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Carlinda Driving School

4.7 (6 reviews)

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Last night I did my 5 hour class and it was great I give this school the benefit of a doubt...

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Gold Success Driving School

Gold Success Driving School

4.3(292 reviews)
6.3 mi•Elmhurst
Established in 2010
Certified professionals

I had the best experience with Gold Success Driving School! Everyone I interacted with, from the…read moreamazing ladies in the office to Eric, who set everything up so quickly given my situation, was incredibly warm, welcoming, and efficient. My driving instructor, Frank Dao, is hands down the best instructor I have ever had. After going through multiple instructors at another driving school who never took the time to explain my weaknesses or how to improve, working with Frank was a game changer. He clearly explains mistakes, makes sure you understand how to correct them, and gives detailed, practical tips for everything, from mastering turns to parallel parking. Thanks to Gold Success and Frank's incredible instruction, I passed my road test, and I am truly grateful. I couldn't recommend them more!

Unfortunately, my experience with this driving school was extremely disappointing and ended up…read morebeing a waste of both time and money. I did receive a refund for my unused portions of the package I paid for. I enrolled as a complete beginner and made that very clear from the start. Instead of receiving patient instruction, I experienced an instructor (Michael) who became frustrated with beginner mistakes and raised his voice during lessons. It was also extremely fast paced for a 20 lesson full package deal. On my third day I was being taught a 3 point turn and parallel parking when I was not comfortable turning onto roads and being centered on roads. There were also communication and scheduling issues. On one occasion, I arrived for what I believed was my scheduled lesson, only to find out the time had been changed without any phone call, email, or text notification. Despite the instructor being available, I spent approximately 40 minutes sitting in the vehicle while he stopped at McDonald's and handled personal matters rather than conducting the lesson. During multiple lessons, the instructor took lengthy personal phone calls while I was in the car, including highly personal conversations that contained inappropriate language. As a student learning to drive for the first time, I expected my instructor's full attention and professionalism, not distractions and personal matters. What ultimately made me decide to leave was being told after only three lessons that my remaining lessons and road test had been canceled because I was allegedly "too nervous." I had attended every lesson, was eager to learn, and had only just begun driving. Although I was offered another instructor, by that point I had lost confidence in the school's professionalism and chose to seek instruction elsewhere. Additionally, while waiting for one of my lessons, I overheard another student discussing a negative experience he had with an instructor named Frank. Under normal circumstances I would not place much weight on another student's experience alone. However, after everything I had personally experienced, hearing another student express similar frustrations further reduced my confidence in the school as a whole. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this driving school.

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Gold Success Driving School - Taking the test with Charles who is a great and patient. also took a few classes with James who is also super nice and good at teaching.

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Taking the test with Charles who is a great and patient. also took a few classes with James who is also super nice and good at teaching.

Leadway Driving Schools

Leadway Driving Schools

2.1(7 reviews)
3.0 mi

I passed my road test on June 25, 2021!…read more I found this driving school via Google Search. I was looking for a school where the instructor(s) was said to be patient. Several other commenters said that they had failed the road test with instructors at other schools & when they came to Leadway, they passed. I had taken lessons from another driving school over 26 (yes) years ago & I failed twice. The second time, it was over not getting parallel parking right. To be honest, I don't blame the instructor. Indeed, Mr. S. was patient with me. From my challenges with parallel parking to me needing to take a long pause & postponing lessons & the road test due to my mother's 2020 passing, he & I dealt with a lot. I even paid for perhaps more lessons than the average person. Leadway's 15-lesson package with the 5-hour class helped solidified my choice for a driving school. The pandemic, where achieving the goal of earning my driver's license has been one of the few positive things to come out of 2020, going into 2021. Whether a teen or an older adult new driver, I recommend Leadway Driving School to ALL who are from its service area!

I do not recommend this driving school to anybody! Highly unprofessional. I have been trying to…read morereschedule my driving exam numerous times and the instructor has made this a long dragged out process . I've asked multiple times for a refund regarding the classes I did not receive and he refused . Looking at over reviews I am not the only one experiencing this disappointment , especially when you pay in advance for parti' services .

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Access 2 Drive

Access 2 Drive

1.6(13 reviews)
1.7 mi•Laurelton

Not into this place...at all. I had my first lesson with the owner Terry and he later me texted me…read moreasked to go to dinner. That left a bad taste in my mouth-not professional. For this reason, I stayed away from this company and didn't finish my package. I finally decided to finish my package a year later but they would not let me. Folks please read the fine print because packages only last 6months-I should've read that carefully because they would NOT me to use remaining lessons (which I paid for) when I called after 6months. Access 2 Drive is not my cup of tea.

Went to this school as part of a Amazon local deal which included the 5hr pre-license course and 2…read more45 minute driving lessons. They make you take the 5hr course first which was fine. I had a lovely gentlemen named Anthony. He was very nice and informative and really wants everyone to succeed and be safe on the road. The main problem I had was with the actual driving lessons. They DO NOT pick you up so I had to get someone to drive me and pick me up all the way out there just for an hour and a half lesson (I live near JFK airport). I told the driving instructor that I had lots of previous experience and mainly just needed help with parallel parking and the K turn. The driving instructor was looking at his phone maybe a third to half of my entire lesson. During my first K turn he was talking on the phone and pointing at me which way to turn the wheel instead of verbally telling me what to do. It was very distracting when I have to look at him instead of focusing on the road and not hitting the curb. At another point he was telling me to "Drive drive drive!" because I wasn't cutting into traffic and speeding up to go around a double parked truck that was maybe 5 blocks away. I was going the speed limit and did not know which direction we were headed and didn't want to change lanes yet without the instructors guidance. I would not recommend this school for driving lessons at all. It's not in a very safe area of Queens and my instructor was just an all around jerk and I don't feel like he helped my parallel parking at all. I never got his name but he was an older gentlemen with an accent. Only reason why I gave this location 2 stars instead of 1 was because Anthony's 5hr class was great. I guess in the end, you get what you pay for.

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