DriversEd

Long is an amazing teacher. I was an inexperienced driver with a slight fear of the road, but Long worked with me, helping me overcome my fears and polish out of my driving skills.
He taught me how to proactive on the road — how to quickly spot visual cues off the road to helping make decisions faster, identifying when we’re in other cars’ blind spots, how to safely merge on to freeways. He went over aspects of city driving, what to look out for when entering an intersection. He focusses on improving driving skills, allowing you to adapt to conditions on the street.
Aside from the quality sessions, I enjoyed driving with him. I felt completely safe when I was driving with him, which helped improve my confidence. We also went over car mechanics, which helped me understand what I was doing and help improve my driving experience.
I would highly recommend to anyone who’s either inexperienced behind the wheel or a first time driver trying to pass the driving test.

I tried to pass the driving test six times but every time I fail until I took a lesson with Long Troung. Seriously, he is the best! He is so calm, chilled, and easy to work with. When you are out for a lesson with him, you will feel that you are with your friend. He is also so into details and will let you learn the proper way of driving and will give you tips to pass the test.
Moreover, he is flexible with time and will try his best to make a time for you. In short, i highly recommend Long as an instructor and taking a lesson with him made me pass the test.

Long is an amazing driving instructor. I had never driven before and learned everything with him from start to finish. I successfully passed the test with 1 mistake only even though 15 are allowed. Thank you Long.

cancelled my lesson the day before (less than 24 hours) and said no lessons were available for the next month. extremely unprofessional

Long was a great teacher — aside from the physical mechanics of driving, he also taught me a lot about being proactive in driving safely rather than reactive. Scan Identify Predict Decide Execute… all that stuff.
Long was very friendly and easy to talk to as well; lessons were not only helpful but also fun.
Would definitely recommend this school!

My son (15) just finished with his behind the wheel instruction today. We are pleased with this school. We had a good experience with the office/​scheduling staff and Jaeden learned and gained self-​confidence with the instructors. The instructors were on time every time. He received his certificate right away. Given our experience I recommend this school.

I find that calling to make appointments requires very long waiting times, and often after waiting for an extended period, the phone system requires you to leave a message. The first instructor my daughter had was utilizing her cell phone during the lesson; I complained and the company gave me another lesson. All instructors except the last one arrived late, though they call to tell you they are running late. I had the same experience when my son went through this. The best experience we had was with the last instructor, Sharon Chadwick, who was very knowledgeable, had very good interpersonal skills with both my daughter and me, who arrived on time and checked in with me at the end, and who covered everything we discussed. My daughter was very pleased with Sharon’s instruction; we only wish she had been the instructor every time.

although this. driving school might seem good because you can book online.and.you drive around in a mini cooper. they are a. nightmare to deal with as far as. communication and paperwork. There is absolutely no follow through if you need a letter of completion to move to another school or a duplicate certificate. please think long and hard about signing up with this school. it is not worth it!!!

Horrible communication! Come up with extra fees every time you turn around! Do not use this for parent taught! They have delayed my daughter getting her permit because they didn’t send certificate. I used this place with my oldest and since he took the course prices went up and they added stuff that they don’t tell you about. Then they don’t send the certificate of completion until you call and throw a fit. My daughter will now be late getting her drivers license and had to cancel appt.
they blame it all on you when you call.
Use someone else!

Their service is absolutely awful. They took centuries to send me my pink slip also known as the certificate of completion. The instructions took me home early and told me not to tell anyone about it. I paid 300 plus dollars.

As I wrote before DriversED is the best driving school. I’m still learning & I might need 100 more lessons because of my sad experience. But thanks to DriversED, Ms Mai & my instructor Mr Long I’m not going to give up. I really appreciate & thank you once again. Keep up your good work

It was very pleasant to take lessons with Long: he is very attentive, polite and friendly. He provided a lot of useful comments, he noticed my mistakes and weak points, analyzed them, explained how I can perform better and made me repeat the same maneuver until it became better. He also trained my attention and scanning skills as we approached intersections and he explained why I should make things the way I should (e.g. keep closer to the curb before making the right turn, where I should stop when I’m going to make a left turn, when I should start turning, etc…). His boss, Mai, is helpful and accommodative with scheduling the lessons. And their Minis are easy and fun to drive.

Both Catherine and Long were good instructors. Long gave me a lot of tips. I liked the exercise where he told me he would identify a few key things every time he approaches an intersection like «how many lanes going left, straight, right?», How many pedestrians?”, «Unprotected or protected left?». I use this technique all the time now. There are so many more tips he has. Go book a lesson with him.
The admin, Mai was very accommodating with my request since I needed a 2 hour lesson and DMV road test package on such short notice. Really appreciated this.
I wasn’t really into the Mini Coopers at first but after driving them, I fell in love immediately. The car handles really well. I would get one if I could.
I highly recommend this driving school.

was a great choice for for my son. After trying to schedule with Stanford Driving school and being told it would be months, a quick phone call to
confirmed an appointment. They even matched the price of the other driving school (just a few dollars but it was nice). It was easy to schedule appointments, the instructors were always on time for pick up at our home and he was dropped off back at home right on time. They were all personable and provided great driving pointers. And how fun to drive around in a mini cooper!
My son just passed his driving test yesterday on the his try thanks to three great instructors, Long, Theresa and Catherine. They were helpful and made him confident. He even bumped into Long at the DMV. Lots of high fives. Good job!

Avoid taking the online classes with
, the classes are too long! and I Mean way too long. I am so glad I moed out of the Santa Clara County and move elsewhere, whew!

I took three classes with instructor Long and he was just amazing. I passed my driving test at the first go and I know I couldn’t have done it without him. I had never even sat in the drivers seat before and in just three days, I was so confident and comfortable behind the driver’s seat. I would definitely recommend him for driving lessons!

My daughter had an incredible instructor, Sharon. She was amazing, calm and patient with her. I recommend this company, hopefully you will get Sharon, or someone that is just as good. Good luck!

Although this review is extremely late, DriversEd was awesome throughout my entire training process. The site was easy to use and inexpensive.
The in car lessons were great– all the instructors were friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating. I also love that you drive MINIs around– they handle well and are cool cars!
My favorite instructor was David M. He prepared me extremely well for my DMW Drive Test the week before– which has led to my continued driving success over the years!
Highly recommended over some of those smaller sketchy driving schools!

The negative reviews on here are a little harsh and exaggerated, I think. I’ve taken this course online twice (I think I’ve learned my lesson now…) and I didn’t encounter any of the problems other people mentioned. Let’s face it, if you’re going to take this course, expect it to cover A LOT of stuff you already know. The same would be true for a classroom course, and an online course that you can split up over the course of around 50 days (depending on when your date is set by the court) is a MUCH better option.
The timer on each page makes perfect sense, otherwise I’m sure a majority of students would click through every page without reading. They adjust the amount of seconds according to how much content is on the page, so even though I’m a fast reader I wasn’t left waiting for too long every single page. Nothing to complain about there.
The little flash videos and whatnot are fine, I didn’t have any issues with loading. I actually liked the video on road rage and the corresponding section in the course. I feel like so many people struggle with that occasionally (me being one of them!), and even though the video was super cheesy, it did make some good points if you were actually open to the process. I think a lot of people who take traffic school just do it to get it over with, without actually thinking about WHY they might have gotten the ticket in the first place. (This was me the first time I took the course when I was about 18. Taking it the second time at age 22 was a much more positive experience because I actually wanted to be a better driver and stop wasting my money on tickets).
I’m giving it 4 stars because I think the content needs to be updated a little bit, but other than that it was an easy, beneficial experience. I do actually feel like a much better, calmer driver now. The whole thing comes down to your attitude about it, so if you go into it annoyed and over it, then you’ll have a bad time. Make the best of it and be glad you don’t have to give up your weekend to a classroom traffic school session!

DriversEd is SO user-​friendly!
Just let me tell you HOW user-​friendly this Online Traffic School is:
8 hours later…
50 practice tests later (1000+ questions)…
After realizing that 82 MPH is not the actual speed limit in Santa Clara County and finishing 99% of the course, I get the following message:
«Please have your parent initial in the box below before you begin the final examination.»
*Scratches Head*
Yeup, DriverEd is SO user-​friendly that I spent 8 hours doing the «Online Traffic School» only to realize that I was taking a «Driver’s Ed Course for Teens» the entire time. FML.
To the creators of this «user-​friendly» website:
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OTHER NOTES:
*BEWARE: sign-​up screen will take you directly to the «Driver’s Ed» course
*$ 30 for online traffic school
*This is the ONLY approved online school for Santa Clara County
*You CANNOT skip through pages because there’s a timer for each page
*Visual simulation and videos always have issues loading
*Final exam is 25 questions (can re-​take multiple times)
*Total course completion time is around 2 hours