Athens Driving Prep

Fantastic experience: At first I was skeptical about driving school, I didn’t have faith that it would be as useful as it was. Athens driving prep was a large step for me on the path to becoming a responsible driver. My perspective changed when I met my instructors Elly Creager and Chris. They were both extremely supportive and professional. Giving me the confidence boost and guidance needed to be successful behind the wheel. If I could give this review 10 stars I wouldn’t hesitate to do so!

Fantastic experience: This course was extremely helpful! I was a beginner driver, but this course made me much more comfortable behind the wheel. My instructor Elly was extremely welcoming and supportive.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic driving prep experience for my teenager! Ellie earns 100 stars for professional teaching and helping instill confidence in our driver!

Fantastic experience: I needed a car to take my road test at the DDS, and fortunately, Athens Driving Prep offered a Road Test Prep package. I took driving lessons with Ian, who is an excellent instructor with extensive experience. For anyone with a foreign driver’s license looking to get a U.S. license, I highly recommend Athens Driving Prep. They provide great and professional service!

Fantastic experience: My daughter recently completed her driving lessons with Ian, and I can’t recommend him highly enough! From the very first interaction, he was incredibly friendly and professional. Ian was patient, knowledgeable, and tailored each lesson to my daughter’s needs. I appreciated his constructive feedback and encouragement, which helped boost her confidence behind the wheel. The vehicles were well-maintained and equipped with all the necessary features to ensure a safe learning experience. The scheduling was also flexible, making it easy to fit lessons into her busy schedule. Athens Driving Prep has now successfully taught all three of my children how to be defensive drivers!

Fantastic experience: Chris is a very intuitive teacher and very knowledgeable when it comes to driving! I had severe driving anxiety and throughout our lessons I worked through it and am now able to drive without the anxiety I was experiencing prior!

Fantastic experience: I had a great experience with Athens Driving Prep. Elly was an amazing instructor, patient and kind. She does a great job of explaining and giving tips to prepare you for your test. Anyone in Athens who has a foreign license and needs to get a US license should definitely use this company

Fantastic experience: I would highly recommend athens driving prep for anyone learning to drive. They were extremely helpful when teaching my youngest 2 how to drive. I thought my oldest on my own and it was not a fun time. Elly was very patient with my youngest 2 children and they really learned a lot. Highly highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Elly is a fantastic instructor. I cannot say enough good things about her!

Fantastic experience: We had a fantastic experience with Athens Driving Prep. Chris was an excellent instructor. He was very patient with my son who has extreme anxiety. He was very encouraging towards my son and offered him lots of various road experiences to ensure that he was comfortable and ready to tackle the task of driving independently. My son gained confidence and I feel he is more prepared now to take the driving test and begin driving solo.

Fantastic experience: Athens Driving Prep exceeded my expectations! Chris, my instructor, was incredibly patient and experienced. He helped me conquer my fear of parking. When I scheduled a road test and Athens was fully booked, they arranged for me to take the test in Greensboro. Elly was wonderfully patient during the wait. I'm thrilled to share that I passed the test with a perfect score of 100, thanks to their exceptional instruction and support. I highly recommend Athens Driving Prep to anyone looking to become a confident and skilled driver. Thanks, Athens, Chris, and Elly, for a fantastic experience!

Fantastic experience: Elly and her team taught 3 of my kids to drive this spring/summer. Highly recommend her program! She knows what she's doing and it shows! She's organized, timely and very patient :-) Each of my kids needed different things when it came to learning and she accommodated each of them. I feel so much better about letting the kids practice behind the wheel knowing that they have 6 hours of instruction to start off with!

Fantastic experience: Elly is an amazing driving instructor!!!! She made my daughter feel at ease right away and taught her how to be more confident on the road. She teaches driving in real life scenerios on the road and provides feedback after each lesson. She is also very helpful in preparing drivers for the road test. I'd 100% recommend Athens Driving Prep to any new driver!

Fantastic experience: Elly is an amazing teacher. She is positive and gives excellent feedback. She is flexible with dates and locations. I even booked extra sessions closer to my daughter’s 16th birthday to practice harder driving situations and parking. This gave her extra confidence and me piece of mind! Plus, she scored a 100 on her driver’s road test! Thank you!

Fantastic experience: Elly is a phenomenal driving instructor and coach. I had previously worked with a driving instructor who had rushed through the basics and was only intent on getting me to pass the road test. But Elly made sure to go through basic skills, using techniques to remove the guesswork out of driving. She focused on little things that made a big difference to my driving - pedal control, improving spatial cognition, safe following distance etc which I had been worried about. She is also a great coach, and built up my confidence over a short period of time. Look no further for a driving instructor, can't recommend Elly highly enough.

Fantastic experience: My daughter took 6 hours of behind-the-wheel driving class with Elly at Athens Driving Prep, meeting in Watkinsville. After each class I was extremely pleased to see noticeable improvement in my daughter’s driving skills, confidence, and assertiveness. As she progressed through the program from beginner to more advanced driving skills, Elly provided us with reports of activities after each class, detailing areas my daughter had mastered and those in which she still needs practice—a very helpful resource. I feel sure my daughter (and everyone else on the road with her) is safer driving on her own thanks to Elly and Athens Driving Prep. I would absolutely recommend this program for soon-to-be or newly licensed drivers.

Fantastic experience: Elly is a fantastic driving instructor. She is so nice and my daughter really liked her, which makes driving a lot less stressful. Elly is always on time, and sends helpful, easy to understand evaluations for each driving trip. I would HIGHLY recommend Elly!

Fantastic experience: Elly is courteous, professional, prompt and a wonderful teacher! We also appreciated her detailed feedback after each driving session with our daughter. We highly recommend Athens Driving Prep!

Fantastic experience: Simply the best instructor I have ever met and probably the most professional in the state of Georgia.

Fantastic experience: Elly is wonderful! She is very organized and straightforward, and she helped boost my confidence about driving around a new town. She is incredibly knowledgeable not only on driving procedures, but in a vast array of topics as well! I highly recommend her!

Fantastic experience: I highly recommend Athens Driving Prep. I took three lessons with Elly, she's always been kind and patient with me, and she is really competent. Thanks to her I easily passed the road test at the first try.

Fantastic experience: I am so happy we found Elly and this driving school. Our son started off very cautious and timid. After taking the driving course, he became very confident and sure of his ability to make good driving decisions. If you are on the fence about whether or not to enroll your child in a driving course, I highly encourage you to do it. The experience and knowledge Elly brings is priceless. When your child gets his/her license you will feel confident they will make good decisions while on the road. Thank you Elly!!!!

Fantastic experience: We had a great experience with Athens Driving Prep. Elly provided a great learning experience and helpful follow up driving reports. She was prompt, thorough, and communicated well with us throughout our experience. We really appreciate her service.

Fantastic experience: My daughter had her learners permit for several months but was scared to drive. We never graduated past parking lots until we met Elly at Athens Driving Prep. Elly is great and has my highest recommendation. After our 6 hour on-the-road driving package, my daughter was confident to drive anywhere in town. I’m so happy we took lessons with Elly. It was a bonus that she was able to pick up my child from either home or school which saved me a lot of time.

Fantastic experience: This driving experience was great! I was nervous at first drive with somebody I didn’t now. But shortly after we got in the car I felt really comfortable and I had a great time learning how to drive safely! Any fear that I had about driving that’s closely thrown out the window because I felt like I was in safe hands! Great time!

Fantastic experience: Elly is a great instructor. Before we start with our first lesson, she understands where we come from and then design and plan our lessons accordingly. Teaching and guiding us through each lesson. At the end of each lesson she would share a progress report which is very helpful.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful experience. Ely has so much patience and knowledge. We are so glad to have found her to instruct my daughter. We were both scared of this new experience we were encountering but Elly really made her feel comfortable. Couldn’t be happier !!

Fantastic experience: Athens, GA

Fantastic experience: Elly has now taught 3 of my children to drive. She is kind, on time, patient, and comfortable. My children are all very different and she was able to teach them in their particular learning style. So thankful she opened Athens driving.. the best money you will ever spend. Wish I could give her 10 stars!!

Fantastic experience: Such an amazing instructor. Elly is calm, patient, and a great explainer. I learned a lot from her.

Fantastic experience: Amazing progress in only a 10 hour time period. Everytime i got in the vehicle I felt confident and ready to learn. As long as you listen to what she has to say you'll make astounding progress. I highly recommend you choose Athens Driving Prep before anything.

Fantastic experience: I signed my son up for Athens Driving Prep's 10 hour package. It was the best money we have ever spent. Having used Elly's service within the first week of getting his driving permit has made my son so comfortable driving. He is not nervous driving in congested areas, highways or rural winding roads. All due to Elly's training. I feel so much more comfortable driving with him as well.

Fantastic experience: Elly is THE BEST driving instructor! We are so glad we used this company for our sons. Extremely prompt, reliable and so good with instructing my sons.

Fantastic experience: I am so happy that I got to take few classes with Ms.Elley. She is a wonderful patient teacher for a beginner. I had taken classes with few other instructors where none of them told me what to focus on or how to correct if mistakes are done.But she makes sure that we understand it by giving enough practice.The tips and feedback that she send each day has helped me to know my progress.I would recommend her.

Fantastic experience: This service was a godsend! Made a nervous couple of parents feel more comfortable with letting our 16 year old take flight and gave our son the skills, knowledge, and confidence to ace his driving test and feel good about driving! We learned quite quickly that kids don’t want to hear our driving tips but hang on every word whispered by this instructor! This is a great investment for all!

Fantastic experience: Best thing I ever did was schedule professional driving lessons for my child!! Why did I not do this for my first 2 Huge difference, much less anxiety for mom. Instructor was professional and took teen from step B to X in just 6 hours of instruction. Teen is more relaxed, more aware driver at this point.

Fantastic experience: Cannot say enough good things about Athens Driving Prep. Highly recommend! Elly taught both of my daughters and loved her. She is a Tru professional.

Fantastic experience: Elly is an excellent teacher. She taught both of my boys to drive, and they loved her. She clearly enjoys working with teenagers, and they like her too. She communicates well with parents too. I would recommend her to any nervous parent.

Fantastic experience: The best driving school in town! The best training for how to be a safe, predictable and an assertive driver. My teacher was very patient with me and my learning disabilities and probably the best driving teacher I could ever ask for!

Fantastic experience: I learned so much from my experience with Elly and Athens Driving prep! Would definitely recommend for anyone needing to complete their Driver's Ed course or needing to learn the rules of the road!!! :)

Fantastic experience: Awesome teacher! Elly C. Was extremely patient and made my new driver feel very confident! Great experience not only for my new driver but for worried mom as well!