Great driving school, so my review is not for the driving school itself. My Mom scheduled the initial three two-hour sessions in order for me to get experience behind-the-wheel before my road test. I ... Read More
Great driving school, so my review is not for the driving school itself. My Mom scheduled the initial three two-hour sessions in order for me to get experience behind-the-wheel before my road test. I believe it was Stephanie who she spoke to, and Stephanie told my Mom that they deal with anxious people all the time. The office was super nice when I had to reschedule. No issues there.My driving instructor for the first two two-hour lessons was Jodi, and I would not recommend her. To be fair, it was raining during my first lesson, and Jodi suggested that (instead of giving me the full two hour lesson that day) that we only drive for an hour. She suggested that I call All Over to reschedule the last hour that we didn't use. I did reschedule which was fine. Jodi was very unprofessional and talked down to me like she was the superior driver. I suffer from severe permanent anxiety and driving is not easy for me so I really needed someone who was patient. She kept grabbing the wheel every five minutes and when I was driving in my high school parking lot for practice she was looking at her phone often which I didn't appreciate. I feel that when you're driving with a 'new' driver that your full attention should be on them, what they are doing, and not on your phone. She took me around the high school and we did some local neighborhood driving, nothing major. There are just some people who are meant to be instructors, and Jodi wasn't one of them in my honest experience with her.However, on the third day, today, I was supposed to drive with a guy named Dennis. He was totally professional, got out of the car so that I could get into the driver's seat and made sure that I was comfortable before we started driving. We drove on a very busy road and he definitely put my mind at ease about everything, from cars on the road to better learning how to turn and stop. We drove up to my Mom's old high school where they have a driving course for cars and he even showed me how to parallel park by actually getting out of the car with me and placing the cones in the arrangement that they are supposed to be in with flags on top so that I could see how far I had to pull up. He didn't try to put me down because of my anxiety or grab the wheel multiple times. He was totally respectful. He even got out of the car after I parallel parked and measured the distance from the car to the curb. He went way above and beyond the expectations. We practiced 'K'-turning, and he gave me encouragement when I did something well. Also, you'll get driving reminders via text, or in my case, via my email address when it nears your appointment date, which is handy.Overall I'm very happy with my experience using this driving school. I just wish I had Dennis from the beginning. In my dealings with the office they are always very respectful and you can tell that they take their jobs seriously. Try to get Dennis for the lessons, but apparently he books up quickly. Read Less