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River City Driving School

1.3 (14 reviews)
Closed • 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Friendly Driving School - Providing the best experience in learning to drive Since 1995!

Friendly Driving School

1.0(8 reviews)
0.3 mi•Monument Avenue Park, Near West End

I went there back in 2011. I didn't learn anything about driving but I met the guy I'm dating now…read moreso I guess it's good for something.

HUGE SCAM. Sanctioned by the state of Virginia no less. Now that the state has made a specific teen…read more"behind the wheel" class- that is very often not offered in school- a requirement for a new license, places like this are making out like bandits, literally. I paid over $200 for my daughter to take 14 sessions with the "school" and 7 were to be observation and 7 actual driving. They come and pick you up, so I thought that was great. My daughter went for her first lesson and was back in under an hour. I thought these were supposed to be two hour sessions? The second time, again she was back in less than an hour. It's a pain in general to schedule with these guys- we had one instructor who I would have to wrangle with over times and then he'd cancel and reschedule etc. Then came the real shocker. After the third or fourth outing, the instructor called me out to the car, has me sign my daughter's temporary license and announces that she is done, and that the school would send the paperwork to the DMV/court and we would receive a date for the licensing ceremony in the mail. But that was it- she was now a licensed driver. Anyway, this "school" did not teach her to drive, to park, did not have her drive on the highway, did not teach her about traffic situations, and from what my daughter told me, she nearly wrecked the car on the way back to the house from the last "lesson" and the guy still passed her! I ended up teaching her to drive myself. They do not care- they just want the money. I will not repeat the stories that some of her schoolmates had about this place in regard to the time vs money scam this place seems to be running because I want to stick strictly to my own experience. The last thing that happened was that we never got the paperwork in the mail from the court. My daughters temp papers expired, and when I called the DMV they told me Friendlys had never sent in the paperwork. They had also filled in my daughter's birthdate on the papers with the birth month as "0". So I had to go back to her school, re-obtain the classroom driving test documentation, track the teacher down, have him sign the papers, take my daughter out of school and go down to the DMV to sit for an hour and fill everything out all over again. Very, very inconvenient. If the state of Virginia had not instituted this requirement, these places would not be able to run this con on people. Why are they not doing behind the wheel either through the schools or through the state. Privatizing it has made it ridiculously easy for unscrupulous places to just collect money in exchange for a signature and a piece of paper. These places don't care about safety or teaching kids to drive safely, they don't even care enough to send in the darned paperwork. All they care about is money, and how many paying students they can cram in on any given day. Think about it: the less time a kid spends in the company's car, the more time that instructor has to rack up quantity. The whole thing makes me sick. I wish I could give a "0" rating.

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Be Better Drivers - 2009 Instructor of the Year

Be Better Drivers

4.0(4 reviews)
13.7 mi

I was searching for a driving school and I googled this school. Anyway, I had questions and wanted…read moreto speak with someone about their services. Anyway, called no one answered but then I received a voicemail saying to look on their website for all the information. Ok, No thank you. I'm glad that I was able to find another company that could take the time to answer whatever questions I may have had. Don't stop at the first company, because there's so many more better companies out there. Would I recommend this company absolutely NOT! I pay for services where I feel I'm appropriated.

Our 17 yr old daughter received a traffic ticket, which led to DMV requiring her to take the 8 hr…read moredriver improvement class. She dreaded it of course. Greg, was so nice and kept us aware every chance he had regarding our daughters safe arrival, progress, and departure. We are retired military and not familiar with all areas around Ft. Lee. Greg was great with directions and knowledge of the area where his business was on this day. Our daughter said it was the best class she had ever taken for driving, she learned alot, was treated respectfully, and was excited to get home to tell us all about it. It happened to be my birthday, but, I could not think of a better gift to give myself, than knowing we had provided our youngest daughter a much needed gift of knowledge and of safety. I recommend this company highly. Communication gets an A, instructor receives an A, patience and professionalism...yep, another A. You could spend a few dollars less, but, you do get what you pay for! SMSGT. (Ret) & Mrs. Barnes

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