Young / underage driving experience / training
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I seem to remember a scheme or club where a parent and novice driver would turn up at a private venue in their car.
The parent would then swap with another parent to sit alongside the youngster while they had some sort of training.
This obviously avoiding the parent / child potential conflict, and saving significant costs with on road driving lessons whilst they learn basic car control.
Is this sort of scheme still around ?
Preferably in the Faversham area.
I see this company do off road tuition https://www.youngdriver.eu/venues/southeast/kent_b... but obviously its a commercial concern.
The parent would then swap with another parent to sit alongside the youngster while they had some sort of training.
This obviously avoiding the parent / child potential conflict, and saving significant costs with on road driving lessons whilst they learn basic car control.
Is this sort of scheme still around ?
Preferably in the Faversham area.
I see this company do off road tuition https://www.youngdriver.eu/venues/southeast/kent_b... but obviously its a commercial concern.
Not quite what you're after, but we used young driver last year for my son and have got him another lesson for this year (he's just turned 12). It was a great setup using instructors with dual control cars. They got to practice a few manoeuvres as well as just driving about. Not the cheapest, but he absolutely loved being able to drive a real car.
vonhosen said:
This....Highly recommended. The majority of my friends kids have been through (or are still in) U17 and I attend their "Magic Day" charity event with the Gallardo every year...... blows my mind slightly to be driven around by a (barely) teenager in my own supercar.
U17 have introductory days at various times of the year, I can put you in touch with the right people if needed.
vonhosen said:
+3 
Kinky Junjor went through it. Also covers things like first aid, mechanics, skid pan and other stuff.
Can't recommend it enough
Anybody reading this in the US might want to look at "Street Survival".
Driver's Ed. in the US is focussed on not losing grip/control. It's good as far as it goes, but it leaves young drivers completely clueless about what happens when grip is lost. The Street Survival program trains young drivers on what happens when inevitably at some point in the future the s
t hits the fan.
An excellent program that as a parent I can emphatically endorse.
Driver's Ed. in the US is focussed on not losing grip/control. It's good as far as it goes, but it leaves young drivers completely clueless about what happens when grip is lost. The Street Survival program trains young drivers on what happens when inevitably at some point in the future the s
t hits the fan. An excellent program that as a parent I can emphatically endorse.
it depends on what you want for it really - there was a underage driving thing at Bluewater not too long ago but i dont know if its gone. when i was under 16 i did a day at Mercedes-Benz world in Surrey got to drive the ML at the time on the off road area with an instructor, they also had normal A classes and the like to float about in plus track sessions in AMG's to be a passenger etc. lots to look at and only next door to the famous Brooklands track and Museum too.
K50 DEL said:
vonhosen said:
This....Highly recommended. The majority of my friends kids have been through (or are still in) U17 and I attend their "Magic Day" charity event with the Gallardo every year...... blows my mind slightly to be driven around by a (barely) teenager in my own supercar.
U17 have introductory days at various times of the year, I can put you in touch with the right people if needed.
BertBert said:
Another vote from me, two of my three had a great time. The third wasn't really interested.
The only thing to note is that to make progress in the learning you have to do quite a lot of days which can be quite demanding on time.
That’s what stopped me pursuing the club for my kids. I wanted an occasional opportunity to do some driving not a religion like activity where I had to go every Sunday. The only thing to note is that to make progress in the learning you have to do quite a lot of days which can be quite demanding on time.
But I do accept that it’s a great way for kids to learn. In the end both my kids learnt on private land initially before hitting the roads.
woodypup59 said:
Thanks all.
The lad is 17 ish (nephew - sort-of 3 times removed) and has recently lost his dad to cancer.
Sounds like the club would be great, but doesn't seem to offer anything near Kent, so we'll keep looking.
Have a great Christmas everyone.
https://www.msvdrivinggifts.com/driving-experience/youngdrive/The lad is 17 ish (nephew - sort-of 3 times removed) and has recently lost his dad to cancer.
Sounds like the club would be great, but doesn't seem to offer anything near Kent, so we'll keep looking.
Have a great Christmas everyone.
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