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Learning to drive aged seven: two children give their verdicts on lessons in a Firefly Sport

Published 15 May 2023
By Will Dron
What's the best age for your first driving lesson? With the Firefly Sport it can be as young as four years old.
Young Driver driving lessons with instructor

Learner drivers wait six months for lessons

Four out of five (81%) of driving instructors are reporting waiting lists, with some learners being told to wait six months or more.
Published 26 July 2021
How to avoid stress and keep calm in a driving test

Top 10 ways to combat driving test nerves

Driving tests are suspended at the moment but under normal circumstances, around 6,000 people take one each day. It's a nervy time.
Published 17 January 2021

Young drivers may face tough new restrictions

The Transport Committee has launched a consultation into restricting rules for new drivers that could restrict night driving and alcohol intake.
Published 01 October 2020
The Vauxhall Corsa is the most popular Gen Z car

Study finds most popular car for young drivers

The Vauxhall Corsa is the most popular car among young drivers, according to a report by MoneySuperMarket.
Published 09 June 2020
Average of 30 new drivers per day banned last year

Thirty new drivers per day were banned last year

Over 11,000 drivers per day were banned from driving last year, within two years of passing their driving test.
Published 12 May 2020
Millennial Generation Y driver car buying

Millennials have no desire to give up cars

The stereotype of millennials being anti-car is way off point, it seems, as new research shows young people overwhelmingly want their own motor.
Published 28 October 2019

Video: Teen driver causes highway crash

A teenage driver in Oklahoma found out the hard way how not to join a fast-moving highway from a slip road.
Published 16 May 2019
Young drivers using black boxes ‘as safe as older drivers’

Black boxes make young drivers as safe as anyone

The notion that young drivers are more likely to crash than older drivers has been turned on its head by new data from a car insurance company sp
Published 15 February 2019
German teenager banned from driving 49 minutes after passing test

Teen gets driving ban 49 mins after passing test

A German teenager has been banned from driving just 49 minutes after passing his test, after police caught him breaking the speed limit.
Published 22 November 2018
Parents paying hundreds of pounds to keep young drivers on the roads

Parents spend hundreds keeping children on road

With costs for under 25s continuing to rise, parents are having to contribute more and more money to keep young drivers behind the wheel.
Published 29 August 2018
Minnesotan teenager survives surprise sinkhole crash

Video: Minnesotan teen survives sinkhole crash

A teenage driver in the US state of Minnesota has had a very lucky escape, after emerging unscathed from a sinkhole in the road.
Published 05 July 2018
New drivers develop bad habits and turn into 'bad drivers' in just 10 weeks

New drivers develop bad habits in just 10 weeks

New motorists develop bad habits and turn into 'bad drivers' in just 10 weeks, according to a new poll. 
Published 29 June 2018