Young Driver with DLAB
Now working with Under‑17s and colleges
We’re offering a FREE driving lesson for 16‑year‑olds in a safe, off‑road environment — giving young people the chance to build essential skills before they go onto a real road environment. For parents, it means your teen gets a calm, structured introduction to driving without any pressure.
We believe early education truly makes a difference, which is why we’re offering this opportunity to 16‑year‑olds in a controlled, off‑road space. When young learners understand the basics of car control early on, they grow into safer, more confident, and more responsible drivers later in life.
In this FREE session, we’ll cover moving off, stopping, steering, reversing, and starting to coordinate these core skills — giving your young driver a solid, reassuring head start.
We can also offer this opportunity to 17‑year‑olds* who feel nervous about starting their first driving lessons. If they’re unsure whether manual or automatic is right for them, this safe, off‑road environment gives them the chance to try both, build confidence, and decide what feels best before committing on the road.
Book your FREE Young Driver session now!
We’re offering a FREE driving lesson for 16‑year‑olds in a safe, off‑road environment — giving young people the chance to build essential skills before they go onto a real road environment. For parents, it means your teen gets a calm, structured introduction to driving without any pressure.
We believe early education truly makes a difference, which is why we’re offering this opportunity to 16‑year‑olds in a controlled, off‑road space. When young learners understand the basics of car control early on, they grow into safer, more confident, and more responsible drivers later in life.
In this FREE session, we’ll cover moving off, stopping, steering, reversing, and starting to coordinate these core skills — giving your young driver a solid, reassuring head start.
We can also offer this opportunity to 17‑year‑olds* who feel nervous about starting their first driving lessons. If they’re unsure whether manual or automatic is right for them, this safe, off‑road environment gives them the chance to try both, build confidence, and decide what feels best before committing on the road.
Book your FREE Young Driver session now!
The Young Driver experience focuses purely on car control — a quick taste of what most beginners cover in their very first driving lesson with Drive like a Boss.
But when we’re in schools delivering assemblies and workshops, the focus shifts completely. We’re not teaching clutch control or steering. We’re talking about what really causes accidents. Yes, inexperience might contribute, but the biggest factor is human behaviour: the choices we make, the risks we take, the pressures we feel, and even the personality traits that shape how we behave behind the wheel.
Our goal isn’t to frighten anyone. It’s to open their eyes. To get young people thinking about consequences — the “what If’s” that most drivers never consider until it’s too late. Nobody gets into a car expecting not to come home.
We want to make our communities safer, and that starts long before we turn 17. Early education saves lives — and that’s why we do what we do.
We work with 16‑year‑olds to start building positive driving attitudes and behaviours before they begin their formal lessons. By reaching teenagers early, we hope to encourage a stronger understanding of what safe, responsible driving really looks like.
We actually start learning to drive long before we turn 17yrs old. Every car journey our children sit through teaches them something. Watching how parents, family members and friends drive and interact with other road users quietly shapes their expectations for when it’s their turn.
It’s not just real‑life driving that shapes young people’s attitudes. Video games, TV, social media, the conversations they hear and the behaviour they see — it all contributes to their understanding of what driving looks like. In many ways, we begin shaping future drivers long before they ever sit behind the wheel. Even as pedestrians, they’re constantly observing how road users behave and how people interact on the road.
This video shows the event that took place in May 2026
Why is this event FREE - What is DLAB Young Driver all about?
For many teenagers this is the very first time they have had the chance to sit behind the wheel and make the car move. We really hope that your son or daughter enjoys their Young Driver experience with us!
While the session is designed to be fun and memorable, it also has a bigger purpose. For some young people it offers a helpful head start for when they turn 17 and begin learning to drive. For others, it can spark a new interest in driving that wasn’t there before. We have also found that for anyone feeling particularly nervous about the idea of learning to drive, the off-road safe environment has helped to ease anxiety. Whether your teenager has already taken part in our Young Driver event or is booked onto the next one, we hope it’s enjoyable and that they feel proud of themselves, together with being excited about the prospect of soon being able to start learning to drive!
Although enjoyment is a key factor of Young Driver, the sessions are not purely about the fun aspect. We have started this event based on the feedback and experience we have had when focusing on road safety within schools and colleges we have visited. We wanted to offer something similar to individuals & parents.
We work closely with schools because we believe early education in road safety and responsible driving is one of the most effective ways to keep our roads — and our teenagers — safe. By starting this learning before they turn 17, we can help young people build safer habits long before they begin driving independently.
All of this starts building the foundations of the driver they may one day become.
I noticed my own teenage daughter not wanting to put her seatbelt on — or wearing it under her arm because it felt “more comfortable”. When I challenged her on it and asked if she hadn’t seen the adverts, it suddenly hit me: the road‑safety campaigns we grew up with just aren’t there anymore.
This is the seatbelt video I showed to my daughter.
The next videos do make you think. They really focus on human behaviour and the consequences on the decisions we make when behind the wheel of the car. The aim of these is not to scare but to encourage discussion and understand consequences.
Sharing these road‑safety videos with your teenager isn’t about scaring them. It’s about giving them a realistic understanding of the consequences of certain choices on the road. Teenagers respond far better to visuals than to lectures and seeing real‑life scenarios helps them connect the dots in a way simple rules never can. These videos open the door to honest conversations and help young people think more deeply about the responsibility that comes with driving.
The next one really does make you stop and think. They focus on human behaviour — the split‑second decisions we make behind the wheel — and the very real consequences that can follow.
This next video is very similar to the one we show when we visit schools. Although it isn’t from the UK, we’ve found it leaves a real, lasting impression — especially because it focuses on teenagers and the split‑second choices they make. It will make anyone who watches it think twice before looking at their phone or sending a message while driving.
This next film is a little longer, but it’s incredibly popular with teenagers because it’s made by a well‑known couple on YouTube in a format they relate to. They look back at 21 UK road‑safety campaigns from at early as the 1960’s — and it really proves what I feel about the lack of these campaigns now. For years, we produced powerful, memorable public‑safety adverts… and yet in more recent times, there’s been far fewer of them.
Watching this video shows just how effective those campaigns once were, and how much of an impact they could still have today.
Behind every statistic is a real family, a real story, and a real life that could be changed forever. Since watching Julie Knew Her Killer, I’ve never had to mention seatbelts to my daughter again. Understanding the potential consequences was enough to make it click for her.
I genuinely hope that what we’ve put together through Young Driver has the same positive impact for your family. If it helps even one young person make a safer choice, then it’s already made a difference.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to our message and watch the videos we’ve shared. We hope this is something you can talk about together as a family. Most accidents are preventable, with better education and a clearer understanding of how our behaviour and decisions can lead to a collision, we can all play a part in keeping each other safe.
We all live busy lives, and sometimes we all need a reminder. As a driving school, the last thing we want is to put anyone off driving — far from it. Driving brings freedom, independence and opportunity. But we also recognise that we have an important role to play in road safety. Without better education, without awareness of the risks, and without making the consequences feel real, we miss the chance to influence the next generation of drivers in a meaningful way.
If we can help even one young person make a safer choice, avoid a moment of distraction, or think twice before taking a risk, then everything we do is worth it.
Schools - Drive like a Boss - Young Driver – In the Classroom
Sessions are tailored to each school’s needs, timetable, and facilities, giving every group an experience that feels relevant, engaging, and grounded in real life. The aim is to give clear information, genuine responsibility, honest consequences, and enough energy and interaction to keep students switched on.
The assembly introduces students to the foundations of safe driving and the human factors that influence risk. They explore how behaviours and decision‑making affect reaction times, awareness, and judgement; why drink and drug driving remains a major cause of collisions; and how real people’s lives have been changed in moments. Speeding, seatbelts, distraction, and the split‑second nature of accidents are unpacked in a way that feels relatable rather than preachy.
The team’s background adds weight and authenticity. With an ex‑firefighter, two former police officers, and a blue‑light driving instructor who trains emergency service drivers, students hear directly from people who have attended roadside collisions, managed emergency responses, and used the equipment they’re often curious about. Their stories, experience, and openness to questions help students understand what really happens behind the sirens and why safe choices matter long before they get behind the wheel.
If your school, college or sixth-form centre is interested in what we could offer you, please do get in touch.
