1st Time Driving Academy

Fantastic experience: Cheaper than other academies and its a good driving school, just remember to get your drives early.

Negative experience: Would leave 0/5 stars is possible. I was shocked to see the car was for a driving school company by how recklessly the driver handled the car. Whatever driving instructor drove a Toyota today was very rude, honking, trying to break check me and then proceeded to follow me. I felt very unsafe and uncomfortable as it was an older male. I DO NOT think this company would be a great example for teaching other people the rules of the road. I advise that the instructor practices driving safely and efficiently as you are driving your company’s car with their logo and number on it. Based of other reviews it seems to be a continuous behavior with this company. Again, I highly DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY!

Fantastic experience: I took a two hour lesson with Dan twice, and that immensely helped me build my driving confidence and even passed my driving test in just 2 months ! Highly recommend to everyone who’s just starting to drive.

Fantastic experience: I passed my final driving test today, all thanks to Driver Dan! Every lesson and every drive I did with him was filled with laughs and valuable learning opportunities. He is one of the funniest and coolest people I know, and he taught me to love driving from the moment I sat behind the wheel. 100% recommend Dan to anyone looking for a fun, reliable, and knowledgeable driving teacher - he is truly the best in the area!

Negative experience: Judging by the moron driving one of their cars (Dark colored Mitsubishi sedan) southbound I-5 at 512 on-ramp...they aren't capable of teaching anyone to drive. Oh, thev"we don't have that car" lie. It has your company name and number on it. Police are smart enough to REMOVE the official markings. Clearly you aren't that bright...hence a poor choice to teach anyone anything

Fantastic experience: Overall a nice experience learning here. Dan is a very good teacher. He is to the point and tells you what you need to work on. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: I liked this school. Lessons went through pretty fast, and I loved the stories that instructor told us.

Fantastic experience: Dan is a great instructor.He makes sure to give you enough practice before you schedule your Behind the Wheel test.Enjoyed each and every session.

Fantastic experience: It helped me learn so much and I had a great time driving

Fantastic experience: The Goat of driving best drives Ed guy ever my favorite teacher greatest.of.all.time. Love you Dan -estes ps dan treats are his students with insane respect and equality and would never treat a student badly thank you dan it was a great class and price.

Fantastic experience: Driver Dan has been a great instructor for our son. We recently completed the Drivers Ed courses and the entire process from registration to class and drive scheduling has been seamless. Dan is great with students, funny, personable and keeps students on track. Our experience was great and we would highly recommend him to others and plan to enroll our younger kids in his program one day! Thank you Driver Dan!

Fantastic experience: Driver Dan is a great instructor. I stopped driving after an accident. He helped me get familiarize with Sammamish roads and break my anxiety. Very patient and great coach. Thank you so much.

Fantastic experience: Driver Dan is a great instructor and would recommend him to anyone

Fantastic experience: driver dan is one of the coolest drivers ever. he is super patient and teaches you everything your going to need to know. if you want a more personalized driving experience go with driver dan.

Fantastic experience: Great place to learn how to drive, friendly and positive environment, Dan is a patient instructor which helps with learning, and overall I would recommend this driving academy to everyone who wants to learn how to drive

Fantastic experience: I learned my driving through Dan he is amazing becoz of him finally I got my driver’s license. Most of the new drivers feel parallel parking is the most difficult task to do on the test but becoz of Dan I can do parallel parking very easily. I 100 percent recommend Dan. Thank u Dan again.

Fantastic experience: I was a student here and I highly recommend. Dan is very patient and good instructor. I really liked his way of teaching, very professional and he makes sure the learning is fun too :)

Fantastic experience: I was a student that attended here and I personally thought I wasn’t going to like it very much because it’s more school but I actually enjoyed it very much and miss hanging out with the people and instructor. Great place! Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Amazinging experience! Great staff caring and compassionate

Fantastic experience: All three of my kids have gone through 1st Time Driving Academy! I recommend this school to all my friends. Driver Dan, as we call him, is professional, fun, and a great teacher. He offers a great service at a reasonable cost.

Fantastic experience: Dan is really good at teaching how to drive, highly recommend

Fantastic experience: dan is very helpful and the classes are a good place to learn

Fantastic experience: Dan has a great teaching style and a great sense of humor! Very fun to work with and easy to learn from. He has great experience in this field and I 100% recommend enrolling with him if you want to have a fun, yet safe experience in drivers ed.

Fantastic experience: I went here in the summer and I liked it. I liked the teacher too.

Fantastic experience: Great place to learn how to drive and a great teacher to teach you how to drive

Fantastic experience: This review is for Dan. I was a slow learner and had fear of driving more than an average person. I took couple of packages from another driving school with almost 20 hrs of driving and with insignificant improvement. I didn't have an opportunity to practice at home while leaning. That's when I joined this school and Dan became my teacher. OMG! He was awesome. He has this unique teaching style of understanding you as a person and why you make mistakes. He tries to think the way you think unlike other teachers who just throw bunch of instructions at you and yell if you don't follow. He boosted my morality first, gave me choices on what I wanted to do on a specific day and enabled me to drive exponentially. Trust me! He is the best. Without him, no way i would have got my license. He is right on time for the classes and its fun learning from him. I am so thankful to Dan and I am glad that I found him.

Fantastic experience: Very fun driving instructer and teaches very well. Highly recommend. Best instructer in Sammamish

Fantastic experience: Dan has a lot of experience on the road and overall helped better me as a driver. I feel that my skills have exponentially improved from starting and finishing the class. Dan is great in the classroom and in the car.

Fantastic experience: Had a great experience with Dan. I felt like I became a more solid driver and thouroughly enjoyed each in-class session!

Fantastic experience: Dan has been helping Sammamish teens learn to drive for many years. My daughter just finished and she did great, I am getting ready to send my son there next!

Negative experience: Dan is a crook and owes us more than $4,000. Will not respond to any attempt to contact him.

Negative experience: Dan is a huge jerk. Awful to drive with and just mean in general. Would give 0/5 stars if possible.