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What Lexie Loves...
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Hello, today I’m back with this month’ s ar ticle on Young
Driver, a national company that teach 11+ to drive, which
I got a lesson from a few weeks ago.
First Impressions:
Before I went, I had been wondering one key point: What will the cars be like? I sort of
imagined that they would just be a more complex version of a go-kart, so when I got to the
Young Driver location I was having my lesson in, I was very surprised to see actual cars that
you could buy from a shop. The only difference between one you get from the shop and the
one I was driving in, is that mine had dual control. Dual control means that the passenger at
the front (my instructor) could also brake, accelerate etc. if there was a problem.
The Lesson:
The actual driving lesson consisted of driving round the course whilst doing little
challenges along the way. Once we’d got the car set up we drove round a course that
contains Give Way, roundabouts and other things you would find on the road. In just one
hour, I did slalom, which is going in and out of pillars, like dribbling a ball - but in a car, I
learnt how to do a U-turn and could reverse the car safely. I went into the lesson hoping that
by the end I would be able to drive a car round a few bends and came out with all this which
was amazing.
My Instructor:
The instructor I had was called Sara and she was really nice. She explained everything really
well in depth, so there was nothing I felt like I couldn’t do and if I got confused she would
just really patiently go through it again. At the same time she went at a really good pace and
she challenged me a bit too which I think is always really important when you’re learning
something new so I got to do a lot of different things in my hour.
Young Driver also do birthday parties and it makes a great present, so if
you have a child who is into cars with a birthday coming up, I would definitely
recommend you keep Young Driver in mind for the present or part.
Overall, I had a really fun time at Young Driver and would definitely like to go again.
For anyone who has ever liked the idea of driving, I would totally recommend this
(ages 11 and upwards at the moment, although they are releasing a younger
lesson soon too). They have venues all across the UK and the nearest ones to
Buckinghamshire are Uxbridge and Brent Cross.

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