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Why buy from us?
The Truck Driving Experience is a unique opportunity to get behind the wheel of a huge 12 car transporter. You'll be guided by a fully qualified Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) instructor as you attempt to manoeuvre the 60-foot behemoth around a specialist course. The truck itself is a Scania P420, which boasts a 13-litre 6 cylinder engine and produces 420 BHP.
You'll get approximately 15-20 minutes in control of the Scania lorry, prior to which you'll be given an in-depth briefing in the cab by your instructor. Once you've got to grips with the oversized steering wheel and the 12-speed gearbox you'll attempt to drive the truck around slaloms and tight technical sections. You'll also have a chance to see what it's like to reverse park a lorry.
Welcome Introduction and Safety Briefing in the Cab of the truck by one of our fully qualified HGV Instructors
15-20 minutes driving a Scania P420 12-car Transporter – including slaloms and reversing
Certificate of completion to finish
Please allow up to 1 hour at the venue.
An optional Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) will be offered to you at registration on the day and starts at £25 for one vehicle with a supplement of £5 per extra vehicle after that. Cars are subject to availability and not all cars will be available at all venues.
This voucher is valid for 10-months from the date of purchase. We recommend booking your voucher 8-12 weeks in advance. You can upgrade the validity to 14 months when you order.
You must hold a full manual driving licence and legally be able to drive in the UK
The minimum age for this experience is 17-year-old
The minimum height for this experience is 4'10", the maximum height is 6'6"
The maximum weight for this experience is 20 stone
Drivers must be able to understand instructions given to them in English
Friends and family are welcome as spectators and catering facilities are provided
Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed at any venues
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear
The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary according to location
Driving experiences are still carried out during rainy weather. All of our cars are road cars and are fitted with wet weather tyres. We advise you to wear waterproof clothing. In extreme weather conditions, events may be cancelled. In this eventuality, we or the events team directly will do our best to contact the participant to inform you and rearrange your experience.
Selected dates from March-November.
Our ethos is that your 'experience' should begin from the moment you first browse the site and we can deliver this because of:
- once you buy a voucher you are not then left to book the experience yourself. We handle your booking from A-Z, not only providing online dates but also dealing with the supplier to secure your date. Even after you have had your experience, we will ask you for a review of the event to ensure everything went ok.
- Our core staff have been working in the industry since 2004 and have all the experience necessary to deliver the experience that is perfect for you.
- Each venue and provider has been vetted by us and reviewed by our customers meaning we can give you honest, unbiased advice about what you are ordering.
- We have 3 lines of communication; phone, chat and email and our customer service centre is open 6 days a week. The average answer time for our call centre to answer is 20 seconds and we have a vast help section where you should be able to find any answer online.
- Once you have chosen a date, we will help to ensure that you get the confirmation in time for your event and if need be we will liaise with the supplier on your behalf if there is a problem.
- After each event we invite our customers to review the venue and the provider. This valuable feedback is then used to improve our service and also made public to other customers considering the same event. As a returning customer you will be eligible for a drivingexperience.com discount code to use on your next purchase.
