Alconbury Driving Centre Ltd

The roads of Cambridgeshire could soon be safer, thanks to a revolutionary new driver-training centre. Alconbury Driving Centre aims to teach teenagers advanced driving techniques — before they are even old enough to sit their driving test.

The centre, which boasts a mile-long six-lane ‘virtual motorway’, a skid car and a Driving Zone, gives teenagers who can’t wait to get behind the wheel the opportunity to learn skills that could save their lives.

Chief Instructor, Paul Staple, said: “There is no doubt that the skills we teach give young drivers the ability to handle potentially life-threatening situations on the roads. Our aim is to make our students better than average drivers from the day they pass their test.”

Based at Alconbury Airfield, just off the A14, the centre runs two programmes for young people: the Schools Programme, which is a year-long course open to all schools in Cambridgeshire, and Programme 16 — an affordable training course that ai