If you’re a young driver, you can still get insurance for driving a pickup – as long as your vehicle doesn’t weigh more than the limit on your driving licence.
Pickups weighing less than 3.5 tonnes can be driven on a standard category B licence.
Pickups weighing more than 3.5 tonnes will require a Cat C1 licence – you must be over 18 years old and sit a separate test to get this type of licence.
Just be aware that young-driver insurance for a pickup will be more difficult to find and probably more expensive than standard car insurance.
If you’re a young driver between 17 and 24 years old, you may want to consider a black box telematics policy, which could help reduce the cost of your pickup insurance.