Movie-watcher's skiving lesson...

Learner gripes include instructor engrossed by film on his phone

- BY KEN FOXE

A DRIVING instructor spent a lesson watching a movie on his phone while another tailgated a car, flashed his lights and gestured at another motorist, complaints to the Road Safety Authority revealed.

It said they had been contacted by more than 160 unhappy learner drivers last year about the quality of instruction.

One person accused their instructor of using a racial slur, making sexualised comments, and joking about "Women's Aid" for "battering [his] car."

A copy of their complaint claimed the teacher had said: "Watch that hand or I'll have a case against you, implying I had nearly touched him inappropriately, which I absolutely had not."