A driving instructor asked one of his 28-year-old female customers if she was single and insisted she was "drop-dead gorgeous".
The Appointed Driving Instructor (ADI) also asked her "who's your daddy" 15 times, according to a formal complaint received by the road safety watchdog. Another instructor, in his 60s, told a 22-year-old student that “girls on their period never do well in their driving test” because it affects their coordination and they “get flustered”.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) received 128 complaints made by learner drivers about ADIs last year - nearly seven times more than the year previously. The records were released to the Irish Mirror under freedom of information laws.
