I am just going to write my experiences with East Coast Driving School, I know my situation may not be the same for everyone and I do not blame the school on 100% on my problems I have been having but I feel like people should know my experience. East Coast is a relatively new driving school program in my area and is one of the more expensive schools in my area but we chose it anyways. They have a nice building and very new Ford (Fusion/Focus?) cars that are very clean and very easy to use (Which is why I believe are one of the reasons they are more expensive then others). They're classroom time I attended was very nice and the instructors Joe and Kevin are really nice guys which my peers and myself had no problem liking at all. They were always in a good mood, very nice and very funny and where great teachers. Completed the classroom hours and had no problems with the test they administered. Then I started my road lessons and the nice lady teaching my first lesson was teaching me the basics to driving which she did a very good job at. I quickly caught on and everything they were teaching me came smoothly for the most part. Now this was something that I found was quite annoying, when they teached me parallel parking they told me the basics. I could probably do a decent job doing it 1/2 the time but most of the road instructors only told me that I was too far from the curb or crooked, etc., but most of the time didn't tell me how to fix it/what I did wrong with the exception of Frank. Frank by the way is a very good teacher and I loved every minute being with Frank. This "not explaining my errors" also applied to other skills I was trying to learn. My last couple of road lessons where practice tests and I was told I would pass no problem. Now THIS is what I got mad about the most. My last road lesson was almost 2 MONTHS from the date I scheduled my road test. My road test was through East Coast also which is $125. In my personal situation I don't have any small sedans to practice with only full sized trucks are owned by my family so no practice for me, yet I was told I would pass no problem. Took the test and was not prepared, now I have to pay another 75$ again to retake. I believe I was setup to fail so now I'm paying 200$ just in road lessons on top of the $850 it costs for the rest of the services they offered. Read Less

Daughter took classes and road lessons here. Everything was great. She came home from a week of classes and didn't stop critiquing my driving for a week. She was an expert on everything from motor vehicle violations to dangers of being in the breakdown lane of the highway. Saturday road test was a huge benefit as well. Read Less

Let me tell you. These guys were great. We have a very confident young driver beacause of these guys. They were extremely accomodating and we encountered no issues at all. Pros all the way around. We did have a bad experience with another local driving school several years earlier. East Coast was a 180 degree turn from them!! Read Less

We were looking at several driving schools in the area. We decided on East Coast because we were impressed with the instructors and the recommendations from other students. Our experience couldn't have been better. Our son really enjoyed his lessons and learned a lot from all the instructors. We will be back with our daughter! Thanks East Coast Read Less

If I could give it a minus 5 stars I would. Completely agree with albatros21 review. The experience has been awful. And yes, they do need to go out more than once a week, the more practice with an actual instuctor the better. Run away! Much better schools around with ample driving hours available. Read Less

Although the school is booking about a month out, the overall experience was amazing. I would highly recommend it. All of the drivers are very friendly, and all are retired law enforcement, so they are legitimate and know all the rules of the road. The office staff has recently hired another person, and they will now call you back within 24 hours. That is much more than the other local driving schools will say. As for the fact that they only let a student go out once a week, do they really need to go out more than that? A teenager needs to have their permit for 6 months before they can get their license. So they need the time to learn everything they need to know. Read Less

Thank you East Coast Driving School. My son has his driving test scheduled next week. He learned so much from your classes and driving lessons. I can honestly say. I now feel completely confident with him driving. Great Job! Read Less