McGinnis Driver Safety Centers

Negative experience: My kid has been coming here for 3 weekends and still hasn't gotten behind the wheel. Yet I'm paying 600 and class ends next weekend. I'm regretting it.

Fantastic experience: Both of my boys went here, I like their fast track driving portion because my son has actually been driving since he was 13, with an adult, of course, but we just never felt that six months of driving was good enough and wanted our kids safe and so we taught them on a stick shift vehicle before they ever learn to drive an automatic. So when it came time to drive with the instructor, our kids already had a considerable amount of practice driving. And don’t worry we didn’t take them on public roads. These were back dirt roads that they practice on until they had permits. We got orange cones taught them how to parallel park how to park regular how to back in back out. We also taught them 99% of accidents are preventable even when the law says it not their fault. It usually still is because they didn’t see them coming.

Negative experience: Don't send your kids here.

Negative experience: The owner, David, was beyond disrespectful and makes very rude remarks towards student drivers. His remarks appear to be sexist in nature and does not encourage young drivers to get ahead. Instead, he humiliates them by directly telling them, "bad driver" and, "no wonder you can't drive". I would advise anyone to avoid this place. More than likely, they are going to comment under my review as false, but it is difficult to neglect the reality when majority of the reviews align with what I am stating. I hope MVD does not continue to support them or someone else changes management because all I got after a phone call, was a person laughing on the other end.

Positive experience: I have purchased driver's education, with driving hours and road testing from McGinnis School of Driving two times. The first time was for my 18 y.o. nephew, who moved in with us at the beginning of the COVID lockdowns. More recently, for my 15 y.o. daughter. Both were positive experiences overall. My nephew ended up completing the classroom portion and lacked the motivation to schedule the in-person driving lessons to obtain his license. This was not the fault of the school. Rather, it was the lack of motivation and initiative on his part to obtain a license. I don't fault the school for that. He still doesn't have a license (his choice) and relocated to a major metro area where public transit is readily available, which is probably in the best interest of public safety (LOL). My daughter, Savannah, had a wonderful experience. She liked the real life stories that were shared in class and learned a great deal. Although it was sometimes difficult to find available appointments for driving instruction that didn't conflict with her school and work schedules, she had a very positive experience. The instruction was great and very constructive. She wasn't offended by anything that was said by the instructors but she was appalled by some of the disrespectful behaviors exhibited by some of her classmates at times (Ex. talking on cellphone during class after being told devices should be turned off, being rude/disrespectful to the instructors, etc.). I might be viewed as a little old-fashioned in this sense but I was glad that the school took a no-nonsense approach to dealing with this sort of discourteous behavior. Parents send their kids to driving school to learn and to become responsible, safe drivers. It is a privilege to be afforded the opportunity to attend and they should appreciate that and take it seriously. It is the responsibility of the instructors to be sure that the students have met the minimum competency requirements to obtain licensure. Just because you pay for a class doesn't mean you automatically "pass" if you don't/won't/can't meet the standards. Personally, I appreciated the fact that my child wasn't just "passed" because we paid for it without the assurance that she was truly safe to operate a vehicle. I value her life and the lives of other too much to want her "passed" through Driver's Ed without having actual competency demonstrated. I feel confident that she is safe to drive, thanks to the instruction she received at McGinnis. While I do wish that there were more driving hours available for scheduling on weekends (the only negative thing I have to say), I am mostly grateful for individuals with the patience to teach these novice drivers. God knows that my nerves couldn't handle it and I was happy to pay a reasonable price to have the pros provide that! I am very satisfied with the instruction provided and plan to send my youngest daughter when she is old enough to start driving