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LPOD Academy is a booking agency of intensive driving courses – whereby we manage course bookings made by the client (nominated pupil of course) and driving instructors to deliver the course. When we refer to the word "pupil" "customer" or "client"- we are on the understanding of course receiver and not course booker (deposit payer). When we refer to driving instructor – we are are on the understanding that course provider is the driving instructor (ADI) that provides the course to the pupil.
We are also on the understanding that our driving instructor are self-employed fully qualified driving instructors and are not employed by LPOD Academy. When we refer to the word 'intensive' we are of the understanding that an intensive course is a course of driving that is delivered over a short period of time of between 1-6 weeks.
Typically on shifts between 2 – 6 hours depending upon how many course hours have been booked. Please refer to our terms and conditions for further information.
LPOD Academy solely acts as a booking service and puts in place favourable terms and conditions to deliver a course of driving between the customer/client/pupil (the nominated course receiver) and the driving instructor. This enables a smooth transaction of delivery of course to the client (nominated course receiver) and the driving instructor delivering the on-road practical intensive driving course – as per their diary and commitments.
When we refer to course receiver – we are on the understanding that they are fully aware (or are made fully aware by the course booker) of these terms and conditions and the course receiver agrees to them in full. In circumstances where the course receiver has not been made aware of these terms and conditions – the original course booker is liable to the terms and conditions and therefor agree to them in full.
NB: When we refer to course booker (payee of deposit & initial contact organiser) we are of the understanding that the course receiver has given full permission to allow the course booker to discuss and arrange specific details on their behalf.
We are also on the understanding that if any part of our terms and conditions are not met or agreed to, the course receiver is liable under these terms and conditions and not the course booker. In the eventuality that the course receiver is 17 years old (and not the original course booker), we are on the understanding that the course booker (deposit payer) is solely liable in the eventuality of these terms and conditions not having been met throughout the intensive driving course.
Table Of Contents:
1. General-suitability of intensive driving course
2. Course booking deposit and refunds
3. Course Balance Payment
4. Course Contract
5. Complaints
6. Medical
7. Driving Retest Policy
8. Driving Test Cancellations
9. Course Booking Confirmation
10. Theory Test Appointments & Course Information
11. Driving Test Bookings & Confirmation
12. Driving Instructors
13. Delivery of course hours
14. Course Expectation
1.0 – General-suitability of intensive driving course
When booking an intensive driving course with LPOD Academy, LPOD Academy forms a contract with the course receiver and the driving instructor for smooth delivery of the course. The course reciever understands and has been made aware of these terms and conditions (by course booker) and agrees to them in full.
In the event of the course booked being a surprise gift – the course booker (deposit payer) is responsible for the arrangement of course hours with the nominated driving instructor on behalf of course receiver and therefore agrees to in full these terms and conditions and agrees to the remaining course payment due to the driving instructor 14 days prior to course start date.
In the event of the course receiver being made fully aware of the course booking and the course booker has also gained consent from course receiver to act on their behalf. The course booker also agrees to inform course receiver of these terms and conditions and agree to them in full.
Once course receiver starts their on-road intensive driving course, or is made aware of these terms and conditions prior to their course- they agree in full to these terms and conditions and are liable to adhere to them. In the eventuality of the course booker not informing course receiver of the intensive driving course, we reserve the right to ensure the course booker (deposit payer) is subject to these terms and conditions. Any payments owing will be chargeable to the course booker.
All driving instructors are self-employed in the UK and are regulated and monitored by the DVSA. LPOD Academy works with driving instructors that provide a niche service of intensive driving courses throughout the UK. When referring to the word intensive, we are on the understanding that the course is conducted over a short period of time.
Typically less than 6 weeks. Unless instructed otherwise via email or on the phone. We tailor courses to pupils expectations, situation and commitments. Not one size fits all. Please understand that the information on the website is a sample arrangement of hours and is not solely how we deliver the intensive driving course packages. There are many variables to consider when matching a candidate to an instructor. Please refer to our course hours section.
LPOD Academy is a booking agency whereby we match pupils with driving instructors for intensive driving course purposes. We act in the interest of the driving instructor and the pupil (the learner driver). The booking deposit is payable on booking a course, whether by phone or via the website.
Please await a booking confirmation email to confirm your course booking and specifics of your course. We aim to send a course booking email within 48 hours of course payment of deposit. We reserve the right to 14 days to arrange and match your course to your driving instructor.
We also reserve another 7 days for the driving instructor to make contact and arrange the provisional course hours with the course receiver. Upon booking a course via online or via the phone and payment of deposit has been received – we reserve the right to waiver the 14 day 'cooling of period' for contractual terms.
Upon receipt of payment, you give us permission to book any driving tests in your name (or course receiver's name) and to match your course with one of our nominated driving instructors. Deposit's are only refundable if LPOD Academy can't match your course with a driving instructor within 14 days of your selected preferred start date and within 14 days of your course dpeosit payment – unless you stipulate a set date only upon booking your course at time of booking and paying the deposit due to personal time restraints and availabilty.
Please ensure you send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com – within 24 hours of deposit payment stating that your start date is the only date you can do. If this is not sent, we reserve the right to match your course within 14 days of your preferred start date. Although, we aim to fulfill 90% of all of our courses to the preferred start date – on courses booked with only a few weeks notice we waiver any right to stipulate an 'ONLY' start date – if the 'ONLY" start date is 5 weeks ahead.
The deposit is non-refundable if the ONLY start date is not able to be arranged and has or has not been stipulated within 24 hours of course booking. We reserve the right to provide the course within 14 days of the preferred start date. The more notice we have, the better we can serve our customers and safe guard training with one of our driving instructors. A healthy time frame to book any courses is 8-12 weeks ahead. This is our preferred notice to ensure a smooth transaction of delivery of course.
Once a booking deposit has been made and matched to both parties (pupil and driving instructor), the booking is complete and the deposit is non-refundable to the pupil or the payee of the course booking deposit. Matched refers to both parties agreeing to the booking of the course and the course terms and conditions as laid out by LPOD Academy.
LPOD Academy will assign all courses to the nominated driving instructor within 14 days of course booking. In the eventuality that a course cannot be fulfilled, we shall refund all course deposits via the same method of deposit paid. The provisional course start date is only your preferred choice of the start date, and we reserve the right to provide the nearest course available up to 2 weeks after your selected preferred course start date.
If courses cannot be assigned then a full refund will be given, via the payment method used to initially pay the deposit to the original course deposit payee. Please note: do not book any time off work before confirmation of your course start date within your driving instructor's diary. We cannot accept any responsibility for any booked holiday time, due to starting your course later than your preferred start choice.
Due to the nature of intensives, we believe that not all learner drivers will be good candidates for intensive driving courses. Below are some of the pupils we don't believe are good candidates:
– Learner drivers with anxiety – medically confirmed, or self- confirmed. When booking a course with this condition, you are accepting we do NOT encourage intensive driving courses over a 1-2 week period. We prefer to spread such courses over a slightly longer time frame.
If you insist on having an intensive driving course, and during your course you deem it too much – and wish to cancel the course, you understand that the course is non-refundable and any remaining course hours will be forfeited. Unless the driving instructor agrees to spread any remaining hours over a longer period of time.
– Learner drivers with medical conditions that could impair learning intensively. Conditions such as ADHD, split personality disorder, autism, dyspraxia and bi-polar.
Such conditions may need a specialist instructor that understands such conditions. Booking an intensive course, and not declaring such conditions – will not provide us, or enable us to plan and match you with a better fitting instructor. There are many instructors who have specialist knowledge and training when coaching pupils with special needs. It doesn't necessarily mean just booking an automatic car for tuition purposes.
Some pupils may need a specific plan tailored to their needs – that not all driving instructors have any experience or qualifications in. However – we encourage anyone to call to discuss their requirements so that we are able to devise a better plan of action when arranging your intensive or semi-intensive driving course.
– Learner drivers that have experienced former trauma in car accidents or who have lost loved ones as a consequence of a road traffic accidents. We encourage anyone who wishes to drive to book an intensive driving course. However, it can be quite intensive.
If you have received trauma in the past – and are nervous about getting back behind the wheel – perhaps, a slower approach would be more suitable as opposed to a one-week intensive driving course.
– Learner drivers with high levels of stress. If you believe you have high levels of stress, a one-week driving course may not be suitable for you. Learning to drive can be a very stressful time, if you struggle with stress, it may be easier to learn over a longer time frame.
– Learner drivers who are learning to drive because a loved one wants them to. We encourage all candidates to learn to drive who wants to. It can be very difficult to teach anyone who doesn't really want to learn to drive, especially intensively. Sometimes peer pressure, or loved ones can impact a candidates ability to absorb information effectively. We urge these types of candidates to learn over a longer time frame.
– Life demands. Are you moving house, about to have a baby? We urge anyone to book an intensive driving course if they wish to. However, our courses are intensive and can become very tiring and demanding.
If you are planning to move house, change your job or your family circumstances are drastically about to change, we advise to book your course when you are in a position free of distractions. Ie after you move house, months before you are due to give birth or after you have changed your job.
2.0 – Course deposit bookings & refunds
All course bookings are made with the understanding and agreement to our terms and conditions. Upon booking a course, you the course booker or course receiver understand and agree to the following:
Contractual agreement between course driving instructor and course receiver. LPOD Academy acts as a booking service that ensure the safe delivery of all courses. You agree to the following upon booking a course:
- You have read, understood and agreed to the course terms and conditions.
- Booking depsosits are non-refundable – please refer below for some situations where they are refundable.
- You give LPOD Academy instant permission to act upon your behalf and manage all course bookings and driving tests, which include sharing the course receivers information to enable us to do our job properly. Third party services and your driving nominated driving instructor will be who we share your information with. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information.
- All courses booked without a test also, are non- refundable. Unless we are unable to match your course under our stipulated terms and conditions.
- Where candidates (pupils) have their own tests booked – we reserve the right to match the course hours within 14 days of the preferred start course date, if this does not coincide with the pupil's pre-booked driving test, we reserve the right not to offer a refund on the course booking deposit. We will endeavour to match where possible, but until a course booking has been received we are not warranted to confirm whether a driving instructor is available to cover the course leading upto the course start date.
Upon booking an intensive driving course, all booking deposits are non-refundable. You understand that by booking an intensive driving course your lose the '14 days cooling off period" due to the nature of this service. Below are the occasions where a full refund of the deposit will be given.
- We are not able to match your course within 14 days of course booking to a driving instructor, unless you give us permission to extend the preferred start date + 14 days.
- We are not able to match your course start date within 14 days of preferred start date. NB this term is waivered if we are able to bring your preferred start date forward. If you are NOT able to start your course sooner than the preferred start date, please inform us by email within 24 hours of booking your course. Otherwise, we reserve the right to be able to offer you a sooner date.
- Your driving instructor lets you down prior to the course start date and an alternative plan by LPOD Academy or your nominated driving instructor is not given.
- We are unable to match your 'only' course start date and there is more than 5 weeks notice once the booking deposit has been made.
- Your driving instructor does not make contact within 21 days of course booking.
- You have been diagnosed with a medical illness after the course has been booked. A medical note will need to provided within 28 days of informing LPOD Academy of cancelling your course.
Once your course has been booked, you will receive a course confirmation email detailing the specifics of your course. Unless you email us otherwise, the specifics of your course will become contractual. You have 24 hours to amend any details on your course booking confirmation.
Once your course has been assigned to a driving instructor, your details will also be sent to your driving instructor to initialise first contact and to arrange your course hours. Here is a summary of action:
- You book your course online or phone and complete course booking information at the time, or within 24 hours of course booking.
- You will receive an instant email detailing payment and course hours booked and location.
- Within 48 hours (72 hours if booking over a weekend) you shall receive a course confirmation email detailing your course requirements. You have 24 hours to amend any information – course pick-up address, preferred start date, only start date etc. If any amendments need to be made, please ensure you email firstname.lastname@example.com within 24 hours of course confirmation email has been sent. LPOD Academy will also book any tests relevant to your booking. Ie, theory test will be instantly booked, or driving test around the end of the preferred start date or course week. Please refer to our test booking section for more information.
- Within 21 days of booking – all course receivers will receive a 'welcome' call from your driving instructor to book in your course hours. If you have not received a call – please email us within 24 hours so that we can encourage contact between pupil and instructor. Upon receiving your driving instructors contact details we give you permission to make contact as soon as possible to arrange your course hours if your driving instructor has not done this. NB if course has been booked an arranged by a parent, friend or relative, please understand that we MUST have pupil contact information – so that the driving instructor may be able to make contact and book in the driving hours. Unless the booking is a surprise – if contact can't be reached, the course will be cancelled and if less than 4 weeks notice, the full course cost is due and payable to the driving instructor.
- Any test bookings will be sent via email. If you request the DVSA booking email that we receive, please send an email as soon as possible so that we can get this sent to you.
- 14 days prior to your course start date – the remaining course fee is payable. Your driving instructor will discuss this with you during your welcome call and arrange payment via bank transfer (preferred) cash, or cheque. All cheques must be cleared 14 days prior to the agreed start date of your course.
- All test bookings (both theory and practical) are subject to the course booker (receiver) providing the correct information at the time of booking or within 24 hours of booking. If any details are incorrect or not yet obtained, we reserve the right to cancel your course with immediate effect and a new course booking will need to be made.
- Once initial contact has been made – we urge all course receivers to converse and communicate with their driving instructors and where possible not use LPOD Academy as a go between. Unless it is to discuss test bookings.
- If you do not pass your first attempt all course candidates are subject to a re-test. Please note: course receiver should email LPOD Academy within 7 days of a failed driving test result to receive their free re-test. Upon booking this re-test, LPOD Academy deletes any data on the pupil as service has been delivered. Due to GDPR we are unable to hold candidates personal information. We deem our services are concluded once this second test has been booked. If you require a cancellation test (a sooner test date) please refer to our re-test terms and conditions. NB please arrange additional hours with your driving instructor as the course has been delivered we are not able to liase on your behalf. Please refer to re-test terms and conditions.
All courses cancelled with less than 4 weeks notice are liable for payment for full course cost. An invoice will be sent with a term of 7 days to complete payment. If, payment is not received within 7 days of course cancellation and a further invoice will be sent with an additional £100 administration fee. If a subsequent 7 days lapses, we will support the affected ADI (Driving Instructor) to pursue loss via the small claims court. Additional fees may be applied.
Please note: change in circumstances, holidays, illness or work-related affairs do not make LPOD Academy or the assigned driving instructor liable to recompense you for cancellation/re-arrangement of course. The full course cost is still payable and chargeable at the discretion of the driving instructor.
These terms and conditions are to protect the interests of our driving instructors, but, when confirming course details on the phone with your driving instructor, they reserve the right to inform you of their own stipulated conditions as per the course. LPOD Academy instils default terms and conditions in the interests of our driving instructors who abide by our terms and conditions also.
If your assigned instructor states their preferred time of payment of course balance they will discuss this with you when they make contact prior to your course start date. Some instructors do insist on payment up front 14 days prior to course start date. Please ensure you are fully aware of when payment is due with your designated instructor. Otherwise, our default terms and conditions will reside and be enforceable.
All of our driving instructors are self-employed, and we book the courses ahead to keep their diaries full. If a course is cancelled with less than 4 weeks notice, payment must still be paid and is payable to your appointed driving instructor. This is payable to the driving instructor you have been assigned. Acceptable payments include: Cash, cheques, preferred method is a bank transfer.
Your driving instructor will discuss with you their preferred payment method when they make contact to arrange your course dates and hours. Some driving instructors do not accept cheques, please be advised to check with your appointed driving instructor when they call to arrange your course.
Please note: Course change of start date is deemed a cancelled course. If you wish to change the course start date: it is at the discretion of our driving instructor as to whether they can and will allow this change. If not, our terms and conditions will be honoured and the course will be deemed cancelled and the full course cost is payable if you are not able to attend your course hours. A new course booking will need to be made to make a new course booking with a deposit payable to LPOD Academy.
2.8 Corona Virus
Due to the corona virus pandemic we are sadly having to say NO refunds on deposit bookings. This is sadly something we cannot avoid. However LPOD Academy is committed to our customers – where possible a plan of training will be organised, any course booked through LPOD Academy will have our upmost priority. We are launching an online coaching course to help people with theory test, and training with regards to the driving tests. When tests resume in June, no doubt there will be a large surge of training and the booking of driving tests in the UK. We are committed to still offering our top instructors and are committed to the the course of intensive driving courses. We are also in tocuh with MP's to see if previous recovered examiners can resume duties to help ease the burden on the driving instructor industry.
Course Balance Payment
We request that the remaining course balance is to be settled within 24 hours of your allocated instructor contacting you to arrange your course hours. They will disclose their preferred payment method also.
If you voluntarily cancel the course within 4 weeks of your course commencing, you are still liable for the remaining course balance.
In the event of any payment disputes: no course will commence until all funds have been received to your allocated instructor. NB: If payments are late this could alter your hours to a later date, no lessons will commence, and any training booked in the driving instructor's diary will be deemed has had. No replacement lessons will be given to recompense loss of training hours. Any late payments will incur a £100 administration fee.
In the event of payment disputes or if our terms and conditions have not been met, we will support the self-employed instructor to claim loss of earnings through third-party debt collection agencies and or the small claims court.
We are very strict on the remaining payment of course bookings – due to the nature of our industry. Intensive driving course instructors rely on their courses to be fulfilled.
Short notice courses with less than 4 weeks notice must be paid in full at the time of booking to LPOD Academy to whom payment will be directed to the appointed driving instructor. Please note: This is subject to a 4% payment charge due to banking fees.
Often, things won't go to plan due to external factors. Other course dates will be offered as a replacement in the event of car breakdowns, instructor sickness or any other unavoidable situations. The driving instructor will liaise with you directly with any future course bookings as per their diary. LPOD Academy cannot be held liable for driving instructor incidents that may cause your course to be delayed or rearranged.
In the event of your course being rearranged due to instructor circumstances, the arrangement will not be deemed as a cancelled course by LPOD Academy but rather an alternative solution.
In the event, that a driving instructor is unable to fulfil the course or part of the course, that has been booked in. And you the 'learner' cannot fulfil a future course date, the driving instructor is liable to recompense you for owing hours.
LPOD Academy will not be held responsible for agreements made between instructor and pupil. All students who are 17 will need to pay the full course balance amount 4 weeks (28 days) prior to their course start date. Otherwise, the course shall be cancelled. This term and condition have been put into place to protect driving instructors as minors can't be liable for contractual agreements in the course of law.
If payment is not received within the stipulated time periods, a £100 administration charge will be added to the final course balance.
Please note: LPOD Academy understands that sometimes these things can be overlooked. We will make contact with you on behalf of the driving instructor to whom the balance is due too. If 24 hours lapses and no contact has been received than the £100 administration fee is payable to LPOD Academy, alongside the remaining course balance to the driving instructor.
If payment is not received within 72 hours from the due date, the driving instructor reserves the right to cancel the course and seek payment via third-party debt collection agencies or via the small claims court. Please note: this would increase the overall cost of your course, and the course will be cancelled with immediate effect.
4.0 – Course Contract
The contract that we are creating is between course receiver and a driving instructor. Once all courses have been confirmed with course receiver and driving instructor, the course receiver is bound to these terms and conditions.
The course booker and payer is liable to provide all course booking details of course receiver and all methods of contact of course receiver. This includes email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and full address(s). LPOD Academy cannot be held responsible for any course bookings if details have not been given or are incorrect.
All pupils must adhere to these terms and conditions. In the eventuality of booking a course for a family member or friend, if they are unaware of the course due to being a birthday present or alike, then the course responsibility resides with course booker and deposit payer. LPOD Academy should be notified upon booking if this is the case. We can't be held responsible for course receiver not being made aware of their course booking.
If the course receiver is uncontactable the contract remains with course booker/deposit payer. Any outstanding monies and course balances will be at the responsibility of the course booker/deposit payer. Please refer to previous payment terms.
Once the course receiver or booker (in the event of a present) has agreed to the course start dates and times with the appointed driving instructor they will become liable for the remaining course balance. If the course receiver is 17 years old, the course booking contract is between course booker/ deposit payer and the remaining course balance is payable 14 days prior to the start date of the course by the original course booker and deposit payer. Please refer to our previous terms and conditions.
If the pupil is under 18 years of age: the remaining payment must be settled 2 weeks prior to the start of the course. This is due to being under eighteen years of age. If payment is not received 2 weeks before the course start date, the course will be cancelled and the deposit will not be refunded.
If payment is not received or clear at the start of the course, the driving course will not Commence and the full course will be chargeable. Due to instructor wages, car insurance and public liability insurance, car maintenance and fuel.
5.0 – Complaints
If any issues arise once you start your course you must notify us upon the first encounter of any problems. Communication is very often the barrier between pupil and instructor and early intervention can resolve any upset or complaints. If the course has been completed and no complaint, upset or notification of problem has been given.
LPOD Academy cannot take any responsibility to any complaints with regards to course delivery or driving instructor disputes. All complaints must be received via email to email@example.com during the course week.
If you have any complaints about your driving instructor you must discuss this with them directly. Very often, disputes can be resolved, and are commonly due to misunderstandings of the situation. If no resolution has been found, then please send us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Due to Data Protection Laws (GDPR) and company policy, all complaints must be in writing. However, we may discuss with the course receiver any concerns they have with regards to the course, prior to and during the course. If you have a direct complaint about your driving instructor's conduct, please send us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as the situation concerned happens.
Please Note: we can' discuss content with third parties, and about the driving instructor, due to GDPR Laws. Any professional misconduct disputes must be made into writing to the DVSA or the Trading Standards.
Although we do appreciate some occasions situations can arise, we must enforce this company policy. We have a duty of care to the pupil on receiving the course, and moral duty of care to the driving instructors that we work with. So, due to the nature of complaints, we are NOT able to discuss issues with any third party directly about the pupil or the driving instructor.
6.0 – Medical
You the course receiver are bound to the DVSA's health and eyesight responsibilities. If your health or eyesight changes since your application of the provisional driving licence, you should notify the DVLA immediately.
You must be able to read a number plate from 20 metres away. The course is still chargeable if you are unable to read the required distance at the start of your course.
You are responsible for the use of any medication whilst driving. You must Disclose any meds to your driving instructor and upon request, any Dr's note to state you are fit to drive. If the driving instructor is in doubt of your ability under the influence of drugs/alcohol/prescription drugs your course will be cancelled and all training and fees will still be applicable.
In the eventuality of hospitalisation, you must disclose this Asap. If during your course, you are hospitalized it is at the discretion of the driving instructor if you will be offered alternative training days. Although we appreciate circumstances may arise, this will be dealt with on a per-basis situation. Ultimately, it is at the discretion of the driving instructor whether you will be still charged for your course.
You must disclose at the time of booking any health conditions that may affect your ability to drive safely and responsibly. These include asthma, heart problems, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, depression, bi-polar, rheumatoid arthritis, IBS, anxiety, absence seizures, eating disorders, head injury, heart attacks, high and low blood pressure, surgery, sleep disorders, loss of eyesight, partially or in one or both eyes, pregnancy.
If these are not disclosed at the time of booking, LPOD Academy can't take responsibility for any eventualities that may arise due to these health conditions. Nor your driving instructor. We reserve the right to cancel the course with immediate effect if your driving instructor comes to believe you are not medically fit to drive, whether short-term (day of the lesson) or long term. All driving instructors must exercise a duty of care when it comes to the safe provision of driving lessons.
Sleep disorders. It is your responsibility to disclose any sleep disorders to your driving instructor. If you are unaware of your sleep disorder – and your driving instructor believes you are not fit to drive. That day's training will be cancelled, and it shall be at the discretion of your driving instructor whether you will be able to reschedule or lose your training that day.
Anxiety/Depression/Panic Attacks/Mental Health. If you suffer from anxiety related illnesses you must inform us at the point of booking. LPOD Academy does not believe intensive driving courses are suited to anxious pupils. You are accepting responsibility for your course booking under the understanding that we advise against an intensive driving course (1 week or up to 3 weeks).
In the event of anxious panic attacks erratic driving behaviour, your driving instructor reserves the right to cancel the course with full course cost. If this is not disclosed at the time of booking, any course fees will still be chargeable in the event of course cancellation, pre or during your course. It is important to share with our driving instructors the history of our pupils we are matching them with. To give you the best service, it is important to disclose this information at the point of booking.
If during your course, you decide to cancel the remaining course hours, due to anxious behaviour (erratic driving) or fear, the full course cost will be chargeable and any remaining course balance or training sessions will be forfeited.
Harassment of our driving instructors. If our driving instructors are abused, bullied, or threatened verbally, or physically, we reserve the right to cancel your course and take the appropriate action to support the driving instructor in the event of proceeding legal or civil action. All courses are logged, and any disputes with driving instructors will only be dealt with via email at email@example.com.
Broken limbs. If you break an arm or a leg, your course is still chargeable. If you are unfit to drive the driving instructor reserves the right not to continue with your course and it will be deemed complete/cancelled.
Alcohol/drugs misuse. If you are an alcohol-dependent person or have an addiction it is your responsibility to notify us at the point of booking. LPOD Academy reserves the right to cancel the course at any time. If your driving instructor believes that you are under the influence of banned drugs or prescription substances, they reserve the right to cancel the course with immediate effect.
Inaccurate information. If upon booking the course any information is not given correctly then LPOD Academy reserves the right to cancel the course and charge for the remaining course cost if the course has been matched already. Our 4 weeks notice term and conditions is waivered in this eventuality.
Licence view permission. You must arrange to allow your driving instructor to view your driving licence online via an online permission link. This must be done prior to the start course date. If this has not been done, the course will be cancelled with immediate effect and will still be chargeable to the driving instructor.
7.0 – Driving Retest Policy
If your course includes a free retest, you will have proof of a retest on your confirmation booking email received by us. Typically, we will state "(retest eligible)" next to the test type. In only some situations will we not issue a free retest if certain conditions have been broken. Please refer down to view these conditions.
If 7 days have been lapped from the date of your original test appointment and no prior contact has been made to us either through email or phone call, the driving retest offer will be invalidated.
Free retests are also subject to promotional and seasonal offerings. We reserve the right to not offer free retests at any time. To confirm we have this offer present, please get in touch with us either through email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or call a member of staff 0800 112 3515.
LPOD Academy will rebook a theory test appointment if the respective client fails their theory on the first attempt after providing photographic evidence of their theory test certificate fail.
Only in a few circumstances will LPOD Academy not issue a retest if certain conditions are broken:
- The client does not arrive at either the first theory test appointment or practical test appointment for any reason
- The client arrives late at their first theory appointment or practical test appointment and a member of staff refuses entry or cancels the test
- The client notifies LPOD Academy that the current theory or practical test appointment is not suitable and needs changing but it's within the DVSA's no refund cancellation policy
- Your allocated instructor deems you are not ready/not to test standard
LPOD Academy is not responsible for organising or arranging any other training outside of your original course booking. We are also not liable for instructor availability. Due to instructors diaries being unpredictable, we advise you to arrange training with your allocated instructor or another instructor prior to your retest training.
LPOD Academy will be the agent that books the candidate's retest on their behalf in a suitable time frame. You are responsible for ensuring that the date is suitable and make necessary changes if the date cannot be attended. If you need the test date changing, please inform a member of staff on 0800 112 3515 or email us at email@example.com.
If either party decides to end their working relationship with either the allocated instructor or pupil, it is not LPOD Academy's responsibility to allocate a new driving instructor to the original course pupil. If the pupil in question refuses any additional training under the discretion and advise of the driving instructor, the driving instructor in question is not obliged to continue to provide their services under the retest offer. It is the pupil's responsibility to seek alternative arrangements to accomodate their retest appointment.
No monetary refunds on the retest fee will be issued at any time. Driving retests are valid for 3 months from the first failed test appointment.
Once the retest has been booked, LPOD Academy's involvment with managing the test is to look for cancellations that are preferred by the candidate and avaialbility of your allocated driving instructor.
If a candidate fails their retest appointment, LPOD Academy services cease and any future practical or theory test appointments will need to be arranged with the candidate directly. At the point of failing your theory / practical retest appointment, we will offer to rebook your next test, but the test fee (£62 practical / £23 theory) + £30 will be charged at the point of booking. No tests will be booked unless the booking fee has been paid first.
8.0 – Driving Test Cancellations
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Appointment times can vary from any theory test centre. We can not book a driving test until the learner driver has passed their theory test. You will need to discuss this situation with your driving instructor and agree on an outcome. Sometimes, the driving instructor will hold back some hours for when you have completed your driving course. In this eventuality, you may be required to have additional training hours due to the time lapse.
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As part of your course booking, members of staff look for practical test appointments bi-hourly during our hours of operation. Although, we try our best in looking for a suitable test, we may miss opportunities during our bi-hourly checks. We advise you to also check for earlier test appointments as well.
Test waiting times can increase during some parts of the year, such as the summer holidays, Easter breaks and other national days and events. Other factors that may increase test waiting times are examiner shortages and types of nearby test centres.
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We require all of our learners/students to be respectful to their allocated driving instructors and to maintain a healthy relationship whilst on the course. Communication is vital to the success of all courses, and sometimes factors can affect the progress of the course.
LPOD Academy is a booking agency on behalf of learner drivers and driving instructors. We work with established driving schools and their car livery may contain their local advertising banners. We outsource work to local instructors to sub their weekly hours. However – we unite as a profession and work to give the best service to learner drivers.
We can not always guarantee your preferred choice of instructor, and no refunds will be given in the event of you not want to continue, or not get on with your driving instructor. Any course refunds must be given or mutually agreed with the driving instructor.
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Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Review – Into the Dark Millennium
I've figured it's about time to give 8th edition a review. I've now played quite a few games, quite a few codices have been released, GW's had the opportunity to fix mistakes with Chapter Approved and FAQs, and we have a fair few tournament results to judge the health of the competitive meta. As a side note, this doesn't look at any of the fluff, just purely the ruleset.
General Observations
The central theme of this edition is directed at taking 40k from an adapted skirmish game to an squad-based game. As an example, you now draw LoS from any part of the model instead of the weapon. Synergy is another keyword in 8th edition rather than the spamming that was common in 7th.
The arguably biggest change isn't intrinsic to the game; GW have ditched their old policy of not altering rules or FAQing issues. FAQs and point changes are now constantly updated to better balance the game.
One refreshing change is the 7th edition Team Idiot is back with a vengeance! Chaos Space Marines, Imperial Guard, and Tyranids are all extremely competitive choices, with an Orks codex likely to bring them up to scratch with the rest of the old Special Teams!
Unit balance is hugely improved, in general. You can take pretty much any unit and they will largely function as you imagine they would. While some more balancing would be good (I'm all for dropping the price of basic SMs and CSMs by a point or two), it is largely pretty good.
What is more important than whether a unit is "good," is how does it synergise with your auras/buffs, Chapter Tactics/Legion/Hive Fleet bonus, Stratagems etc. As an example, Possessed on their own aren't amazing, but due to their Daemon, Mark, and Legion keyword, they benefit from anything that buffs Daemons, Mark, or Legion. This is also reflected in army variety on the competitive level, especially the ITC.
New and Changed Features
The rules themselves are now 8 pages, and anyone who can read can learn them. It is somewhat misleading, as all the USRs have instead been moved to the unit entries/datasheets, which probably amounts to more words.
The to Hit for WS and BS is now rolled into the model profile, which does streamline it. However, I don't think it's a move forward; at best, it's a sideways move. Nobody had trouble remembering the to Hit chart (it was the minutiae USRs), and it feels decidedly odd when Guilliman's guard is as bad as everyone else's guard. It may be easier for newbies, but I think this is a step backwards.
The Strength vs. Toughness chart is gone, being replaced with half or less S vs T being a 6+, less being a 5+, equal S and T being 4+, higher S than T being 3+, and double S vs. T being 2+.
This is a good change; it makes for a more dynamic and fast-paced game, and even though a T8 Land Raider can theoretically take a wound from a lasgun, it's highly unlikely (though I've still taken the last wound of a Leman Russ with an autogun-wielding Cultist). However, this has effectively made things deadlier, and because, in my opinion, firepower is very cheap, this has had the (unintended?) effect of requiring much more LoS-blocking terrain to avoid tabling. E.G. the LVO has made the first floor of buildings now LoS-blocking.
Terrain is handled differently (and probably worse) these days. It's clunky, but it kind of works. Cover is now a flat 1 pip-improvement on your saving throw, while AP has been changed back to being a modifier on the save, which is a huge improvement (though technically a step back).
Templates & Scatter
Templates and scatter dice are removed. As a horde player, this speeds up the game. I'm no longer deploying units of 30+ models in bizarre circles or spacing every single model 2″ apart. This abstraction really helps. While I know many people are disappointed, and I understand it, I find this a wholly positive change.
As scatter dice are gone, Deep Strike has changed massively. While the USR is gone, many units have the same rule, which is essentially deploy the unit at the end of the movement phase at least 9″ away from enemy units. This speeds things up and changes the emphasis from (un)lucky scatter dice rolls to deployment and unit positioning, which to me, is a vast improvement.
Also, you now have to deploy half your units on the table in Matched Play (more on that later), so null deployment is not a possibility any more.
Keywords have been introduced. These can be Vehicle, Character, Black Legion, Tyranid, Hive Fleet (Leviathan), Chaos, Heretic Astartes, Biel-Tan, Aeldari etc. These effectively tie together what Psychic powers can affect, and your army composition etc. More on keywords in the specific subsections.
Characters, a keyword, can mostly no longer join units, but can only be targeted in the shooting phase if they are the closest model or have 10+ wounds. They now mostly give various buffs to nearby units of their subfaction or faction.
As an example, a Chaos Lord provides a 6″ aura that gives any unit from his Legion the ability to re-roll any to hit rolls of 1, while Abaddon gives auto-pass morale for Black Legionnaires within 12″, and re-roll all missed to hit rolls for Black Legionnaires within 6."
Warlord Trait
You also pick your Warlord Trait, which is something I long wanted to see, both for narrative and competitive reasons. This has had an unintended consequence: people now daisy chain their units back to characters. Regardless, this has partially killed the suffix-Star, but you do have shooty-Stars with certain Characters, such as Guilliman. This was an issue in 7th that the GW team made fun of (which is ironic granted they made the rules that encouraged that kind of play) and said it would be solved in 8th, but it still exists, albeit in a different and lesser form.
Pyschic Phase
The Psychic Phase has changed for the better. Each power is now generally keyword-specific, which limits the possible abusive combinations. You pick Psychic powers at the start of the game, and you cast them successfully if you can match a specific number on two dice, with any double 1 or double 6 resulting in D3 Mortal Wounds.
The most contentious issue was Smite (see below), which GW has addressed through point cost increases and making it 1 more difficult to cast per previous attempt in the beta rules.
Mortal Wounds
Mortal Wounds is a new thing to 40k. These are wounds that you don't get any saves against, but you do get what used to be Feel No Pain against them. There are several sources for these, from Psychic powers (Smite) to certain weapons. GW has addressed this with the new beta rules, making the most common source of Smite increasingly difficult to cast.
Building Your Army
The game itself has been split into Open, Narrative, and Matched Play. There are missions for all of these things, with various levels of restrictions. The notable difference here is that now we have a codified way of playing anything from "bring what you want" to more tournament-oriented play. Open Play is something we've honestly always had. Who hasn't just thrown together some models to play against a sibling or friend? I don't mind having it codified, mind.
In the Narrative and Matched Play, you use Detachments to build your army. That's right, formations are gone! And good riddance! They are replaced with the aforementioned Detachments that give you extra Command Points (CPs), depending on the specific Detachment, with Troop-heavy Detachments giving more CPs than other Detachments.
Your Detachments must all share a Keyword, such as Imperium or Heretic Astartes. However, there are issues with the Detachment system. It allows for so many combinations it essentially plays as Unbound, which can lead to some lopsided games. The other problem here is armies with cheap HQ and Troop choices can spam Battalion Detachments for a wild amount of CPs, with the Imperial Guard being the worst offender. For Matched Play, this seriously needs a tightening.
The difference between Narrative and Matched Play boils down to two things: in Narrative Play you use Power Levels (PLs) instead of points, and in Matched Play you use points and a specific Psychic Powers can only be attempted once per turn (bar smite).
PLs works by each squad costing a certain amount of PLs, and adding models costs a certain amount of PLs, while equipment costs nothing.
Now, to me, I do not honestly see why anyone would use PLs. There are some serious discrepancies between units and I don't see why points are difficult. In the age of Battlescribe and the like, this is not difficult. If you're three points over because of how you modelled your unit, ask your opponent. They'll almost always be okay with it unless it's a tournament, where PLs won't work anyway as they open themselves up to abuse as equipment costs zero.
Using Command Points (Stratagems & Relics)
Stratagems are abilities inherent to your codex. Using them requires Command Points (CPs), which you have a finite number of depending on which Detachments you have and possibly your Warlord (e. g. Abaddon gives 2 extra CPs if he's your Warlord) or Relics.
As an example, Endless Cacophony is a Heretic Astartes stratagem that allows any Slaanesh Biker or Infantry unit to fire twice in the shooting phase. These are usually fluffy
CPs can also be used on Relics, which replaces magic items. These are much more limited than before, with each Faction only having a few, with usually one extra for each subfaction. Streamlined, but less focus on "Your Dudes."
Points of Improvement
How morale works is a gripe I have with 8th, and one I was worried about from the announcement they would use Battleshock. You now take the number of models removed and add d6, then minus the Leadership value of the unit, which gives you the result of models you will now remove.
This has the (unintended?) effect of either meaning you need to ignore Morale (Boyz, 'Nids, and Conscripts pre-nerf) or you can't take large units. It's disappointing, as the Fearless/Always Running Away-paradigm was something GW said they would address in the lead-up to 8th edition.
Missing Stuff
One real source of annoyance is the removal of many units from codices. Eldar Autarch options have gone the way of Biel-Tan, Rough Riders are gone, roughly 60% of CSM HQs have gone the way of the Drop Pod, and Heralds of Slaanesh on Steeds and Chariot are MIA.
While still available in the indices, this still means you need to wham 40-50£ for just your own units' rules. The official statement is units without models don't get rules in the codex to save space. As there are many OOP models that still have rules, such as Cultists with Flamers, and that many factions straight up never had models for some units, GW's explanation reminds me of the Spanish saying "crappo de toro."
I have a sneaky suspicion it has got something to do with IP, as I believe, following the Chapterhouse lawsuit, that unless GW have models for it, anyone can make the models. GW should just have made a free PDF codex available with constantly updated rules and points rather than having each player carry a Jedi library to games. However, that is nothing new to most of us, but it can deter new players.
Not this.
Game Length
The BRB states a 2,000pt game should take between 2 and 3 hours, which was true on release. The introduction of Stratagems, expanded Psychic powers, a plethora of unit abilities etc. in the codices has slowed the game down again.
One of the reasons I wanted to delay the review was to get a more complete picture of the game, which really affected this part of the review. A 2,000pt game takes 3-4 hours at least. How psychic powers, abilities, Stratagems, etc., interact with each other is one of the main causes of this.
It's even so bad these days that the LVO, the biggest 40k singles tournament in the world, will introduce chess clocks to speed things up due to how few games made it to time. This was a step forward and two back. This will affect some after work games and tournaments, but shouldn't be a problem for most games.
Turn Mechanic
If I have a big gripe (and I do), it's they didn't change from a You Go, I Go-system to a unit activation-based system. With how cheap firepower is in general, T1 can be utterly devastating unless you have some way of mitigating it. LoS-blocking terrain only gets you so far.
Interestingly, it's rumoured GW refusing to implement an activation system was one of reasons Andy Chambers left. Combined with cheap firepower, The YGIG has meant turn 1 is absolutely devastating unless you can bunker up behind LoS-blocking terrain.
This is such a large gripe, it pulls the ruleset from a solid squad-based game to a middling, somewhat archaic-feeling game. The long downtime and lack of interaction (while better) just doesn't make up for potentially an hour of doing nothing.
A board game comparison would be Axis & Allies vs. Twilight Imperium 4th edition. One is clunky and slow, where the source of the fun is wild dice throws and the company, while the other is an example of sleek and elegant game design with the game itself being fun and challenging.
All in all, the game is the best it has ever been. While I lament the move from "Your Dudes" to "GW's Dudes," I love the move from "Adapted Skirmish Game" to "Archaic Squad-Based Game."
The game is fun because of the setting, not because of any good ruleset. The ruleset itself would be considered good in the 90's, while compared to modern games like Bolt Action, it really comes across as clunky and old-fashioned. It is, however, fun. It is still a beer and pretzels game, but you can have fun pick up games, and you don't need to talk your opponent as much pre-game to get a balanced game as you did in 7th.
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Well said. This is much more thorough when the review I wrote; well done.
At the end of the day, GW has the chance to mold this into an amazing edition of the game if they continue to listen to the community and recognize the faults in 8th.
Its dull as shit, full of counter intuitive rules that break immersion, has ridiculous rules issues with Alpha Strikes being huge. The killiness is so ramped up that between decent players someone is usually tabled before the game ends making missions completely irrelevant.
It feels like a clumsily big version of a combo driven game like Warmachine. Doesn't feel like a 'right unit in the right place doing the right thing' classical wargame like every preceeding edition.
I like some of the simplification. The end to various unit types all with different rules is good, an M characteristic is good.
I miss the cinematic moments and tactical depth of templates, DS scatter and the VD table. I miss the realism of arcs and facings that drove manoeuvre.
My review: its a steaming turd and its not fun to play. If these rules had been released by anyone other than GW they would have been roundly mocked and would disappear without trace.
Luckily I still have 30k.
I wish I could agree with your overall assessment of 8th edition, I really do, but unfortunately I'm struggling to understand how you think 8th is better than previous editions when you don't like the turn Mechanics, the game length, the Morale system & the missing stuff .
You say unit balance is much improved, unfortunately in a game that promotes 'Take whatever you want' because of the detachment fiasco, unit balance needs to be perfect to overcome 'balance' issues. That is never going to happen.
For me, 8th edition has simply reinforced my opinion that GW have given up trying to introduce any kind of balance to one particular Codex by allowing players to use another Codex to bolster any weaknesses that one might have.
My 'meta' must differ greatly from your yours because Spam is far worse than in any other edition that I have played. Be it 30+ Dark Reapers, 9 Flying Hive Tyrants or 200+ Pox Walkers, Spam is dominating the 40k scene in the UK. Admittedly it isn't a new phenomena but it's certainly increased rather than decreased.
Terrain is a joke. Unless it completely blocks line of sight, there is very little reason to use it. Daemons, Nids, Orks or anything else that has a 6/5+ armour save might just as well ignore it. The same goes for vehicles, just make a straight line for for the enemy if it's a transport, because it isn't getting a cover save no matter what!
I think -1 to hit if 25% Line of Sight blocked and -2 for 25%+ would have been far better for cover because as it is, all cover does is make the table look pretty.
I could go on forever about 8th's short-comings but you either like it or you don't. Unfortunately for me, I don't. Usually I can live with rules anomalies or just bad rules, but for me 8th edition is the most boring and sterile version of 40k that they have ever made….roll on 9th ;-)
I haven't played much 8th edition but so far there are three things that have annoyed me.
1: lack of vehicle facings and weapon fire arcs. Drive your tank sideways or backwards and shoot that previously fixed facing earthshaker cannon behind the tank as Overwatch. (they should have kept the fire arcs and made it so that when firing at a vehicle from its rear arc it has -1 toughness)
2: Multi overwatch. As a person who likes to charge madly across the table with a horde of models nothing is more annoying than a single unit being able to fire overwatch multiple times in the same turn. They should have left it as only one overwatch attack as it forced you to weigh up the benefits of using it.
3: Missing options. My biggest gripe lies here as with the insane overwatch that armies can now boast I thought before the rules came out that at least we would still have similar options. The chaos space marine Dirge caster (prevented overwatch for units within 6″ for 5 pts) was my go to option for chaos in 7th ed and the only reason I bothered with rhinos. {Two land raiders full of khorne berserkers and Kharne was so much fun when the enemy had no overwatch.}
Other than that and the absurd new deep strike mechanic (zero chance of failure. At least use the damned scatter dice and move the unit d6″ then if it ends up within 9″ of an enemy unit it goes back into reserves or suffers D3 mortal wounds or something.)
I like the assault phase's way of activating units {Even if it is hard to actually take full advantage of it when the enemy can simply walk away from your units in his turn and shoot you. Come on give us sweeping advance back as tyranids, orks, Khorne berserkers etc aren't going to let you just run from them}
It's funny. I had thought the more abstract nature of 8th would really speed things up. You know, things like changes to casualty removal, facings, charging what you can't see, general loosening of line of sight restrictions, etc. However, having played since release, I can tell you that the game did not get any quicker.
The rules got more loose, but codices got way more complicated, so it was a lateral move at best. Now, I don't mind abstract rules, but if they aren't speeding the game up, and remove some strategic/tactical elements, then it wasn't a good choice.
True the game takes the same time to play if not longer now due to the crammed codex entries. The move from a nice section of the book (~ 10 pages in the end I think) with common USR's to each unit having their own I find to be the biggest time sink. Before you simply had feel no pain(5+). Now we have death company, plague marines, a warlord trait etc with their own version
The lack of vehicle facing mattering and the removal of fixed weapon firing arcs remove any tactical element to dropping down behind said vehicle.
The issue is that with a bit more development 8th Edition could have been a lot better. (My suggestions:
When deploying via deep strike roll a scatter dice and then move D6″. If you end up within 9″ of an enemy unit your unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
On the turn you deep strike/arrive from reserves you suffer a -1 to hit modifier for all attacks.
When a unit tries to fall back from combat each player rolls a D6 if the person wanting to flee rolls higher they can do so otherwise they are caught and stay in close combat.
And finally when attacking a vehicle in its rear arc or in close combat it is treated as having 1 less toughness. )


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Today the Deschutes County Sheriff's office, the iinvestigative branch for the LaVoy Finicum shooting, released the cellphone video, in it's entirety,. The footage was shot by Ryan Bundy during the felony traffic stop and at the roadblock. Bundy gives a running commentary during the footage.
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Parallel Music Publishing Nashville has signed songwriter Michael Lotten. He joins a roster that includes Alex Hall, Blake Chaffin, Lance Carpenter, Jesse Lee, Jennifer Schott and Michael White.
Born in Indiana and raised in Missouri, Lotten moved to Nashville in 2007. He has toured as a guitarist and background vocalist, which led him to signing two consecutive development deals as a pop artist. Lotten has focused solely on writing for the past two years.
"I knew when Travis played me some of Michael's music that he had something special." says Tim Hunze, "Lotten is a triple threat as a writer, guitar player and producer. He's a perfect match for our roster here at Parallel."
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Primetime Ratings: 'X Factor' Holds as Fox Nabs Wednesday
Fox led Wednesday with a 90-minute The X Factor kicking off its "Boot Camp" portion of the singing
competition, falling 5% to a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen
overnight numbers. Raising Hope, airing
at 9:30 p.m., fell 21% from its episode on Tuesday to a 2.3. Fox earned an
overall 3.5 rating/10 share for the night.
CBS scraped by for second place at an overall 3.3/9. Criminal Minds grew 6% to a 3.8, while Survivor dropped a tenth to a 3.1. CSI, at 10 p.m., fell 6% to a 2.9.
ABC's new comedy Suburgatory dropped 9% from its premiere to a 3.0, while Modern Family
still commanded big numbers at a 5.6, though down a tenth from last week. Happy Endings fell 6% to a 2.9, followed
by drama Revenge, dropping 7% to a
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at 2.7. The network garnered an overall 3.2/9.
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at an overall 1.6/4. Up All Night increased
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Law (1.2) and Law and Order: SVU (2.1),
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On the equator, toilets don't flush at all. People bury their waste in the yard.
It makes sense: To the people facing down from the North, the Earth moves in a counterclockwise direction, while to the people facing up from the South, the Earth is rotating clockwise, thus causing the water in their respective hemispheres to drain in the direction of their perceived rotation.
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The Coriolis effect is totally a thing, and it really does affect the direction in which things spin. Like this:
Say, when you and your enemy exchange grenades on a merry-go-round.
But the sharper-eyed among you might have noticed that, in the diagram above, the object was relatively big in relation to the spinning disc. And that's the trick: In order for Coriolis force to have an effect on earthly phenomena, said phenomena have to be really big. So Coriolis force affects the direction in which hurricanes and cyclones spin, seeing as how those things are massive amalgamations of murderwind, but it doesn't affect your little toilet, no matter how murderish your personal wind may be.
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The rich are not like the rest of us – except that they too apparently like bargains.
They're also more likely to use property buyers.
Cue Henry Pryor, who yesterday tweeted: "If you can hear screams it's just the agent who has received my £5.5m offer for the house they are selling.
"It is the only bid they've had in six months, it's all cash & we can move fast but it is 30% less than their asking price."
Meanwhile Black Brick said it had sourced a luxury residence in Mayfair for a mere £15m – equating to a "highly competitive £1,748 per sq ft" – and £10m less than the £25m that was the original price tag.
The property, a converted pub, was bought out of receivership. It last sold in 2014 for £19.175m, but was subsequently repossessed.
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