Terms of Use

Who we are

The DriverGuide website and app are published by Frimpong Studios, an independent developer based in Ghana ([YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME TBC], [ADDRESS IN GHANA TBC]; "we", "us"). By using them you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use them.

Using DriverGuide

DriverGuide gives you short lessons and questions about road rules, set out as a road trip. It is for learning. It does not replace a driving instructor, the official highway code or handbook, or your licensing test, and passing the lessons does not mean you will pass a test or that you are fit to drive. We are not part of, or approved by, any government or licensing authority.

You may use DriverGuide for your own learning, not for resale, and only as these terms allow.

Accuracy of lessons

We write lessons from official sources, and the app lists them. We work to keep them right and current, but rules change, are applied differently in different places, and we can make mistakes. Where a lesson and the law or a road sign disagree, the law and the sign win. If you spot a mistake, tell us at [CONTACT EMAIL TBC].

Samples, such as example prices or example businesses shown in the app or on this website, are for illustration and are not real offers.

The waitlist

The app is not released yet. Joining the waitlist is free. It means we will use your email or Ghana phone number to tell you once when DriverGuide opens in the country you picked. It does not promise that we will open in that country, or when. You can ask to be taken off the list at any time at [CONTACT EMAIL TBC]. Only give us your own contact details, and you must be 16 or older. Every message has an unsubscribe link. Text alerts are for Ghana numbers only, and standard message charges from your network may apply.

Your account

• You can learn without an account. To make one (or join the waitlist) you must be 16 or older. The app asks you to confirm this and that you agree to these terms. If you are not, please don't.
• An account needs a phone number we can text a code to. One account per person. Use your own number and give true information about yourself.
• You are responsible for what happens on your account, so keep your phone and codes to yourself. Tell us if you think someone else has got in.
• Pick a name and handle that are not offensive and don't pretend to be someone else.
• You can delete your account at any time in the app (Me, then Account, then Delete account), or by following these steps. This removes your profile, trip, friends and calls and can't be undone.

Friends and phone calls

Friends are by invitation: you add people by their code, handle or search, and they must accept. The "one phone call" in the game is a question sent to a friend's app. It is not a real phone call and does not use your voice, your minutes or your network's calling service. A friend may not answer, and a call ends after 3 minutes. You can remove a friend at any time. Don't send friend requests to people who have said no, or use the friends features to bother anyone.

Acceptable use

Please don't:

• break the law, or use DriverGuide to harass, threaten or deceive anyone;
• cheat the game, for example by sending progress that didn't happen, using bots or scripts, or helping others do so. We check progress against the game's rules and may reject or reset it;
• ask for lots of sign-in codes, or flood the waitlist or any other part of the service;
• try to break in, probe or overload our systems, or reach other people's accounts or data;
• copy, scrape or resell our lessons, questions, drawings or code, apart from small quotes with credit;
• use DriverGuide while you are driving. Learn when you are not behind the wheel.

Our content

The lessons, questions, drawings, maps, characters, the DriverGuide name and logo, and the app itself belong to us or our licensors, and they are protected by law. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app and its content for your own learning. If you got the app from the Apple App Store, Apple's standard licence terms for apps also apply, and Apple is not a party to these terms. Support for the app, and any claim about it, is for us to deal with, not Apple or Google. Official road signs and laws belong to their authorities; we show them for teaching. Characters, officers, businesses, car makes and ads shown in the game are made up, unless the app says an offer is real; any likeness to a real person or business is by chance. What you write in your profile stays yours, and you allow us to show it to the people you choose as the app describes.

Ads

The app shows ads on its map. Advertisers are responsible for their own ads and offers, and we don't promise that any offer is right for you. See the Privacy Policy for how ads and your data are handled.

DriverGuide Plus and payments

Lessons and test preparation are free. DriverGuide Plus is an optional paid subscription with extra features. It is not on sale yet. When it is:

• You buy it through Google Play or the Apple App Store, and they take the payment (for example with mobile money or a card). Their terms and payment rules also apply, and they, not us, handle billing and refunds under their own policies.
• The price, the length of each period (monthly or yearly) and what you get are shown before you buy. Prices differ by country, are in the local currency, and include any taxes the store must charge.
• A subscription renews by itself until you cancel. Cancel in your Google Play or App Store subscription settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. You keep Plus until the period you paid for is over.
• A free trial, if offered, turns into a paid subscription when it ends unless you cancel before then.
• If we change a price, we will tell you first, and the new price applies from your next renewal.
• Your legal rights to a refund or to cancel, for example under consumer law where you live, are not affected.

Ending your use

You can stop using DriverGuide whenever you like. We may suspend or close an account, or stop a feature, if you break these terms, if the law requires it, or if it puts others or the service at risk. We will tell you why when we can. We may also change or stop parts of the service, and when we do we will give you reasonable notice where we can.

Liability

DriverGuide is provided "as is". We don't promise that it will always be available, error-free or suit your needs. We are not responsible for losses that come from relying on it in place of the law, official guidance, an instructor or a licensing test, or for losses we couldn't reasonably have foreseen. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law doesn't allow us to limit, such as for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud. Your legal rights as a consumer are not affected. [CONFIRM WITH A LAWYER]

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Ghana, and the courts of Ghana can decide disputes, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring a claim, or to have the law of your own country apply, somewhere else. We would like to sort out any problem with you first: please write to [CONTACT EMAIL TBC] before taking other steps. [CONFIRM WITH A LAWYER]

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms, for example when we add features or paid plans. We will change the date above, and for important changes we will tell you in the app or by email. If you keep using DriverGuide after a change, you accept it.

Contact

Frimpong Studios
[ADDRESS IN GHANA TBC]
[CONTACT EMAIL TBC]