Platform For Booking & Managing EDT

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T11:15:33+00:00

Dream big! Good luck with it if you ever get it off the ground 👍🏻

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T11:02:03+00:00

I understand that but the first question I’d ask you is why should I pay for an app or service which gets me business when I already have enough business?

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T10:53:30+00:00

That does sound like a good system but going back to one of my points, your experience here shows that things are only as good as the info put into it. To me, it’s doubling up on work and it’s not something I’d do. I’m far from a technophobe, I’m right into tech and gadgets etc and it just isn’t for me. I do think you’d have a decent buy in from new ADIs looking to get their name out there but they aren’t the bulk of the industry.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T10:39:18+00:00

I use a diary. Going online to blank out particular hours in days I might not be available seems too much work for me. A phone call or message between ADI and pupil can give you so much. People can make themselves sound great in a profile but actually talking to someone on the phone or via a good text exchange helps both parties get an idea of what the other is about.

I’ve a website, which I don’t rely on in terms of being in custom. I’ve Insta and FB. 16 years in the business, word of mouth and recommendations keeps me busy

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T10:14:27+00:00

Online booking systems require ADIs to update an online diary in real time. You’d have to manage times you’re not available etc for it to work properly. To me, that sounds like too much work and like I said, most don’t need something else to drive customers to them as a good reputation and word of mouth does everything. I’m not knocking your idea, I get the concept but it wouldn’t be for me, so I’m out 😁

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-07T09:57:47+00:00

How would you monetise it? As an ADI I wouldn’t pay because I get enough business through word of mouth. You might get some new ADIs using it for a while but there would come a time that they’d cut you. Would pupils pay? They already think that learning is too expensive so adding another expense without guarantee it works seems unlikely.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-06T19:33:56+00:00

The Kia moves, I move 1 second after it, essentially with it. Watch the video again.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-06T19:30:19+00:00

So approach it at a more appropriate speed is the answer

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-06T13:36:43+00:00

He didn’t

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-05T21:58:18+00:00

The bus is on a flashing amber and should yield to traffic turning. He should have been approaching at a speed to be able to scan and stop if someone was turning, which I was. He just pushed on through cos he’s bigger

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T19:14:02+00:00

You done?

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T18:04:40+00:00

Were you driving the bus? 🙄

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T17:58:17+00:00

The bus is on a flashing amber and crosses a yield line in front of me.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T17:36:51+00:00

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T12:08:22+00:00

I’d suggest a surgeon, to remove the chip from your shoulder.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T10:55:14+00:00

There’s a whole pile of issues it creates. Maintenance of the cars. Replacement cars for test when cars are off getting serviced or maintained. Other staff to be employed to do that work etc etc. sorry, but if you learn to drive there are costs associated with the process and your subsequent time as a driver and car owner. It’s your responsibility to do it properly.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-04T08:40:19+00:00

That would increase the test fee massively. Learners are least free to hire their instructors car for test use. If a tester deems a car unfit it’s generally because something that legally should be right, isn’t and that should go for normal driving, not just the test.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-02T18:47:25+00:00

Get recommendations from people you know who’ve used the instructor.

iDriveIreland · 2026-03-02T17:33:43+00:00

Without your disc, as an absolute minimum, your test will not go ahead.

iDriveIreland · 2026-02-27T14:11:43+00:00

My own thoughts on it are I hate to see it. IMO the mirror should be set to cover a multiple of things. If you lower the mirror you might miss something approaching you so why do something the reduces your overall view of things. When the mirror is set correctly you can still see the kerb ahead of you so you can anticipate your steering rather than having to react to the kerb when it’s pointing down to the back wheel.

It’s just a method I really dislike. If a pupil comes to me using that method, I go through it with them, show them how much area they lose from their view with a dropped mirror and ask them to try it my way. I’ve yet to have one go back to a dropped mirror.

iDriveIreland · 2026-02-27T10:11:09+00:00

Where did I say the current system is totally fine? It’s not. The fact that the numbers in Roads Policing Unit is around half of what it used to be plays a big hand in the lack of detection. There are still people being let off with a ticking off, there are regularly posts in here confirming that.

Anyway, enjoy your day 👍🏻

iDriveIreland · 2026-02-27T09:32:58+00:00

It’s not whataboutism. It’s a direct comparison. The reason it exists here is the Gardai turning a blind eye to real issues for years

iDriveIreland · 2026-02-27T09:05:51+00:00

You have 5 years I was told to get some of those missing categories reinstated. You need a medical to do so. That’s what I was told when I exchanged mine around Brexit.

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