There's a story in today's Sunday Times about a driving school that might have jumped the gun by going back to lessons by installing safety screens. I can't post a link because The Sunday Times is behind a paywall.
Basically, one driving school installed screens and are offering lessons again. The competition cried foul and one of them must have rang the newspaper. Apparently, one official response was that driving schools are "non-essential" and they should keep to the 2 metre social distancing rule. Another official response was that driving schools are individual businesses and it's up to themselves what they do, as long as they do a risk assessment, blah, blah, blah. My cynical brain said officialdom was gonna ignore it unless Joe Duffy got involved...
Of course, we're "essential" but it's an interesting comparison. One person in close contact with 5-10-20 people every day in a small enclosed metal box. Rinse and repeat. I guess the instructor has traceability but we don't, not really. Can you imagine asking a young woman for her phone number after driving her to her front door!
I'm still amazed that 3 months into this and the NTA still won't come off the fence and say something definite about us! They have an opinion about the plasters in our boot but coronavirus...
