She's the Queen of the road - and she's only ten years old. 

I took my motoring mad daughter Poppy along for a driving lesson with a difference and she loved every minute of it. 

Young Driver offer lessons for ten to 17-year-olds at 70 venues around the country, including Eastleigh. 

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We turned up at the Silverlake Stadium and, within a matter of minutes, she was skilfully steering a Suzuki Swift in and out of cones in the football club car park and field beyond. 

I could hardly believe my eyes as she motored off into the distance fully in control, indicating, stopping at junctions, and navigating roundabouts whenever the need arose.

After 30 minutes at the wheel, Poppy was able to reverse park like a pro and get a number of skills ticked off in her log book. 

(Image: Newsquest) Fully qualified driving instructors teach children using dual-controlled cars on private land and you can even buy a video of the whole experience if you wish. 

They use pretend road systems to help to make the learning experience life-like as well as great fun and help encourage a generation of safe drivers. 

All drivers must be aged ten to 17 and at least 1.42m tall to participate in the specialist driver training scheme, which does also offer a Firefly Sport electric car experience for four to nine-year-olds.

(Image: Newsquest) Poppy thought the whole experience was wonderful and is already keen to return and work on that manoeuvre of nightmares, reversing around the corner. 

It was the perfect chance for her to practice gear changes, braking and steering without the pressures of public roads.

The scheme previously operated in the car park at Westquay, but has moved to the bigger site at Eastleigh FC this year to cope with demand. A second Hampshire venue operates at Barton Stacey.  

(Image: Newsquest) Some locations even offer the opportunity to drive a fire engine or Bentley! 

Luckily, I now have a full seven years to help her save for her first car!