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    Strive Driving School

    4.7 (41 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Strive Driving School is excellent! Run by knowledgeable professionals. I highly recommend them.

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    Great school! my sister passed exam right after the first pre-test class! yahooo!!! thanks!

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    Ask the Community - Strive Driving School

    Hello! What is your current rate for 2023? My 17 yr old daughter just passed her written test and a…

    Good morning Ann, Our current rate is $170 for a 90 minute weekday lesson and $199 for a 90 minute… Read more

    Hi I don't have car did the company take behind the wheel test in there car?

    We do offer a vehicle for the test, but the availability is limited. The rate is two lesson slots, which at the moment (6/2022) is $310.

    Hello and good day. I would like to know about your driving program, like how many sessions, how much will it cost and how will be the setup for pickup and drop off as well as the available times?

    Hi James! Sorry for the delay in answering your question, yelp was previously giving me an error when I tried to reply.… Read more

    Hi, Do you have a program / class for driving Instructor training ?…

    We do have a training program for new instructors. However it is for employees only.

    Do you teach manual gear?

    We do manual lessons, but at this time we only do it in a customers vehicle. We get so few requests per month, we no longer have a manual vehicle in our fleet.

    Is there any instructor who speaks hindi/gujarati?

    Hi Riya! Unfortunately we don't have anyone who speaks hindi/gujaratia at this time.

    Hi there, I took a lesson with you guys long back. I eventually did get my driver's licence last year. I want to get better at parallel parking. By any chance, do you guys offer a short lesson just for parallel parking? If so, what are the charges?

    All our lessons are 90 minutes long. We can very much setup a lesson that gets you comfortable with parallel parking. The current rate for lessons are $140 for a weekday lesson, $160 for a weekend lesson and $125 for late night weekday lesson.

    Can a car be available for the DMV test?

    A vehicle can be, but our availability for this is very limited. Due to the time use of the vehicle and instructor, we charge $280 (two lesson slots). We almost always recommend borrowing a vehicle from a friend, or if necessary getting one from… Read more

    Do any of the instructors speak Spanish?

    Unfortunately, none of our instructors at the moment speak Spanish.

    Do you have female instructors? For the 6 hour teen driving lesson.

    We are training a new female instructor right now. She should be available for lessons by mid-june.

    How much do they charge?

    Good morning Rakesh, For weekday lessons we charge $130 for a 90 minute class.… Read more

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    Evan was the instructor and did a great job teaching my teen everything he needed to be safe on the road.

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    LT Driving School

    LT Driving School

    4.9(61 reviews)
    7.7 km
    Certified professionals
    Locally owned & operated

    We had a great experience with Long and LT Driving School. He explained the DMV test procedure,…read moresimulating what would happen step-by-step. He was also pointed out the top mistakes that people make, and how to avoid them. He helped us understand what the DMV evaluators are looking for, and what will trigger an instant fail. He was also knowledgeable about the typical test routes that they take, which helped us become familiar with the roads. Of course, he also did a great job explaining things in a way that was easy to remember. Highly recommended! Note: we had previously taken three lessons (six hours) with another driving school, well known in the area. Long and LT Driving School were MUCH better!

    (10 stars if I could!)…read more Passed my first try, thank you so much to Long at LT Driving School!!! My life was put on hold when I got hit by a reckless driver (a hit and run) as a pedestrian soon after moving to the Bay Area. I carried so much fear and emotional baggage around driving and honestly never imagined I'd actually be able to do it. But Long knew his stuff and taught me everything I needed to know to pass--not just how to pass the test, but how to think, see, and act like a strong driver. He's an excellent instructor: lessons tailored to me, very open to feedback, a good listener, respectful, patient, honest, and an all-around good guy. He really understands people--he could be a therapist (that's coming from a licensed therapist lols!). I cannot thank you enough, Long, for helping me get back my life (I write, as I'm holding back years' worth of tears).

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    Doc Wong's Street Riding Clinics

    Doc Wong's Street Riding Clinics

    5.0(1 review)
    4.3 km

    This is a great environment to be part of the motorcycling community in the Bay Area. Whether you…read moreare new and cautious and slow, to extremely experienced and fast with lots of track time while wanting to ride the streets in a safe manner, this Riding Clinic has a group for you (with leaders and followers to keep all the groups safe). Ride at your own pace, with no pressure from the front or the back. The designated leader and group will wait for you at each turn-off so no one will miss a turn-off. The designated trail rider will ensure that the whole group will get there intact, or help should that not be the case. Move up a group if you want to go faster, or go down a group if you want to enjoy the scenery more. All up to you! It is your ride and your day to enjoy as you wish and see fit! The bonus is the talk at the beginning of the day where everyone will hear about a different riding skill of the month. As if all of these positive points are not enough, the whole Riding Clinic is FREE! Yes, FREE! Thanks, Doc, for all your years of dedication and efforts to improving the responsible motorcycling community in the SF Bay Area!

    From the owner: The Doc Wong Motorcycling Riding Clinics started 25 years ago with a simple post on an internet…read morenews group called ba.motorcycles. It was an impromptu event inviting local riders to come hear me speak of a riding skills topic and then a 110 mile ride thru the SF Bay Area/Santa Cruz mountains. This because so popular that I have continued these free clinics and classes for the past 25 years with now over 49,000 riders attending from the western US and sometime overseas riders attending!

    Bay Cities Driving School

    Bay Cities Driving School

    4.2(116 reviews)
    14.5 km

    My child said: "Sandra was very friendly and thoroughly taught me the basics of driving."read more

    Do not use this service if your DMV test timing matters…read more I booked Bay Cities Driving School's $349 3-Hour DMV Test Car Rental because the pickup time shown when I paid was 1:30 PM for a 3:00 PM DMV road test. That pickup time is the whole reason someone books this package. After payment, they contacted me and said they wanted to change the pickup time to 2:00 PM, with the test still at 3:00 PM. That is a major change to a time-critical service after the customer has already paid. Their justification was that the DMV test only needs to be "at least one hour" after the lesson start time. At least one hour does not mean only one hour, and it absolutely does not justify changing the pickup time after the fact. Anyone who has actually taken a DMV road test knows it usually doesn't take anywhere close to multiple hours. What makes this even more frustrating is that my home is about 17 minutes from the DMV, and they already had my address. After the test, they would have dropped me off nearby anyway. Moving the pickup later didn't benefit the student at all -- it only reduced preparation time while giving the company more buffer on their end. They did end up refunding me, but the experience itself is the problem. The pickup time you see when you book this $349 package is not treated as firm, even though it's central to why people choose it. If you are booking this expecting the schedule shown at checkout to actually mean something, do not use this service. UPDATE (after owner response): I want to address the owner's reply because it does not actually resolve the issue and, in several places, misrepresents both the booking flow and what was communicated to me privately. 1) "Warnings" or "recommendations" are not requirements. A recommendation does not override a booking the business itself allows and charges for. If a pickup time is truly unacceptable, it must be blocked as a requirement at checkout. In my case, the system allowed me to select 1:30 PM, accepted full payment, and only afterward did the business decide that this time was "too early." Taking payment for a selectable time and later saying it shouldn't have been chosen is not transparency. 2) "At least one hour" was later twisted into "only one hour." Privately, I was told that the DMV test needs to be "at least one hour" after the lesson start time. That wording matters. At least one hour does not mean only one hour, and it does not justify changing a customer's pickup time after checkout. If the service is strictly designed around a 30-60 minute window, that needs to be enforced before payment, not reinterpreted afterward. 3) The claim that DMV road tests take 1-2 hours after the scheduled time is exaggerated and unsupported. In normal practice, DMV road tests are brief. While delays can happen, tests themselves rarely run anywhere close to one or two hours past the scheduled time. Using extreme, worst-case scenarios to justify changing a customer's pickup time in advance does not reflect how DMV exams typically operate and shifts inconvenience entirely onto the customer. Planning every booking around hypothetical delays that usually don't happen protects the company's idle time while reducing the customer's preparation time. If an actual delay occurs, it can be handled then -- not preemptively by altering a paid booking. 4) Advance notice does not fix a post-payment change. Being notified ahead of time does not change the fact that a core scheduling term was altered after checkout. The problem is not when I was told -- it's that the pickup time shown when I paid was not treated as firm. 5) A "standard 3-hour flat rate" does not justify changing the start time. A flat-rate window does not excuse modifying the pickup time after payment. Customers book this package specifically because of the pickup time they select. If that time is flexible at the company's discretion, that needs to be stated clearly and unambiguously before checkout. 6) Practical context was ignored. The business had my address and could see that I live about 17 minutes from the DMV. After the test, they would have dropped me off nearby anyway. Using "possible delays" to justify extra buffer time in this situation makes little practical sense. To be clear, I was refunded, and that is appreciated. But the refund does not change the underlying issue. The owner's response confirms my original concern: the pickup time shown at booking is not treated as fixed, and customers only learn that after paying. If you are booking this service expecting the schedule you select at checkout to actually mean something, you should understand how it really works before you pay.

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    Lee DMV Licensed Driving Instructor

    Lee DMV Licensed Driving Instructor

    4.8(38 reviews)
    18.5 km

    We had Mr. Lee teach our daughter to drive. He is very professional, and his teaching style is also…read morevery effective. Here is the comments from my daughter: Instructor Lee was always extremely professional and great at teaching! Before starting, he explained how RPMs work and how to lightly press on the pedals without overcompensating, and I always felt safe learning with him. If I ever made a mistake he would be very courteous and helpful. His explanations are very clear and easy to understand, which was important to me because I struggled with different aspects of driving. His breakdown of where you should stay in the road and how to leverage your momentum were very helpful! It seems like he cares about the success of his driving students, and he will go above and beyond. I would definitely trust this instructor and recommend him to my friends and families.

    I just had to leave a review because I'm so happy right now lol. My son just passed his driving…read moretest on the first try and i honestly didn't expect that!! He only did like 10 hours of lessons with Mr. Lee and i couldn't believe how much he improved. As a parent i was really worried about finding someone who could actually work with a teenager you know how they can be lol. But Mr. Lee was super patient with my son the whole time, never got frustrated or anything. My son actually liked going to his lessons which is saying a lot haha. He teaches you in a way that's really easy to understand and my son said he always felt comfortable and knew what to do. The tips and techniques he showed him really worked because he remembered them during the actual test! Honestly if you have a teenager who needs to learn how to drive just go with Mr. Lee. I would 100% recommend him to any parent. So worth it!!

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