{"id":15736,"date":"2014-06-05T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2014-06-05T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T16:58:40","slug":"left-hand-driving-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15736","title":{"rendered":"Left-Hand Driving School"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story appeared in the Mail Online a few days ago<\/a>. Someone has set up a left-hand driving school on the strength of the \u201crevelation\u201d that\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026more than a quarter of holidaymakers are afraid to drive abroad.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unless their entire client base consists of authentic Chelsea tractor drivers, I\u2019ll give it 6 months before it goes under (although it is a free course which is being funded from somewhere, so it might survive just a little longer). The article also identifies the \u201cTop 5 Fears When Driving Abroad\u201d: <\/p>\n

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  1. Not recognising road signs\n
  2. Getting lost\n
  3. Going around roundabouts\n
  4. Trying to navigate\n
  5. Driving on the other side of road<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Errm, well actually, with the possible exception of #5 (and not even then in some cases), that\u2019s exactly the same list most would give if asked about driving on British roads. So it\u2019s hardly the basis for a business plan. <\/font>If people are too stupid to look up the necessary details about road signs and procedures for the country they intend to visit before they go, it\u2019s going to take a little more than a free course to sort them out.<\/font><\/p>\n

    Of course, it helps if you realise that the company behind it – SkyScanner – describes itself as follows in its \u201cAbout us\u201d section:<\/p>\n

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    \u2026a leading global travel search site, providing instant online comparisons for millions of flights, as well as car hire and hotels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    It\u2019s not quite as altruistic as it first appears, is it? It\u2019s not even a \u201cschool\u201d – it\u2019s a course (with an unspecified number of classes), which is apparently being delivered by driving instructors who have \u201cteamed up with\u201d (i.e. they must be getting paid) SkyScanner to deliver the \u201cfree\u201d course. That\u2019s a convoluted way of saying that it is a novel advertising exercise. I mean, there\u2019s no problem with it, but you shouldn\u2019t turn it into something it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

    I can\u2019t imagine there\u2019d be much opportunity for practical sessions, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This story appeared in the Mail Online a few days ago. Someone has set up a left-hand driving school on the strength of the \u201crevelation\u201d that\u2026 \u2026more than a quarter of holidaymakers are afraid to drive abroad. Unless their entire client base consists of authentic Chelsea tractor drivers, I\u2019ll give it 6 months before it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,102,87,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-general-related","category-news","category-world-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t