi everyone,
My colleague's daughter 16 years old was having a driving lesson with an instructor and accidentally hit a boom gate in a parking area and damaged it.
The driving instructor is trying to tell my colleague to pay for the boom gate costs herself and that he doesn't want to claim it through his insurance because it will make his premiums higher
The driving instructor has insurance and in the car there is a brake pedal on his side.
Under these circumstances, should my colleague's daughter be liable to pay anything? Boom gate? Excess for the instructor's insurance? I would have thought that insurance is part of an instructor's responsibilities.
They found the driving instructor through ezlicence who say accidents are between learners and instructors. My colleague said there isn't any written policy/contract they can refer to.
Thanks in advance!
My colleague's daughter 16 years old was having a driving lesson with an instructor and accidentally hit a boom gate in a parking area and damaged it.
The driving instructor is trying to tell my colleague to pay for the boom gate costs herself and that he doesn't want to claim it through his insurance because it will make his premiums higher
The driving instructor has insurance and in the car there is a brake pedal on his side.
Under these circumstances, should my colleague's daughter be liable to pay anything? Boom gate? Excess for the instructor's insurance? I would have thought that insurance is part of an instructor's responsibilities.
They found the driving instructor through ezlicence who say accidents are between learners and instructors. My colleague said there isn't any written policy/contract they can refer to.
Thanks in advance!
