Driver Safety Consultants, Inc.

Negative experience: The owner, Thomas Antkow, is a rude and demeaning man. I made a simple mistake on what was included in the package I purchased and instead of correcting me I was called a “pain in the rear client”. The instructor Ernie told my daughter that with the way teenage girls dress these days it’s hard not to look at them. Do yourself and your children a favor and go anywhere else.

Negative experience: Very disorganized, whoever answers the phone and doese appointments. Also I was to have a driving session with the owner because of my fear of driving and nothing ever happened.

Negative experience: The owner, Thomas Antkow, is a man child who has no regard for the feelings of anyone besides himself. He constantly yelled at and berated me while I was driving. He also made me cry on multiple occasions. Tom also yelled at my father, who was paying him to teach me to drive. One time, in particular, Tom (the owner and my ex driving instructor) made me drive to Sam's Club, park and then proceeded to make me wait in the car for around 30 minutes while he shopped. I was only sixteen at the time, alone in a car that wasn't my own in a crowded parking lot. All the while, my dad was paying him to teach me to drive, while I sat in his company car by myself while he shopped! Never take any classes here, whether for yourself or your child. I have permanent trauma from learning hands on driving with Tom, and I, now almost 18, have yet to get my driver's license because of how traumatic my experience at Driver Safety Consultants was.

Negative experience: From the moment I made a payment, this has been a nightmare. I didn’t hear from someone for days to make a schedule for my son, and when I finally did talk to the owner about not hearing anything, he made the excuse that the instructor said that he called and text with no answer. Frustrated because I never received a call or a text, I then asked for the instructors number. The instructor was beyond rude to us, basically telling me that I needed to be patient and that he was just too busy to deal with me right now. Furious, I called the owner back to you didn’t even have the courtesy to return my call with my complaints. The instructor was a little bit nicer when he called me back, but then we had a difficult time scheduling days and times that work for both of us. It took several weeks for us to find days and times that would work But we figured it out. After we figured out the time, he called me several times over the course of a few days to try and reschedule those times, with the excuse each time that he had double booked himself. Well I can understand is happening once, three times? Are you kidding me? After the third time I thought that it was finally sorted out, But then he called again and couldn’t remember when my son was scheduled! Get a calendar! It is absolutely absurd how many issues I’ve had with this company. I would never never recommend them to someone else. All of this has happened before we have ever had our first appointment with them. If we weren’t on limited time to get my son through this course before school starts, I would demand a refund and go with another company. Do yourself a favor, call someone else.

Fantastic experience: Tom taught my daughter how to have confidence behind the wheel and drive safely at the same time. He was the key to her overcoming her fears and being able to relax and learn. He takes his job seriously and was led to do it after what happened to his daughter .