I really liked the way the course was presented. It kept my attention and I even learned some new…read morethings. I really like the new videos that were shown. I will be back if I need to or in three years to renew my insurance discount.

Tried applying for truck driving school, and the recruiter found out that all I had to do was renew…read moremy license. They are awesome people and will do everything they can for you.. Highly recommend!!

If you are looking into becoming a CDL driver, this is the school you want to attend!…read more I have 0 mechanical background and never really worked with my hands or done any blue collar work but I have retired from a career of 20+ years as Business Executive. I'm still a young guy, 44 and wanted to try something completely different. I did my research and found Action Career Training right in town and it is very affordable. The first week was classroom instruction. I'll shoot you straight here, there is an instructor, and he will guide the class, but it's mainly students reading chapters on their own, then videos and practice tests. Nothing exciting happens during this week... until you go down to DPS and find out that all of that reading has paid off and you walk out with your commercial learners permit!! Our class had 9 students, and then (8) we guessed someone failed a drug test... LOL and our class instructor was Don Welch. If you get Don, you are in luck! He is a great guy. The next 3 weeks involve you learning how to complete a pre-trip inspection, straight line backing, off-set backing, parallel parking and driving. Pro Tip - watch the pre-trip inspection video that they recommend - everyday for the next 3 weeks.... if you fail this... this is 100% on you... Watch videos on Double Clutching upshifting and down shifting... You will be placed with an instructor and assigned a truck. We had 4 people in our truck so, you will do a lot of sitting waiting for your turn to drive. Don't sleep, watch and learn from others mistakes. Fight for driving time. In week 3 you will go to the practice range, one of you will drive... grab the keys.. always try to be the one driving to the next place etc. Our driving instructor was Ron... I promise you... you WANT RON!! Find RON when you first arrive on week 2 at 7 AM.. tell him you want to be on his team.. mention that you are not a window licker... .. and he might accept you. In the end we learned all the DPS tests to pass the pre-trip, the skills tests and the road tests. You'll be practicing the road test on the route you'll be tested on... they break it up because they can't run the whole thing for obvious reasons, but this is like an open book test.. Action is an authorized 3rd party tester for DPS, so guess what.. ACTION does the testing! Not the instructor, but a different employee.. and you can still fail.. so don't hit a curb, stall out, speed... do dumb shit.. but, they are invested in you passing.. way more than a random DPS tester. Another great attribute for Action is that they make sure all of your testing is paid for, tell you where to go, when to go, make sure that you passed or if you need to retest etc... I wouldn't have known where to start if I did this on my own, but with Action Career Training, In a little less than a month I have my CDL A with Air Breaks, Doubles and Triples, Tanker and Hazmat endorsements and I can get a good paying job anywhere in the country any time I want. What are YOU waiting for?

I have taken this course twice, once for an insurance discount and once for a ticket dismissal…read more Gary and Randy are quite funny and while the videos are old the program is evergreen and is very beneficial.

The online course content itself is .... fine...I guess.... but the video player technology is…read moreold-fashioned and leaves out several features that would really make this course more usable. For example, the video player: - lacks a full-screen mode - lacks subtitles - can't be rewinded if you miss something - doesn't tell you how much time is remaining I understand they don't want folks fast-forwarding all the way thru, but several times I wanted to go back just a few seconds to re-read some on-screen text (remember, the video is teeny tiny especially for those of us with weaker eyes) or repeat what they just said so I could take notes, and my only option was to refresh the entire page and start the video all over again. On a 2 or 3min video clip this wasn't a big deal, but some clips are 20+ mins long and having to start all over was especially frustrating. With the video player coming up the size of a postage stamp, a full-screen button and/or a subtitle option would really make it easier on students! The text-based content has a few minor spelling/grammar mistakes or missing words. The screen also doesn't tell you how many pages are left in a chapter. Again, this makes it difficult for the student to pace themselves or plan ahead (i.e. "I can finish this chapter on my lunch break"). As for the contents of the videos, again they are really old-fashioned. One video has a copyright from 1994. The videos don't acknowledge any modern vehicle safety systems (such as blind-spot detection, automatic braking, automatic headlights, or any kind of driver-assistance system that has been on vehicles for the past 10+ years now). There's also an awkward clip of the two men's velvety wing-backed chairs pressed firmly together, with their (the men's) legs almost touching. Why are these men sitting so close together?

I would like to say if you have been pondering taking your kid to Angelo Driving Academy to do a…read more3rd party test. It is well worth it to pay Mr Pittman the full $70. It gives you a 30 minute practice drive, he helps you practice on your parallel parking, and you take the test in HIS Toyota Corolla not Mom's Yukon XL which has been quite the chore to teach PP. He was prompt, super personable , and easy to work with. We had a fantastic experience. Thank you!

I had to take an Alcohol Awareness course through Angelo Driving Academy. I felt very judged by the…read moreinstructor, where he placed himself above us in society. If you want to help somebody, negative energy is not going to lead to a positive outcome. Judging people is not a way of helping.

This is the location of the old T&P Freight Warehouse Constructed in 1929 to serve as Abilene's…read morefreight depot; the warehouse was rehabilitated and reopened in 1999. It has been a bar and other things over the years. It's now the TSTC Culinary Institute and can be booked for events. Nice place have attended several happenings there. Attended the 'Bake Sale" today I'm going with 5 stars!