RED Driving School
5 May 2009 by SilkyThis advert for RED Driving School features a few of my advertisment pet hates: misleading claims, actors pretending to be real people and terrible, terrible puns:
“You don’t need experience, just the DRIVE to do something new” the advert man tells us.
Brilliant.
“So RUN OVER to the phone and call us now because all the INDICATORS show you’re on TRACK to a career in the FAST LANE. But don’t REVERSE your decision [to become a driving instructor] or I’ll have to BOOT you in the face – really hard.”
Doesn’t it sound like being a driving instructor really is a laugh a minute?
Amazingly, despite all of the hilarious driving-based puns, my favourite part of the ad though is the actress’ particularly convincing performance. Those cold, dead eyes say so much, don’t they? As she stares dolefully into the camera, they’re screaming “I was going to be the next Anita Dobson but look at me now!”.
Poor love.
She’s the one who comes out with the laughable claim that by becoming a RED driving instructor you can “choose your own working hours.”:
“Now I fit my career around my family life – it’s totally flexible”
Of course, what with this being TV’s Worst Adevrts, I haven’t done any actual research but I reckon that the reality of it is that most of the “over a million people” learning to drive each year are 17 and go to school or college. So there’s probably going to be a lot of evening and weekend work – at least, there will be if you want to make that £30,000 a year.
But don’t worry, you can see your family some other time so let’s just gloss over that fact with another terrible pun:
“If you’ve got a licence then we’ve got the KEYS – to a new career”
Oh, you driving instructors are such wags. You really are.
Just How Bad is this Ad?
(68 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)
72Responses:
Ian
Said on the 5 May 2009
what makes this more ironic is on this page is an advert that has the same claim. £30,000 per year and car for learnerdriving.com lol
Pavlov's Cat
Said on the 6 May 2009
I asked my brother who is an independant driving instructor, whether he can earn £30,000 a year
“Yes, you can” he replied
“Providing you don’t mind the 7.00 AM pre school lessons , then the 5.00 -9.00pm after school lessons, then the all day Saturday & Sunday lessons ( not forgetting the ‘I’ve got an hour for lunch’ lessons)
then there’s the travelling between lessons , wating for the pupil time, this is dead time , this fuel comes out of your profit. Not every pupil lives next door to the previous.
Then there’s the fact that as people don’t see the booking of a lesson as a valid contract, they feel free to cancel anytime upto when you are sitting outside your house.
So if you want to spend your life eating at the Wild Bean Cafe, knowing more places for a crafty piss than a mini cab driver, your only human contact being the mouth breathers you have to try to teach left from right and being on first name terms with the 16 year old girl who works at the TOTAL garage, yes you can ”
PS He did start by buying into the 30K a year as promoted by another national chain, once he saw the way it worked, he told them to poke it. They told him that as they had trained him he was obliged to work for them for a year, handing over a fixed monthly fee . Unfortunately for them this was not actually specified in the contract ( it is now )
PPS He is now an independant working the niche market of automatic tuition for ladies of a certain age, whose hubby has popped off and they need to start driving again or learn, so they can bumble around in thier Nissan Micras and annoy the shit out of me. With what his Mrs brings in they are doing all right.
But if you are the only breadwinner it is a soulless grind
Kieron Vanstone
Said on the 6 May 2009
Why is this currently Number1? It’s not that bad. That god awful advert with that model for some Windows company is the worst.
Jonny
Said on the 6 May 2009
‘Over 1 million people take driving lessons every year and you will be teaching every last one of them if you want that 30K.’
sarah
Said on the 6 May 2009
My eldest daughter’s husband is a driving instructor, he makes less than 20k pa. and for that he works all day every day.
It’s true you can choose your own hours, but if you want to earn a few quid above subsistence level you have to take whatever you can get.
This advert.implies that there is a huge surplus of people wanting to learn to drive, and a shortage of qualified instructors, therefore the 30k.pa.is a foregone conclusion.
The reality is that there are many driving schools and instructors all vying for the same business…..
Having said that, I don’t think this one of the ‘worst’ adverts. It’s just misleading and offers false hope. That covers just about every advert. on TV though doesn’t it………
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 6 May 2009
# It’s just misleading and offers false hope. #
Like a picture advert then…
Simon
Said on the 7 May 2009
I’ve always taken exception to the opening “…this is the only number you will need…”
…to the point where I almost want to call to see how soon they start giving me other numbers to remember (only so as I can get pissy with them and point out that I’d all ready got the only number).
piflover
Said on the 8 May 2009
Is this the same RED Driving School in the sponsor ad on the side of this page?!
DanV
Said on the 12 May 2009
I hate this advert because I every time I see it I think “Will it be a cut down version? Will it? WILL IT?! Please god…. damn”, and I have to watch through the entire original 1 minute ad. WHY do they keep on showing this 1 minute cliche? We’ve seen it so many times now I’m mouthing the words along to it. Cut the bastard down to 30 secs at least. We know what you’re advertsing and you, RED Driving School, will save money and let us get back to what we were watching quicker.
SuperFurrySeahawk
Said on the 14 May 2009
I don’t know about anyone else but the bit that really gets me is at about 34 seconds, the way the woman in the driver’s seat looks at the “instructor” as if she really fancies her. While the instructor’s going about fitting her career around her family life, she’s probably thinking “shut the f*** up and lets drive off, I want to spend a passionate afternoon with you before my miserable husband gets home from work…”. They should have based this advert around the film Confessions Of A Driving Instructor and got Robin Askwith and Lynda Bellingham to appear in it.
JC
Said on the 17 May 2009
Two things that leap out of that advert for me:
1. They clearly believe that their own company has a credibility problem – or they wouldn’t try to pretend it’s associated with a major brand by using the red old-style dial phone at the end.
2. ‘Financial commitment required’ small print popping up briefly on the screen. What else aren’t they telling me?
3. I am obviously stupid. Because it isn’t enough for me to HEAR the words ‘£30000 a year’. It isn’t until he nods his head towards the numberplate with the words ‘£30000 pa’ that I realise that this is a lot of £
inssey
Said on the 18 May 2009
So the driving population of Britain increases by 1 million every year, does it? I can believe 1 million lessons are taken but a million people taking lessons…
David
Said on the 31 May 2009
I applied to join this revolution and was told I could qualify in the shortest time being 4 months!!! Yeah rite, once i had signed up for the finance I contacted the tutor support who actually told me I could only qualify at the earliest 9-12 months. the finance is sold to you as being 12 months without payments and after 4 months starting to earn the money to repay it before the 12 months….seems its not possible to earn before you have to pay it back!!! what an absolute con!!
JC
Said on the 31 May 2009
Just noticed that I can’t count
ged
Said on the 8 June 2009
the cost of the course is £3678 + £80 for part one test, £100 for part two test, and I believe £100 for the part three test, you claim the test fees back, if you fail any you will pay the resits out of your own pocket.. What you get for your £3678..course books, pt I test is self learn from the books provided.. pt 2 is 5 driving lessons, the instructor tells you your faults and then you go away and practice, hopefully getting things right before the next lesson and so on..insidently you train around them and not as advertised them working around your present commitment Please think carefully before parting with you hard earned cash, I wish I did…
JC
Said on the 8 June 2009
So did you complete the training ged? I’m wondering what the real employment prospects are like.
Bex
Said on the 9 June 2009
Actually at my old sixth form, people went out of classes for driving lessons. Then again they were all rich bitches with their own new minis and personal licence plates. I am looking for an instructor tho, but if I’m going to be having to hand over £1,000 for each lesson- i’m supposing thats how they plan to pay the hordes of new instructors that amount- I’ll just have to do without a licence…
frankie smales
Said on the 18 June 2009
i have to deffend on this one this advert is designed
to sell a busness in a learning driving school for drivers
that are potensional learning driving tutors for future learned
drivers of the future of deliverie men and women and taxi drivers
and red driving school advert is a good recruiting tool you people
will rely on these adverts when you needed a good driving job someday ok.
frankie smales
(tv advert fan)
Simon
Said on the 18 June 2009
erm, ok
Another Ad Hater
Said on the 18 June 2009
Unbelievable, this company was actually featured on ITV’s “Tonight” programme for misleading customers by saying that their job would be recession proof, could earn £30K a year and pass in 20 weeks. Complete and utter bullshit! It’s NOT POSSIBLE to pass a driving test in 20 weeks and how the fuck do you earn £30K?!
I wish ALL of RED’s adverts would get the hell off of the TV and stop trying to get us to pay over £4000 for something that is not true. I have seen THREE different ads for this evil company.
Those are the 40 and 60 second ads that I’ve seen about 50 times and the third one shows some guy walking about in his house banging on about how it has changed his life and that he’s earning £30,000. After he says that amount, the wife turns around like “OOH! I’d love some of that!”
You can see the clip from “Tonight” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnhkyLYbqIY
rik o shea
Said on the 18 June 2009
30k ,less fuel ,less wear and tear, less tax, less insurance , less therapy fees , less heart attack ,less convalesance , less holiday , .jobs worth about 29pence = dont fucking bother.
rik o shea
Said on the 18 June 2009
is there life after death? join red driving school as an instructor and find out.
cheryl
Said on the 20 June 2009
HI I DID EXACTLY THE SAME AS GED AND WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID AND I KNOW A GOOD MANY WHO THINK EXACTLY THE SAME . I HAVE HAD TO PAY 7000.00 FOR MY COURSE WITH RED AS I COULD NOT PAY THE FINANCE OF WITHIN THE INTEREST FREE TIME , WHEN I SIGNED I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I WOULD BE QUALIFIED WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND WOULD BE EARNING MONEY TO PAY THE FINANCE OF, I AM NOW LOOKING INTO TAKING ACTION AGAINST THE SCHOOL FOR MISS LEADING PEOPLE
Sorren
Said on the 20 June 2009
What irritates me the most (besides the craptastic production values) is they feel the need to add in a picture of a big red telephone and an annoying old-school style ringing noise plays whenever they mention the phone number, as if to suggest that people who have the misfortune of watching the ad are too retarded to grasp the link between a phone number and dialling up said number.
John Norman
Said on the 21 June 2009
Watch as he opens his bedroom window & looks down proudly at his Red car. He helps to teach millions of drivers to park illegally on the footpath.
A Bloke
Said on the 26 June 2009
I think this training organisation provides a much better proposition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adcJw3y1fbE
“Train to become an MP, with Teach a Leech..”
STAN
Said on the 9 July 2009
In reply to some of your critics might i just tell you my story, I joined RED approx 15 months ago after being dumped on the jobs scrap heap late in life, I have managed with some determination to pass part one theory and part two practical tests. At the moment i am about to take my part three teaching ability test, yes it’s hard work, yes you have to put the time and effort in but in my opinion when you are on the scrap heap etc there is only one way up. I am on a trainee licence at the moment and from day one i have been earning and learning, where else could you start your own business for about four grand and have a cash income instantly with a nice car to use. Just to summerize then i am not saying RED are the best but they do what it says on the tin, then it’s up to you to sort the good from the bad, I did and it is looking good. I DO NOT WORK FOR RED OR FRANCHISE FROM THEM OR LVG. About the adverts, well at least you all remember them isnt that what it’s all about?
Russell
Said on the 11 July 2009
Hi I did exactly the same as Ged & Cheryl and would have to agree with everything he said and I know a good many who think exactly the same. When I signed I was under the impression that I would be qualified within 6 months and would be earning money to pay the finance of, I am now looking into taking action against the school for misleading people.
The cost of the course is £3678 + £80 for part one test, £100 for part two test, and I believe £100 for the part three test, you claim the test fees back, if you fail any you will pay the results out of your own pocket.. What you get for your £3678…. course books, Pt 1 test is self learn from the books provided…. Pt 2 is 5 driving lessons, the instructor tells you your faults and then you go away and practice, hopefully getting things right before the next lesson and so on…. Incidentally you train around them and not as advertised those working around your present commitment please think carefully before parting with you hard earned cash, I wish I had? I panicked after being made redundant – Bad Move !!!
I am at the minute trying to retrieve my monies back!! Has anybody any ideas or experiences? Please Help!!!!!
Tarquin Fintimblimwimlim Biscuit-Barrel
Said on the 11 July 2009
Russell, it sounds really bad.
It must be driving you mad!
Simon
Said on the 13 July 2009
“About the adverts, well at least you all remember them isnt that what it’s all about?”
Not really. The advert is on here because it is considered by some/many to be annoying. The recall value of an advert isn’t in question, it’s the quality.
I’m probably in a huge minority, and am probably losing out, but I have gone out of my way to avoid companies that I dislike out of principal.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 13 July 2009
Russell, try contacting Trading Standards and the Citizens Advice Bureau to see if they can help you.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 13 July 2009
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/
I hope these links help you.
frankie smales
Said on the 13 July 2009
i was about to apply for driving lessons many years ago
but it ended so quickly because i had an mental breakdown so
i can never take driving lessons or own a car because
of my health problems.
frankie smales
(retro tv advert fan)
GarryK
Said on the 31 July 2009
The idea of running your own business it what drives people to respond to these excrutiating ads. For gods sake realise that to pull £30k gross out of a sole trader business is extremely difficult and probably impossible. Have you just been made redundant or are otherwise down on your luck right now. Please listen to the rational advice given to you by your wife/partner before parting with c.£4000. The misery continues with the weekly franchise fee being deducted. You will never ever be in control of your own career, you will be working for this company on a self employed basis without the major benefits of being in control of your own company.
Dont make things worse for yourself financially because in the end its you who will have to arrange the longterm bankloan (10 yrs +) to pay off the borrowing you made.
Get a standard employed job that you can walk away from when you want to without financial loss or go self employed on your own terms.
Simon
Said on the 31 July 2009
“…one of the fastest growing driving schools in the country.”
No matter which way you slice it, that is just a stupid and pointless phrase. I work in a department of two. We added a third the other month. We’re technically the fastest growing department in the company.
Ged
Said on the 26 August 2009
hi guys and gals, sorry I didnt reply earlier to JC, but, here goes, im at the end of the 5 lessons of PT 2, Im not ready just yet to sit the test, so ive re-booked the test for October… when I was on the phone booking my last in car sesson, I asked how to go about booking a car and instructor to meet me at the test centre, I was gob smacked to hear, quote” you have to use your own car”, I mentioned this to the instructor who was amazed at what I told him… he showed me a form which he took out of his boot regarding booking a car for your test.. IF YOUR AT THIS POINT WITH YOUR COURSE DONT LET THE HELP DESK FOB YOU OFF… insist in a car, also they try charging you for further in car sessons if you find you need to pospone your test (£50) again dont part with cash, insist on free in car sessons…
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 26 August 2009
So they not only fuck you, they don’t even have the decency to give you a reach around….
Glenn A
Said on the 25 September 2009
What they don’t tell you is the cost of the car, the wear and tear on the car( driving school cars by their nature get through brake pads, clutches and tyres at a rapid rate), possible accidents involving learner drivers that could keep you off the road for several weeks, the hefty insurance premiums, petrol/diesel, the fact it is a cut throat business in a recession and also that the potential of 30k a year is a hypothesis. I reckon in the first year you’d be lucky to net 8 grand.
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dominic
Said on the 27 October 2009
this advert is sooooooooooooooo awful- i have seen it so many times on dave and his voice is so annoying that i mute the telly when he comes on!
Isnt he the same guy as on the uswitch ad?
rick o shea
Said on the 29 October 2009
have you got a nervous twitch? had a triple bypass? been cut out of a car recently? lost all your hair? shit yourself 5 times a day? all this and more could be yours ,phone today, dont delay.
Danielle Newton
Said on the 29 October 2009
Ooooh you’ve got such a lovely way with words Rik, you turn me on……….ooooooaaaaaaahhhh
rik o shea
Said on the 29 October 2009
silver tongued f+++er thats me.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 29 October 2009
All I can say is…
Charity
Said on the 7 November 2009
It’s not just the tv ads. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been receiving email ads from them, at least 2 a day. I’ve just logged in to find SIX of them, all sent today! The profile my Junk Mail contents provide for me suggests that I’m a fat, middle aged (male) perv, with a tiny penis, erectile disfunction and a penchant for barely legal teens, who loves buying stocks, shares and photos of naked celebrities, but would make an ideal driving instructor….
rick o shea
Said on the 8 November 2009
are you a ghost?you are,excellent, we have a place for you at DEAD DRIVING SCHOOL, for people who couldnt pass the instructor course when they were alive. Lots of willing trainees, all dead from the neck up for you to practice on dont delay phone today .
Anonymous
Said on the 10 November 2009
Obviously you are all scared of hard work and want things done for you. The answer here is don’t look to be self employed go and work for someone else and be dictated to etc etc.
Simon
Said on the 10 November 2009
Thank you for that sweeping statement. Several of the comments outline what an essentially scandalous outfit these people appear to be. I’m sorry, but mentioning “scared”, “hard work” and “obviously” in that post with the name of “anonymous” looks like you’re deliberately asking for trouble.
Anonymous
Said on the 10 November 2009
“essentially scandalous outfit these people APPEAR to be”!! Its only an advert, have you actually researched the company and asked them questions or are you just listening to people who have had a bad experience, i.e. unable to pass the test, unable to pay for the franchise!! “deliberately asking for trouble” – not at all. just giving an opinion. Oh by the way this is supposed to be about TV’s Worst Adverts and not I Really Hate That Company And Want to Slag It Off.
Another AD Hater
Said on the 10 November 2009
That would be true if this company achually had any good reviews! (Which I’m yet to find)
Its not only an advert, its an advert that makes me want to get up off my seat, walk outside and find something to punch! Its CONSTANTLY on no matter what channel your watching.
The advert leaves alot un-said such as extra costs for the car, servicing, getting your certificate, how much it costs to learn, how much the franchise achually costs – Real information that people want/need to know.
But the only thing said on the advert is “It can change your life” “earn up-to 30,000 Per year” “we have the keys to your new…..” (I wont finnish that line)
Anonymous
Said on the 10 November 2009
“The advert leaves a lot un-said such as extra costs for the car, servicing, getting your certificate, how much it costs to learn, how much the franchise actually costs – Real information that people want/need to know”
It would be a pretty long advert to get all that information in.
I would have thought that by providing the phone number on the advert would prompt people to actually pick up the phone and find out!
Simon
Said on the 10 November 2009
“I would have thought that by providing the phone number on the advert would prompt people to actually pick up the phone and find out!”
If the advert was any good, maybe. The fact that it’s on here suggests that some people find it bad.
Anonymous
Said on the 10 November 2009
Is there or is there not an ad link for RED Driving School on this page?
Daniel Newton
Said on the 10 November 2009
“It would be a pretty long advert to get all that information in.
I would have thought that by providing the phone number on the advert would prompt people to actually pick up the phone and find out!”
Well no not really, they could have it in small print at the bottom of the screen or if he said more useful things like how long it takes to qualify or how much money it costs instead of terrible puns such as “if you bla bla bla we have the keys to your new bla bla bla” and “what are you waiting for? If you have the drive to do something new and become a driving instructor with red, you can become your own boss and choose your own working hours and earn up to…”
Why should I phone them up? I would expect such basic and frequently asked information to be on the adverts.
However what I don’t expect are the terrible puns, horrendous acting from someone pretending to work there and a script that leaves a lot to be desired to say the least.
I’m sorry but here in Manchester you cant move for seeing adverts for RED!
* Waits for the troll/spammer to reply back to post with another silly imitation of me (not related to this post or above comments)
Simon
Said on the 10 November 2009
I’ve not seen an advert for red on this page. LDC is the one I’ve seen, plus an unbranded one asking me to click here to find out how people like me are earning over £2k a week.
Does anybody know just how expensive it is to buy ad space on a cable/satellite channel? It’s been a growing theory that the greed and immorality of advertising and marketing are directly responsible for the decline of society (borrowed from Bill Hicks, I guess). That and anybody who has “agency” in their job title (advertising, employment, entertainment, estate, etc…). Maybe I could get some ad time for not a lot and vent some anger…
Another AD HAter
Said on the 10 November 2009
@Simon
Where talking about TV adverts not the web adverts on the side of the TWA pages.
And achually advertising is cheap at the moment with the recession, which is why where all getting all these shite 20p job advets shoved in our faces left right and centre.
Simon
Said on the 10 November 2009
@Another AD HAter
I was answering Anonymous’ message of “Is there or is there not an ad link for RED Driving School on this page?”
(although the first comment has a similar claim)
Another AD HAter
Said on the 10 November 2009
Sorry, Misunderstanding on my part there.
Regarding Anonymous’ message of “Is there or is there not an ad link for RED Driving School on this page?”
TV Worst Adverts don’t choose what adverts appear at the side of the page (I’m Assuming), they are chosen based on keywords in the post and/or comments and displayed appropriately.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 10 November 2009
Begun the flame wars have…..
zedzero
Said on the 18 February 2010
They’ve gone bust!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8522446.stm
SYLVERBAC
Said on the 18 February 2010
i truely hope that they do not find a buyer, even though i will loose £400.
SYLVERBAC
Said on the 18 February 2010
i wondered why i had not seen this advert for a few weeks, now all becomes clear.
G Man
Said on the 18 February 2010
If something sounds too good, it usually is. The sad thing is RED was advertised a lot during daytime when a lot of their adverts would have been seen by the unemployed and the elderly, who could be duped. My ex driving instructor told me that to become a good driving instructor takes years and a lot of financial commitment. He said it took him several years and thousands of pounds to get a reputation, all of which was met out of his own pocket ( expensive as his first cars were British Leyland).
Simon
Said on the 18 February 2010
“…one of the fastest growing driving schools in the country.”
Not any more.
Terry Jay
Said on the 21 March 2010
What really puzzle’s me is the fact that the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) allows these criminals to operate! Having read the comments posted above, I do really sympathise with all of these guys who have had the misfortune of being ripped off completely by RED (Dred). I have been qualified for over ten years, but last year i went along (under cover) to one of DRED’s inductions, and oh my god i almost signed up myself because they made it sound so bloody brilliant. If anyone reading this is thinking of becoming a driving instructor thendo it, you have to be prepared to work hard and be messed about alot by some teenagers and their meddling parents, but it really is quite a good and sometimes rewarding career. As far as the training goes, talk to as many driving schools as you can, find out as much info as your brain can cope with, and whatever you do, do not pay up front for any of it! Part one you can do on your own at home, just get the ADI starter pack from DSA, a CRB check will be required before you can proceed. You need the Driving Manual, Driving Instructors Handbook, Highway Code and the CD with the questions on and Hazard perception clips, (and lots of study). This will cost you about £50, and the exam is currently £90. When you pass this you can start your part 2 course, in fact you can start these before passing part one if you want, just find a good local instructor and have as many lessons as you need, dont be surprised if these lessons are dear but they should be around £30 per hour, the part 2 test is £111. Get these two parts completed before embarking on part three, and swot up in the Instructor Handbook beforehand. These lessons can be really hard to start off with but they do get easier. But if you want proper training don’t even think that these 40 hours can be done in a bloody week, that is a load of bollocks that DRED tell you to do. You will have to complete 40 hours training in this part, and every hour of the training is vital. I myself train instructors and i am ORDIT registered with the DSA, i consider myself to be a very good trainer because i work extremely hard with my trainee’s, i have had trainee’s train with me who have completed their so called 40 hours with DRED, and they are just a joke and after about ten minutes they know that, one of them advised me that some of their training consisted of 3 hours of photocopying diagrams. RED are a disgrace to my industry and should be closed down now>
Leon
Said on the 23 March 2010
The same guy is used for another ad i saw once; can anyone remember what it was?? it struck me because whenever they get someone to act as though they have anything to do with a company, as though theyre really really a part of it, and then suddenly used by completely different people… seems odd., and yeah, this particular guy is especially annoying and cringe-worthy, like he is trying not to laugh and later on he’s gonna take the piss with his mates cos he got paid to talk shit for a few mins.
julie
Said on the 1 May 2010
Train to be a driving instructor with RED you must be joking .So far it has taken me 18 months to get to passing part 2.Thank god i have only 1 more part to take ,I think i am looking to pass that in about 1 -10 years time ? As surprise they have not got anybody to train me for another 4 months. Biggest con out i was taken in by them £5,500. poorer . please dont ever go with them.I will have to keep going because i cant give up now ! Go with anybody else but not RED DRIVING SCHOOL.
Neil
Said on the 7 June 2010
Just thought I’d share this with you, opened up my email inbox this morning, decided to delve into my spam folder to filter through the Chinese Spam, offers of cheap watches with a different percentage off in every spam mail oh and don’t forget the emails that tell me that my girlfriend isn’t satisfied with me in bed (except that I’m single)
Among the usual suspects was an email with subject “Your driving record indicates that you could be driving instructor” and guess who it’s from….
Just one thing though, I don’t have a driving history, I’ve never driven in my life and I’ve never held a driving licence, not even a provisional one.
Turns out you don’t actually need to be able to drive in order to be a driving instructor with Red Driving School. I’ll bear that in mind when I finally do get round to learning to drive.
Nigel
Said on the 30 June 2010
My brother fell for this advert, in my opinion its Very misleadling and a rip off! the course is very hard so not all pass, its costs thousands up front and they gave him hardly any work atall while he was training in spite of demanding £80 per week!. Anyway the market is full of driving instructors working for rock bottom prices so even if you pass and manage to get any work you will be a busy fool. I TALK FROM EXPERIENCE IN MY OPINION YOU SHOULD AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Anne-Marie
Said on the 31 July 2010
@Leon (23 March 2010) He’s also on the lesser-seen Simplify Digital adverts. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUAKc2kCwgE) I actually don’t think he’s “especially annoying and cringe-worthy”, as you say, I find him very attractive! That cheekiness that you pointed out, I like!
I’ve just been watching videos of him on youtube and he’s a blooming good actor and a presenter, so all credit to him, doing his job so well.
I haven’t experienced working for RED so can’t comment on that, but thought I’d defend poor Peter after reading Leon’s post!
Ad Hater 2.0
Said on the 31 July 2010
I thought this company went bust. Why the fuck am I still seeing this ad on Sky 3?!!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 31 July 2010
Because Sky 3 is all about repeats of cancelled shows… and cancelled adverts apparently….
Terry jay
Said on the 1 August 2010
Further to my post on 21st March – Anyone naive, stupid or daft enougth to hook up with Red be warned! Since that posting 2 Red instructors, one on a pink badge, have called me to ask if we are taking on instructors. The reason they need to change is that neither get enougth work from Red, the poor sod on the pink badge does 8 hours a week and cannot even cover the franchise fee! Please Please Pease Please Please Please Please Please Pease Please Please Please Pease Please Please Please Please Please Pease Please Please Please Pease Please Please Please Please Please Pease Please Please do not sign up with this bunch of conning twats, if you do then don’t say i did not warn you!
Terry
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