Bay Area Driving Academy Reviews

Our daughter just received her permit at 15 1/2 years old, and has never been behind the wheel to practice. She just had her first lesson with Tony. He was great; arrived exactly on time and took a few minutes to discuss with us what he and our daughter will be doing during the 2 hour lesson. Then they got in the car (with my daughter driving) and were on their way. Afterwards, our daughter was smiling, saying it was a great lesson and driving isn’t quite as scary as she expected. They drove almost the entire lesson, including on some fairly busy local roads. Tony was patient, calm, and told her in advance exactly what she needed to know and do. We highly recommend them! 5/12/2018

Wonderful! Tony and Luis were great, I passed my exam and couldn’t be happier! I loved being able to schedule my lessons online too.

I recommend this driving school to everyone! 5/12/2018

I had such a great experience with this business! To start off I wasn’t comfortable being behind the wheel and due to certain circumstances I didn’t have someone to teach me. I opted to look online for driving schools and I found Bay Area Driving Academy. Booking lessons was very easy and my driving instructor Carrie was AMAZING, not only is she super helpful but she’s so nice and goes into nice detail when explaining how to maneuver the vehicle. She gave me a lot of pointers and helpful tips to be a confident driver. I passed on my first try and thanks to Carrie, I highly recommend her!! 4/27/2018

I am a mature (older) driver. Have to take a behind the wheel test at the DMV. Prepared by having a 2 hour lesson with Tony, FABULOUS. He is great. Took me everywhere and pointed out all the things I did well as well as the things I needed to practice. I have been driving for many years so wasn’t sure if I had some bad habits. He is a terrific teacher Wish he could take me to my test. 4/18/2018

The 6 hour teen driving program in Bay Area Driving Academy helped me passed the driving test on the first try in Santa Clara DMV (which is notable for their strict test evaluators!) Carrie, who was my instructor, was a super cool person and she is very informative on certain areas of improvement when it comes to preparing for the exam! Also, most of the teen lessons are “piggy back,” in which my driving lesson ends at the house of the next student being instructed. In this, the student after me will drive me back home. This “piggy back” method is very safe and also serves a great opportunity to refresh of what you have learned from Carrie, knowing that she will be explaining all of her driving techniques to another student in which you can recapture all the things that she has taught you 🙂 Lastly, the vehicles are the new hybrid Honda civics, and they are equipped with extra brakes for the instructor just in case if a student makes a driving maneuver mistake. 4/16/2018