Terrible!!! My son started segment 1 AND FINISHED segment 1 in October. Here it is December and he still doesn't have his permit (pink slip, yes). It takes this company MONTHS to schedule these kids to drive. I can understand being behind, but this is inexcusable when you have to keep rearranging your schedule to drive your kid up there for months...... What should have taken 1 month is dragging out until Christmas. My son will NOT get his permit for another 2 weeks still Yet. GO ELSEWHERE!!!!!!! IM NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER!!!!! read more

Awful. The instructor would rather preach politics than teach his class, and classes would be cancelled with absolutely no communication to the parents. And when calls were made addressing this, charming Mr. Douglas would say that the concerned parents were "b*tching," right in front of students. In addition to this, the source material given was outdated and not helpful at all on the test. Please, take your child to a better place to learn how to drive, don't waste your money on this poor excuse of a business. Find an instructor who can actually do their job properly. read more

I'm currently a student at Douglas driving academy. I'd give this place zero stars if I could. The "instructor" constantly talks with students off topic, and only shows us decade old CD's of people dying and giving us worksheets not on the test. I recommend you take your money elsewhere as the staff is very unprofessional. I have not learned anything remotely relative to what either tests were about and have only been taught the basics. I will say one driving instructor however was very nice and easy to drive with, so he's the reason this place even gets a star beyond what I'm forced to give. read more

Not a good place to go. Rude office staff. Driving instructor is horrible.

This business was very unprofessional. Everytime I went into their classroom for segment 1 they brought there dogs, which would distract everyone from learning. Also when I got my drives in Mr. Douglass would constantly talked about his political views and how it's not okay to express your feelings to your parents. The only part I enjoyed about their business was Mrs. Douglass, she was very nice and tried her best with teaching the students. read more

We paid for segment 1 and 2. the second segment should have been a week. It ended up being 3 days because he said he was sick. During those days, he went on a rant about how masks are dumb, covid isn't real and wouldn't be wearing a mask or make any of the students follow protocol. He went on rants about his political opinions and his disgust for transgender people for an entire class period. My daughter did not learn one thing in segment 2. She was disgusted by his discussions that had nothing to do with driving. While in segment 1, her drive times were constantly cancelled- family illness, broken down car, etc. I would never recommend this company for driver's ed...pay the extra money! read more

I wish that I could leave a review and give 0 stars, but it doesn't let me, so I and forced to give 1. My daughter took segment 1 through Douglas and the entire process was frustrating. They cancelled multiple classes and never rescheduled. My daughter was scheduled for a 6 am drive, YES A 6 AM DRIVE before school. First of all I thought that was absurd, but then he never showed up for one of the drives and didn't bother to call either. I was at work and she was stuck trying to figure out what to do. The same thing happened to a classmate of hers too. He was also at least 30 minutes late for another drive. When it came to segment 2 we wanted to go with another school, but couldn't due to our schedules. Again, we were frustrated with them. The class was scheduled for late July, when masks are required in public, however, Mr. Douglas did not wear a mask at any time during the class. They also had way too many students in the room to follow any type of social distancing protocols. Finally, he thinks it's necessary to interject his political views during the class, which I feel is entirely inappropriate as well. I really wish that we had a different option in Petersburg because I do not recommend them at all. read more

This class is the best class ever!!! It teaches people how to drive and what the real world will be like. Mr.Douglas has many funny stories and there is never a dull moment. I 100% recommend this class if you like to learn and have fun at the same time. Mr.Douglas has fun with people to make sure you are prepared for what will happen when you are driving by yourself or with friends! read more

My daughter was taught by Mrs Douglas and did not learn much at all. The class was rescheduled and canceled with short notice. Over all I was not pleased. The driving instructor left a lot to be desired and to be honest reminded me of Bevis and Butt head. I had two other children go through drivers training with MG driving academy and felt they were prepared for the road after segment 1. After our experience with Douglas we chose a different school for segment 2 and paid for extra drive time. I say choose anyone but Douglas read more

My second child did class through them and they were very helpful and we had no issues at all. They were all just fine. Find the good in people everywhere and your own day will get better. read more

I am far from pleased with Douglas. My daughter has been in the class six weeks and has had 75% of her classes/road time canceled. I wish I could get my money back from them and take her else where. She has gotten her parents permit and I will have to pay someone else to teach her to drive properly. She was taught the blind spot AFTER being allowed to drive. Not a safe practice. I have one other child that should be eager to be going to drivers school but is now terrified. Last night my daughter was due to drive on the highway. Pick up time was supposed to be 7pm. Then it was 7:45pm. Personally kind of late for teaching a child to drive. Anyways, she got home from drive at 9:30pm. On a school night. This company finds ever excuse to cancel or reschedule. A family passing to a family member in the hospital. This company really needs to be shut down or be inspected because I feel I've been ripped off. read more

I loved that the classes were only 3 weeks for seg 1. My daughter has a very busy schedule so even though each class was pretty long, being able to get it done in 3 weeks was great. Also, they worked around her busy schedule. Her class was 4 days/week @3:30, but on Mondays she was busy until 6 so he allowed her to go to a class at one of his other locations that started at 7. My daughter has autism so we waited till she was a little older for drivers ed, and he did a really great job with her. read more