Instructor Stefan Roth Smokes During Driving Lessons Inside Car - Unsafe, Disrespectful, and…read moreManagement refuses accountability
This driving school failed me on every level -- professionally, ethically, and morally. Stefan Roth smoked constantly inside the training car during lessons, even after I told him multiple times I couldn't breathe. I was choking, unable to focus, and stressed -- and when I asked him to stop, he told me to "just open the window." I finally asked him firmly to stop smoking so I could concentrate on driving, and he exploded -- accusing me of "shouting," saying this was my "last class," and blaming me for his stress.
He even said that my driving stressed him out so much that he needed cigarettes. This wasn't feedback -- it was humiliation. I left that class shaking and in tears. His behaviour was abusive and wrong.
This wasn't a one-time issue -- it was a pattern of disrespect and manipulation:
I was made to wait three months before lessons began -- while other schools offer start times in 2-4 weeks.
I was promised Saturday classes, then shamed for even asking.
For three full weeks, I received no lessons because the instructor was unavailable -- and when I followed up, I was told, "You think you're important."
I was told that express students who pay €149 for 45 minutes were a priority -- and I was not.
Every request I made for a suitable schedule was met with threats that the instructor would "stop driving with me."
This isn't just poor service. This is a culture that enables misconduct.
When I reported it to the mangement, they refused to act. No apology. No accountability. The message was clear: they support the instructor, not the student. This entire school protects its own at the cost of basic decency.
As a brown woman, the way I was spoken to and treated was not neutral. It was personal. It reflected bias, dismissal, and power abuse. I was treated as if I didn't deserve respect.
This school does not create safe conditions -- not in the car, not in communication, not in leadership. No student deserves this.
Avoid this place. Protect your time, your health, and your dignity.