Interview with Nigel Harries of the DSA (Driving Standards Agency)
on the present position regarding CPD (Continuing Professional Development)

·       In this program we have a few news items which include:
How the upcoming english smoking ban will affect driving instructors.
Requirement for certain Renault bonnet catches to have been checked before a test.
Conference rescheduled

·       Our main item is an interview with Nigel Harries of the Driving Standards Agency. Nigel is the DSA's Deputy Chief Driving Examiner, and talks to us about CPD - what stage it is at, where it's come from and where it's going!

·       Don't forget to contact the show with any thoughts and comments - 07792 990 094!

In this latest episode we take a look at the response and the conclusions to the DSA's consultative document, which included proposals involving;

Criminal History Check administration fees,
Use of panel sided vans and soft top convertibles for test,
Increase price of highway code,
and Increase number of questions in theory test.

With many thanks to Tom Brindley who joins us to chew over the findings

In episode 8 we have a chat with Nick Ibbott on the subject of Eco Safe Driving. Nick is our chairman at the SADDSA (the St Albans and District Driving Schools Association) and was in attendance at a meeting that was held by the DSA.

Continuing our look at Continual Personal Development -or professional development if you prefer .

Here we are in conversation with Nick Ibbot, who is chairman of the local driving school association here in St Albans - SADDSA. Nick is also an active member of the ADINJC as is the local association that he chairs.

Originaly I was hoping to include an interview with the DSA in this episode, but having just come to the end of their consultation period regarding CPD it was deemed better to have an interview with them in mid March when they will have a more positive idea of how CPD will be implemented.

Continuing Professional (or some might say Personal) Development. This speech starts us off on a series of two podcasts on the subject. This address was given by Kathy Higgins who, I think rightly, can say she is one of the best qualified ADI's in the country! This speech gives you some ideas of what you can do for CPD with some very intesting questions at the end.

Also we start a new feature called "Tales From The Road", which is a light hearted look at some of the things we have to endure as driving instructors!

Don't forget we are also looking for donations for a phone number which you can then use to phone in your comments, queries and questions.

Links related to this episode can be found at DIPOD.CO.UK

After the last episode where we heard one of the speeches from the ADINJC/'s (NJC) confrence, we find out more about the workings of the NJC itself.
For this I took a trip over to sunny Luton to visit the chairman of the NJC, John Neilson, and talked to him about what the NJC stands for and its hopes and aims in the coming years.
You can visit the ADINJC/'s website by clicking -HERE- Feeding BritCaster.com

In this episode we visit the ADINJC at their annual

conference in Walsall, which was held in October. This address was given by Dr Lisa Dorn who is a psychologist from Cranfield University.

Dr Lisa Dorn's address tackles the subject of road rage and motivating drivers to drive safely.

You can visit the ADINJC's website by clicking -HERE-

And we also get our first piece of feed-back!

Where we take a look at the DSA/'s consultative paper called

SERVICE IMPOVEMENTS,
SAFETY RELATED MEASURES
& GENERAL FEE INCREASES.

Go to our website at www.dipod.co.uk by using this link -HERE- to see the notes for this episode!

A rather shortend episode - cut from 40 min to about 10. So really just an introduction to myself (Peter King) and my hopes and plans for Dipod. Looking for as much input as possible from other instructors and anyone associated with the ADI industry. Listen to the podcast and then go to www.dipod.co.uk for more details.