The Instructor In Conversation With... Lee Jowett - Part Four: DVSA
In the fourth and final instalment of In Conversation with Lee Jowett, Terry and Lee focus squarely on the DVSA, and a proposal that has sparked debate, frustration, and deep concern across parts of the industry.
At the heart of this session is a simple but uncomfortable question:
How can we assess driving instructors against standards that the assessment itself makes impossible to demonstrate?
Lee explains in detail why KIT’s proposal calls for a return to full one-hour Standards Checks and Part 3s, not for convenience, but because the current format fundamentally undermines the very National Standards it claims to be based on.
This conversation explores:
- How shortened assessments inevitably prioritise “car moving” over reflection, awareness, and coaching
- The mismatch between DVSA guidance and DVSA assessment
- Why testing always shapes training, whether we like it or not
- How instructors are being trained away from the behaviours that actually reduce serious collisions
Lee is clear: this is not about him, KIT, or ownership of an idea. It’s about aligning assessment with evidence, guidance, and decades of research into what actually creates safer drivers.
There’s also a direct call to action, not blind agreement, but engagement:
- Read and understand the proposal
- Share it if you believe in it
- Raise questions with organisations, associations, and MPs
- Or, at the very least, push something that moves the industry forward
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