First off, with many years in the emergency services business, I have witnessed first hand what happens at accident scenes and the aftermath that effects families moving forward. Both our kids were "parent taught" and time had come for our second to take her road test. DPS was booked through 2018. We came upon this driving school and booked a road test. The facility was clean and inviting. I have seen some that look like they were put together in a laundry room. This is NOT the case here! Mr. Lonnie came out to give our daughter her road test. I learned in speaking with him he has experience as a teacher. This is important and a plus for me, because someone who has a professional history in education, knows how to impart the knowledge in a positive and accepting manner. Mr. Lonnie came out and introduced himself to our daughter. He took the time to explain the road test process and get to know her a bit even before heading out to the car. This is important because we all remember taking our road test, or any test for that matter. There is a bit of stress and apprehension in the unknown of the process and desire to do well. The key to good drivers is: education, practice, experience and removing distractions. I consider unnecessary stress a distraction. Mr. Lonnie addressed it head on so the actual road test was a positive experience no matter how the skills exam ended. After the initial interaction, he asked if she was ready and they went out for a vehicle safety inspection. More discussion inside between the two of them, and shortly, they were off! During the test, I watched he interaction between other parents, students and instructors. As the school car arrived back from a lesson, the instructors were polite and greeted the parents in a cordial and professional manner. A review of the days lesson was provided, but the instructor also asked how the student was doing with their practice at home with the parent. This is important because with any good instruction, feedback to the instructor is just as important as delivering the learning to the student. Upon return, we received the results of the road test, which was successful. Mr. Lonnie took the time to also tell us how much he enjoyed meeting with our daughter and how she carried herself both skill wise driving, and interpersonally. Like I stated early, we did not use the driving school for classroom sessions, but based on what I experienced personally, as well as what I watched and heard in exchanges with others was VERY pleasant and worthy of my recommendation. The facility was nice, the schools vehicles were not Junkers or ill kept. Very well marked and looked to be very well maintained. But above all, the staff we met with were all the best! Read Less

My daughter took her Drive Test with this school last summer after attending a different driving school and passed with flying colors. My son took their course and I must say I was very pleased with the teacher's way of teaching, the staff is great very helpful with questions I may have. He is now doing the drive time part of it and it could not be any better. He's had great experiences with the instructors he's had so far. He says they are very patient, they even take the time to teach him more as their driving even giving examples with other driver's way of driving etc. Not sure where the negative comments are coming from. I'm a pleased MOM and highly recommend this school 😊 Read Less

A close friend who lives in Carrollton recommended Right Start where she had taken her daughter for her road test and had a great experience. Due to a 2 month wait to get into our closest DPS in Garland, we decided to call Right Start. Everything was great from beginning to end. Very friendly receptionist who answered all our questions and made our road test appointment. The day we came in for the actual road test, the front desk receptionist was helpful and friendly. The owner (who conducted my son's road test) was very personable and professional. The atmosphere was relaxed and I saw both the receptionist and owner also interact with others with the same kindness and respect. Overall, they made my son feel welcome and relaxed and even if he had not passed, I feel they would still show support and professionalism. We are very happy with our experience. My oldest son took his test at a DPS and the experience was quite the opposite. Stern driving instructor almost purposely trying to make the student driver feel intimidated. And then the driving instructor chastised both my son and I for him "driving too fast and going to kill someone", (driving fast totally out of character for my son, who was often accused of driving too slow!). In all, Right Start was a great option for us and we would recommend other to them in a heartbeat! In fact, already have! Read Less

Great experience. Past the DPS driving test with high marks. Sending my friends here. Some other driving school is trashing these guys with bad reviews. That is unfair. Bad reviews totally untrue. Read Less

Great school, great teachers. Best place to spend your money for what you get.  Sent my kid to this school and took his state drivers test.    He past with a very high score.   Very pleased.   I am a coach sending my team players to this driving school.  Have been very concerned about how some kids drive these days.   I can confidently say I know that going to this driving school gives my players the best drivers education so they too will become good, safe drivers. Read Less

Wish I had known  about this before we invested $$$$$ in our local driving school. The staff is incredibly customer service oriented (even letting me text them documents to ask them if correct); The instructor compassionate and patient; The process SUPER EASY as they are affiliated with the DPS. and my daughter got in very easy without a lot of lead time and then took the test the same day as her guided lesson - with the same instructor. We then took her paper work to the DPS about 15 min away and she got her license. Low stress way to get a teen's drivers license!  (NOTE -  for my son's experience, the Garland DPS mega center was a great place for his permit - as you can book an appointment online and get text status -- but HORRIBLE for the actual drivers test ..... a wait of two hours, even with an appointment, the tester questioning our insurance and insisting on calling the insurance co directly, then taking off points for my son's 'nervousness' .... 'saying 'you're a good driver but i can tell you were nervous. you only checked your mirrors every 6 seconds instead of every 4 seconds." Never there again. Right Start all the way. Read Less