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A British company claims to have developed the first car for 5 to 10-year-olds that is not just a toy.
Instead, the creation of “Young Driver Motor Cars Limited” is a two-seat electric vehicle. It has two electric engines, disc brakes, independent suspension, right or left-hand drive steering, and a system that detects obstacles and stops it to avoid collisions.
It can reach speeds of up to 10 MPH (16 km/h), and it comes with a remote control which allows parents to stop the car if necessary.
The new vehicle will come to market in May 2016, and the drivers of the future will be able to test it at selected Young Driver venues across the United Kingdom.
Since this project is for learning purposes, the drivers will try their hand at parking, reversing, maneuvering, passing through junctions, and using traffic lights.
The design of these vehicles is unique, claims their creator, designer Chris Johnson. Furthermore, they are built in the United Kingdom. The first prototypes will be shown at this year’s Gadget Show Live, running at the NEC from March 31 to April 3, 2016.
Young visitors of the show will have the chance to drive one of four working cars built so far, and their feedback will be taken into account in the final development phase. Since we are talking about a technology event where people can take their kids too, we suggest tempering the emotions of the young ones, as the queue for a test ride in the prototype might be long.
Young Driver was established in 2009 as a program which would teach kids to drive over a longer period of time. The idea of the program is to encourage a safer generation of drivers when the students turn 17.
Until this specially designed car, a youngster above the age of 10 and with a height of over 1.42 meters (4 ft 6 in) could have gotten behind the wheel of a Skoda Citigo with dual controls and drive on a realistic road system built on private property. Over 300,000 kids have been through the Young Driver experience at the over 40 venues in the UK.
It is great to see that some countries teach road safety and defensive driving at early ages, instead of waiting for driver’s ed to teach future operators how to behave on the road.
It can reach speeds of up to 10 MPH (16 km/h), and it comes with a remote control which allows parents to stop the car if necessary.
The new vehicle will come to market in May 2016, and the drivers of the future will be able to test it at selected Young Driver venues across the United Kingdom.
Since this project is for learning purposes, the drivers will try their hand at parking, reversing, maneuvering, passing through junctions, and using traffic lights.
The design of these vehicles is unique, claims their creator, designer Chris Johnson. Furthermore, they are built in the United Kingdom. The first prototypes will be shown at this year’s Gadget Show Live, running at the NEC from March 31 to April 3, 2016.
Young visitors of the show will have the chance to drive one of four working cars built so far, and their feedback will be taken into account in the final development phase. Since we are talking about a technology event where people can take their kids too, we suggest tempering the emotions of the young ones, as the queue for a test ride in the prototype might be long.
Young Driver was established in 2009 as a program which would teach kids to drive over a longer period of time. The idea of the program is to encourage a safer generation of drivers when the students turn 17.
Until this specially designed car, a youngster above the age of 10 and with a height of over 1.42 meters (4 ft 6 in) could have gotten behind the wheel of a Skoda Citigo with dual controls and drive on a realistic road system built on private property. Over 300,000 kids have been through the Young Driver experience at the over 40 venues in the UK.
It is great to see that some countries teach road safety and defensive driving at early ages, instead of waiting for driver’s ed to teach future operators how to behave on the road.
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