Meadows Driving School

Fantastic experience: Had 2 instructors Shaun and Dean and they were both funny and respectful. (I'm only on my 3rd lesson so I will update this review when I'm done with all 12) Edit: I finished all 12 lessons last year but I forgot to update this review lol. It is safe to say that all the instructors that I've had were respectful and resilient with their teachings. They taught me how to park, parallel park, 3 point turns, backup 50 feet, and best of all, prepared me for the final driving test. On the final driving test, you hand the instructor your DMV permit paper, (The test instructor I had looked like Ted Lasso) and then they keep it for when you have to drive. Obviously, you learned the basics and you demonstrate them on the road. Im not sure but I think there are 2 people in the car during the final drivers test. Ayy but overall they were both polite and kind towards me.

Negative experience: 0 stars if I could. Shaun Gezotis, an instructor, is objectively one of the rudest people I have ever met. Passive aggressive and accusatory tone, ends the lesson before the full hour. MANY people I know had Shaun and had similar experiences. Not worth the money. Maria, the owner, definitely knows this and is okay with it.

Negative experience: If I could leave no stars at all, I would. My parents paid nearly $800 to this school in hopes that they would give me proper drivers ed and on-roads. The drivers ed portion was okay considering it was during covid and it was all done through zoom. The onroads however , were the most terrible experiences i’ve ever had. You were to complete 12 onroad lessons and I could only make it through 5 before I gave up. My instructor, Sean, was very racist, very micro-aggressive, and just rude. He spent the hour picking on me and saying things that weren’t very encouraging and made it hard to focus on driving correctly, which he then called me out for. One lesson, as the second kid is driving me back home, he and the instructor were both in the front seats picking on me. Later on Sean said he was “just joking”. When I tried to contact Maria about possibly switching out my instructor multiple times, she never reached out to me back once. Eventually I gave up. They took the money and couldn’t even do a semi decent job. Never again. Do not bring your kids here especially if you are a person of color. It has been several years since I lived through this and yet it is still one of the most traumatic things to happen to me.

Negative experience: Bad experience. Go to AAA, they won’t scam you out of your money.

Fantastic experience: I had Jay for my third appointment, I can say he is amazing at what he does. He is serious, but at the same time makes the driving lesson enjoyable. The way he explains how to maneuver and execute parking, turning, etc is perfect. It makes it much easier to learn. He was a very respectful person, and a very good instructor.