Secure Lane Driving School

Negative experience: Used this guy for my son’s road test. On parallel parking skill, he touched the curb with the tire, proctor automatically failed him and ended the test. Checked with friends who had bumped curbs at the DPS proctored test and they were just docked a few points. This guy has no incentive to pass you- pay for every attempt, no real feedback like you get from a real proctor. $80 for 5 minutes…better off with appointments at DPS. Notice how a lot of the 5 star ‘glowing’ reviews haven't reviewed anything else…definitely fishy. Edited to ask: your reply says my statement is wrong. What about my statement is wrong? If all you have is that you disagree with my opinions, so what? That isn't surprising. I don't need to go to DPS with you to defend my opinions.

Negative experience: UNDERSTAFFED! WAS THERE AT 8AM AND TOLD TO COME BACK AT 530PM BECAUSE HE WAS TO BUSY. NO PROBLEM!!! WE WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.. GOT IN SAME DAY... BLUE RIDGE DRIVING SCHOOL GOT OUR MONEY AND BUSINESS. LIVE IN ANNA AND HAVE TO DO BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF IT I GUESS. SAVE YOUR SELF TIME AND MONEY... BLUE RIDGE DRIVING SCHOOL IS THE PLACE TO BE...

Fantastic experience: I had a fantastic experience at the driving school, thanks to Mr. Julius. He’s an excellent teacher who clearly loves what he does. His positive energy made the lesson enjoyable. Mr. Julius explained how to handle real-life situations on the road that weren’t in the books, making me feel well-prepared for anything that might come my way.

Fantastic experience: Julius Ekhator was an excellent teacher he was nice and his teaching was really helpful and understandings. Thank you for being my teacher and helping me know the rules of the road so I can be a awesome driver.

Negative experience: Don’t use him , over charged us twice. Then wouldn’t give our transfer paperwork had to get the police involved. Then he called my husband and told him to tell me to take my bad review down. No absolutely not.

Negative experience: Oh, where do I start? Son took the classroom portion of drivers education with Julius and then I tried to transfer to parent taught where I was given a hard time. He informed me I owed money so I payed it and left a bad review, so he refused to give me the paperwork until I took down my negative review. So I called the local PD for theft and the officer on duty told him that he was breaking the law but still refused to hand over. So I made a complaint with TDLR& better business bureau. Finally got the paperwork, only cuz I took down my review. I cannot tell you what to do, but I would not recommend this Driving School, even if it was free. Period point blank.

Negative experience: WORSE DRIVING SCHOOL IN THE STATE PLEASE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WAS A WASTE OF MY HARD EARNED DOLLARS AND TIME. WISH I COULD GIVE ZERO STARS.

Fantastic experience: I learned a lot while I was in the class. Me Julius also made the class fun! We also received breaks after reading out the books to test our minds and get ready for the assignment! 10 out of 10 recommend!

Fantastic experience: Mr Julius is a very good teacher. i understand the rule of the roads ill always recommended him to anyone whos close to anna you will have a good time here in secure lane driving school

Negative experience: Don’t waste your money here! The instructor is very rude and hard to understand. If someone is working with young people are probably nervous to take their driving test they need to have compassion, no I don’t mean be easy and pass everyone either! Before the test even started the instructor said last one of the day let’s get this over with

Negative experience: Highly highly highly encourage anyone looking for a driving school to look elsewhere. Mr. Julius is extremely rude nor does he have the patience that be should have to be doing the job that he is doing. If you have a child that has anxiety or any type of special need, DO NOT use this school. And for the person (assuming the owner) that reads these reviews and likes to write back rebuttals on bad reviews, just save your energy and do not even bother to defend your instructor. Pay attention to the common denominator of bad reviews and fix it instead of making excuses. I am a business owner as well and I take our reviews, both good and bad, very seriously and you should as well. FIX THE ISSUE AND STOP ALLOWING it to happen. And just so you are aware, I took my child to another driving school and she passed with flying colors AND we have a licensed driver but not because of Secure Lane. PS. Never, NEVER ask a student or parent to give a 5 star review at the very beginning like you did. Wait until the end of the program before you ask for a 5 ⭐️ review. Gauge and examine your reviews from there.

Fantastic experience: I was scared at first, but the examiner encouraged me to regain my confidence before the Road test. The office and vehicle was clean. I recommend here for anyone looking for a driving school in dallas.

Fantastic experience: Wow. I had the most amazing driving experience with Mr Julius. Very attentive, very professional. Understands the rules of the road and how to impact knowledge to his students. I have recommended him to my friends and will continue to do so.

Fantastic experience: The school was really easy to work with and they took a lot of the stress away from me all i had to do was take my kid to the DMV

Fantastic experience: He’s a very through and informative instructor. I heavily recommend him.

Fantastic experience: Mr. Julius is a wonderful instructor. He is very knowledgeable and he make sure that my boys understand road safety rules and the importance of driving safely.

Fantastic experience: The best driving teacher you could ask for. Very caring, patient, and knowledgeable. His confidence welcomes calmness to the environment.

Fantastic experience: I had a very pleasing time at this establishment, everyone was very welcoming and the instructors were professional. Will be recommending to friends and family.

Negative experience: My husband recently took his driving test here. The girl at the front desk is amazing!! She had such positive energy, and very friendly, not only to us, but the others waiting. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for the instructor. For someone who has a thick accent himself and is clearly not from this country nor English being his first language, was very judgmental to my husband making the comments right before driving about how he needs to learn English better as he didn’t speak it great but does understand it. During the drive he also got aggressive by raising his voice. When they came back from the test drive he asked me “do you speak English?” And directed me into his office. He proceeded to go over what went wrong during the drive, completely ignoring my husband, standing in front of him, and also looking at his phone the entire conversation. Being a new driver and taking the driving test is nerve racking as it is without having someone aggressive in the car. It was inappropriate and don’t recommend him to instruct anyone. We paid money for driving test not an English lesson. Instead of retaking the test at this location we were able to find another school nearby. At this other location they also only spoke English but didn’t give anyone a hard time or a judgmental attitude. My husband was able to pass his driving test and is now a licensed driver. The instructor Julius needs to have patience with not only kids, but adults as well

Negative experience: If I could rate this school a negative, I would. Overall getting a driver's license is already a stressful experience and this is simply a money making scam. Unfortunately, I am too deep in (Pre-purchased) and there is no clear way to request a refund. We have been here 3 times, and every time there is "just one piece of paperwork that's wrong" so you have to completely reschedule and are charged for the visit. Maybe this wouldn't be a big deal, except they do this at least once to every I have seen enter on our 3 visits. Denied. Reschedule. Denied. Reschedule. Every time they say "something is wrong" they are putting $100 in their pocket and you are simply at their mercy. Save your money and schedule straight with the DMV.

Negative experience: Could not believe how rude and uncaring the man was . was told from the start just getting paperwork signed that we were already waisting his time. Like I’m not already a stressed out mom trying to do my best. Could have found a much nicer way to deal with paying customers. For the response, YOU STOLE MY MONEY did not get a service at all. If my son failed obviously we wouldn’t ask for a refund but you charged money then were awfully rude and we did not even get to the point of a drivers test so you are a SCAM. you can’t charge for a service if you never got said service. Absolutely the most rude man that should not be working around children.

Fantastic experience: The drive was very informative and the instructor Mr. Julius made me feel very comfortable.

Fantastic experience: Both of our girls took their driving tests here. Julius was friendly and professional. We scheduled the tests online and didn't have to wait in a long line of people.

Fantastic experience: My instructor, Julius, helped me become much more comfortable driving. The driving lessons taught me how to be a better driver, in an easy to understand way.

Negative experience: I have had a poor experience because the school doesn’t communicate well with the parent. Some things I’ve learned to assist others: 1) Schedule the drive time ASAP, needs to be done within 6 months or you have to pay extra; 2) Make sure you get the password to schedule the drive time from your kid or the school, it’s all scheduled online via their website; 3) Make sure you have all the required documents before the Road Test, the school has one form and won’t give it to you until you ask for it; and 4) if you have to reschedule, make sure to get that password and reschedule within 24 hours or you’ll pay more out of pocket. This school definitely makes money out of you if you don’t pay attention! It probably would have been easier completing the self-pace at home instruction for all the lack of communication I got from an in-class room instruction.

Negative experience: This guy will do ANYTHING to take your money. “Late fees” for payments that I never even received a call or warning for, and forces the students to leave good reviews in order to make up for the true reviews about his scam. If you have the chance to go to any other driving school, please do.

Negative experience: Instructor was very rude and pushy will not be back

Fantastic experience: I took my road test today and I had an amazing experience. Mr. Julius was very professional and he also boost my confidence. Very recommended ❤️10/10

Fantastic experience: I was one of Julius’s students who had him as a teacher. He really cares about what he teaches and gives real world examples that we can apply our knowledge to. He is very textbook based, but it helps us students know the rules and laws of the road! He draws out situations and doesn’t mind explaining things a few times so you really understand what he’s trying to say.

Fantastic experience: They are very knowledgeable, and are willing to help anyway they can. ( Allie Koenig)

Fantastic experience: this driving school taught me all the basics of driving and the teacher was nice‼️

Positive experience: over all it was a good experience with the teach he was very good at teaching each section properly to my understanding. I was pretty comfortable to be around his class room it was a good learning experience.

Positive experience: Mr. Julius is a wonderful instructor and gets us through the material fast. I’ve learned a lot from him. There is not much learning proactively since we’re mostly reading off the textbook, but I suppose that is part of the learning phase of the lessons. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: I’ve learned a lot about driving in this school. I would definitely recommend going here.

Fantastic experience: I learned a lot from being here for the duration of my three week stay and overall I beileve that it is beneficial to my education on learning how to drive

Positive experience: After feeling overwhelmed with how to get my boy his permit, we did it with the help of Secure Lane Driving School! We did classroom and driving instruction and knocked it out. The instructor is friendly and does a great job teaching. He does rely on the students to use effective communication with parents on what to do next/what is needed, which can be a little frustrating because…teenagers! But! We got through it! Definitely recommend!

Fantastic experience: I learned everything about driving and I would recommend him.

Fantastic experience: it’s good

Positive experience: Teachers funny and knows he’s stuff but he begged for a review so -a star

Fantastic experience: Great staff, fun experience, and easy to learn from are just some of the reasons why this is one of the best driving schools for people trying to learn to drive.

Fantastic experience: This school was amazing in teaching kids about driving and how to be a defensive driver! I learned a lot from this school starting from how to obtain a permit/license to how to avoid fatal situations while inside of the vehicle! The teacher is very polite and informational and I couldn't recommend this enough for your kids. 5 stars!

Fantastic experience: I learned a lot of new things and I am going to be a better driver by the time I get my permit.

Negative experience: I would never recommend this school. The business seems to have no compassion.. our dog had to be put down suddenly and he still charged us $40 for the class my daughter missed. Now we are having to pay ANOTHER $40 because he only gives 6mo to get drive time done and we are a little past that. In this day when it takes forever to get into the DPS, I feel like a bit of leniency could be afforded!

Fantastic experience: The teacher here is really good and he is very respectful and has a very good way of teaching.

Fantastic experience: the teacher engages the students well and it’s fast and easy

Fantastic experience: Good teacher. Strict, as any good teacher should be, and he taught the class well. Booya

Fantastic experience: The instructor was a very nice and educated man who actually teaches a class instead of videos

Fantastic experience: He is very good teacher and wise and gives very little homework :)

Fantastic experience: Julius was and amazing teacher, he always kept class interesting and fun.

Fantastic experience: This place is great very good teacher it was super easy to learn I completely recommend this place!

Fantastic experience: This place was amazing taught me what I needed to learn I improved a lot within a good amount Of time, the instructor is funny and also helpful in guiding you to become a better driver.

Positive experience: fun teacher and makes sure the class gets the topic and understands what we’re learning about :)

Fantastic experience: Julius is able to make learning about driving engaging, especially with his personal stories and advice. Moreover, the material within the course is easy to follow along with and held value when facing the road.

Fantastic experience: Very professional and easy to understand, also nice and humerous.

Fantastic experience: Julius was the best teacher, his class was always fun and interesting. I liked how we had fun and learned a lot.

Fantastic experience: It was great I learned a lot in that class the teacher is great Would 100% recommend.

Fantastic experience: It teaches you a lot of things and the teacher is very nice and teaches good.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely loved it here! I learned all I needed to about driving carefully and at my best. I loved the instructor, he was so down to Earth and hilarious! Would 100% recommend to everyone learning how to drive.

Fantastic experience: I thought this was a very good experience the teacher was great it was a good environment and we learned a lot while not being boring but fun and funny.

Fantastic experience: This place was amazing, Julie's is a wonderful and fun man he had was very good at making it interactive and fun

Negative experience: DO NOT USE HIM! Believe the bad reviews! He will steal your money! As a parent nothing is explained to you and when you call to get clarification HE EXPLAINS NOTHING and is VERY RUDE. He stays booked up so your kid can barely schedule “behind the wheel” lessons and then blames you for not being able to schedule. With all the difficulties dealing with him I called the State to see if there was another route we could take, Got information for another driving school went through them received the DE-964 certificate. Schedule the road test with the school, since my son was comfortable with him and knew what he was looking for when it came to driving. Day of the road test Julius says he can’t accept the certificate, EVEN though I called beforehand to verify it was the right certificate that was needed and refused to refund for the road test even though he said he was going to refund because he was tired of people saying he stole their money. Julius is a horrible person and a thief. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE. ** UPDATE ** That same day that he didn’t want to accept DE-964 for the driving test we went to another driving school in McKinney they accepted the form and he was able to do his driving test that day. Now he is a licensed. No help from Julius.

Fantastic experience: Instructor Edobro is really patient and kind, he's very professional and you could be sure that you'll be more comfortable and confident driving after taking his classes. 100% recommended :)!

Fantastic experience: I love this school mr julius explains t so well i'm so glad i came to this school he takes his job very serious and that's what i love i would recommend coming to this class

Fantastic experience: Mr.juilus is one of the most hardworking teachers and one of the best ones he is so smart and also for the people who want to learn from him you will learn a lot

Fantastic experience: My experience was very well he is an amazing teacher and I feel that I learned very well with him. And when he teaches he make sure that you are able to understand what he is talking about.

Fantastic experience: Julius truly made the classroom experience the best it could be, his teaching style and sense of humor is great

Fantastic experience: It's real coo he taught me a lot things that I didn't know.

Fantastic experience: For me this is a really fast and simple way to get my license. The class has a fun environment, while still being a learning environment. And with the classes being at night, it doesn’t get in the way of my work schedule, which is a must for me. Overall, this is a good course for you to put your kids in.

Fantastic experience: Very simple and easy. A fun and efficient way to prepare anyone to drive

Fantastic experience: Very simple and easy. A fun and efficient way to prepare anyone to drive.

Negative experience: The worse! Don’t come here,they will treat you worse than an animal. Not professional at all, this man is very rude and yelled at my daughter. Please don’t let your teenagers come here. They are HORRIBLE!!! It even hurts to give them one star. I don’t want any other teen and parent to go through what me and my daughter had to go through. Like I said RUDE, as you can read the response of the owner. PLEASE read the reviews before going to this place. There’s a reason why people take their time to write them. Hope you guys don’t go through what we did. And for the owner, yeah you should read your own reviews because it sure looks like there’s a lot of people unhappy and with the same experience as us.

Negative experience: Just left the office without any service. My daughter lost her $80. We went in and told not show SS card and birth certificate (which is clearly marked on the door). We were asked for drivers Ed certificate and right away told it wouldn’t work. “This happens all the time,” he says. He “turns away so many people with that same wrong document.” Told to go home and get the right one that has the word Driver instead of Permit and reschedule. After explaining that would mean paying another $80 he said he’d give me a special password that would only charge us $20. So now home and looking at rescheduling and there is no special password needed. 2nd chance test is $20. 2nd chance?!?!? She didn’t even get her 1st chance. Is this place a scam?? Well the fact they try to look official and ask for legal personal documents, but not being government officials I find wrong. The second problem is that we paid for absolutely no service and he admits he turns away people constantly including someone today. This business made $100 off someone earlier and $80 off us and did no work at all. Immoral. Response to your statement about state regulation- the state lets you go get the correct form and not take your money.

Fantastic experience: Julius was a very fun teacher and he taught very good I would recommend to everyone trying to go to driving school this school is the best

Fantastic experience: Julius truly made the classroom experience the best it could be, his teaching style and sense of humor is great.

Negative experience: This place is just trying to rip off my money. The man would not teach me to try properly, if I make a mistake, he will be mad at me and be rude to me even though I have expressed my situation. This guy works really spontaneously. For the teen class, the behind the wheel driving section should be 1 hour per class per student, but when we students come to driving, we can only really learn for maximum of 30 minutes a person.

Fantastic experience: Amazing instructor and progress my knowledge on the road then i ever expected. If I could, this place would be a 10/10 definitely would recommend!

Negative experience: I would give this school a zero stars if I could. The gentleman working is extremely rude and unprofessional. My husband had an appointment at 2:40 and waited until 4:30 just for the man to tell me him he needed a document that is not a requirement for someone over the age of 25 per the DPS website. He was extremely rude and disrespectful.

Fantastic experience: Class was fun and Julius was a good teacher

Fantastic experience: I had an amazing time being taught by our instructor Julius. I went into this class hoping I could just get it over with and that it would be boring, but Julius put a lot of effort into his teaching and making it fun for us at the same time, and so overall I enjoyed it.

Fantastic experience: The class was very informative and helpful. I had a great time learning, and Julius, the instructor, put a fun spin to it that I found very helpful in staying focused and engaged.

Fantastic experience: Julius is an amazing teacher. He is funny and when you don’t understand what is going on in his class he explains very well for you to understand. I feel like I’m going to be a great driver because he assures us that we can do it.

Negative experience: Bad customer service and it’s a scam

Negative experience: my brother in low want to take a driving test. They guy wouldn’t even let him take it because of the language barrier. The reasoning for it was the guy told him to”honk” since my brother in low didn’t understand he didn’t even get in the car with him and want inside and said”I will not be taking him for a test because he didn’t know honk” and didn’t give the money back when we asked to since he didn’t take the test. Personally I think it’s A Scam and if your looking to take a driving test or Learning how to drive just do it online or go somewhere else.

Negative experience: I can tell you that 99% of the reviews on this are fake. This is the biggest waste of money and a scam

Negative experience: SCAM ,, SCAM ,, SCAM,, SCAM , SCAM Biggest SCAM artist around. Be careful they will take your money and not give you the services they promised. Very Bad Place

Negative experience: Biggest SCAM artist around. Be careful they will take your money and not give you the services they promised. SCAM

Fantastic experience: Julius was a great instructor and teacher, He has a good teaching ethic especially for teenagers. I highly recommend you sign up with secure lab driving

Fantastic experience: i came here to get my permit and i absolutely loved this school, the energy was amazing, the instructer was really nice and energetic! definitely recommend this driving school

Fantastic experience: I had so much fun Julius was so fun.

Fantastic experience: Julius is very funny and helps us grow as a driver very well.

Fantastic experience: Julius did a great job of making sure that the class as whole understudy what we were reading and he took the time to ask us questions over what we were reading just to make sure we understood.

Fantastic experience: Julius is a great teacher that teaches his students. He wants his students to make no errors while driving; which is his top priority. I recommend him, he is a great teacher.

Fantastic experience: Honestly I signed up for this class to learn about driving, because I didn’t feel like doing it at home with my parents. I’ve heard it was more stressful and time consuming and I didn’t want to go through that. When I signed up for this class, I was thinking it was going to be really boring sitting in a class for 2 hours, but I actually loved it. Julius is an amazing teacher and I’m just so lucky that I have him to teach me everything I need to know about drivers ed. My boyfriend actually is the one who recommended going there because that’s where he went and he has his license now and he’s actually pretty good at driving. I live out in Bonham so it’s a somewhat drive but I will tell you this, it’s totally worth the drive, money and time. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn and how good of a time you’ll have learning it.

Fantastic experience: I had a good learning experience in class, I would definitely recommend to others! Julius was a good teacher and went into depth on a lot of stuff we learned.

Fantastic experience: I learned a lot and I got my permit.

Fantastic experience: pretty good school. i learned a lot about driving safety & julius is a good teacher.

Fantastic experience: julius was very straight forward and gave us all the information we needed as quick as possible?

Fantastic experience: Mr. Julius is a great, and caring teacher, he really knows what he is talking about and can teach it very well. I highly recommend going to Julius for anything.

Fantastic experience: It’s a good place good instructor great class very funny man.

Fantastic experience: Great class Julius is a great teacher and fun to be around. Class was worth it and I learned a lot of new things. I am happy to know more about driving saftely.