CARLSBERG don’t do driving lessons, which is probably for the best given the drink-driving laws.
But if they did, I bet they’d hand you the keys to a Porsche 911.
Young Driver is a family day out that offers real lessons for kids eight years before they can get a provisional licence Credit: Supplied
Kids can get behind the wheel of a Bentley, Merc or Porsche Credit: Supplied
Or how about a Bentley or a full-sized fire engine?
And they’d do it from the age of NINE.
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Welcome to Young Driver, a family day out that offers real lessons for kids eight years before they can get a provisional licence.
The premise is simple.
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An early start has been proven to cut the accident rate in the first few years of passing your test by 80 per cent.
All lessons take place with qualified instructors on specialist courses in dual-control cars.
As it’s on private land, it’s perfectly legal for youngsters to get behind the wheel.
You can start out in a shiny new Suzuki Swift to master the basics of steering and clutch control or book a drive in their exclusive collection.
My son and daughter, aged 12 and 14, opted for the shiny blue Porsche 911, and within minutes were confidently lapping a mini-town circuit with beaming smiles.
It’s mindblowing to watch as a parent.
They had never sat in the driver’s seat of a car before but here they were at the wheel of Stuttgart’s finest.
While the main lessons cover children and young adults aged from nine upwards, younger siblings aged four to eight won’t miss out as they can take Firefly electric motors for a spin.
You can book the Porsche, a Bentley Flying Spur, Mercedes SL500, classic cars including an Austin 7 and a Morris Minor, or take a fire engine for a spin.
There’s a skills event where you progress to higher speeds. They hold sessions at more than 70 venues around the UK, host parties and offer driving-lesson bundles.
Our venue was the British Motor Museum, next to Aston Martin’s HQ and Jaguar Land Rover engineering centre.
It’s a slice of petrol heaven with over 400 cars on display from early pioneers to modern classics.
And everything is handled with safety at its core.
Since launching in 2009, they’ve helped 1.7million kids learn to drive.
There’s nothing more nerve-wracking than handing L-plates to your children.
It’s a rite of passage fraught with worry and monster insurance bills.
But these early lessons can really give them a head start before they finally get on the open road – and that’s priceless peace of mind.
Prices from £48 at youngdriver.com.
