When shipping a car, SUV or light truck, your vehicle is typically only driven onto the car carrier at pick up and off the carrier during drop-off. In some instances, your vehicle may also be driven on or off the car carrier while in transport in order to move other vehicles on or off the car carrier.
If you choose to use a terminal, your vehicle will also be driven from the parking space to the car carrier for loading. Upon drop-off, it will be driven to a parking space.
Other than that, your vehicle should not be driven during auto transport. If you have any concerns that it was driven excessively, you can compare the current mileage to the mileage on your pick-up paperwork (typically known as the bill of lading).
Using a driveaway service is very different than shipping your vehicle. For driveaway, you are hiring a professional driver to drive your vehicle from your origin to your final destination. So, your vehicle is being driven for the full trip and is not shipping on a car carrier. You can use mapping software (such as Mapquest or Google Maps ) to estimate the distance it will be driven.