Fantastic experience and highly recommend for 18+ yo drivers…read more Ron was very patient and professional in helping our daughter gain valuable driver tips, experience, and confidence in general driving and in preparation for the test...which she passed the first time! The lesson communications were smooth, he was very flexible in fitting in times, and he picks up from the house. Will definitely recommend to other 18+ students

Ron Kato is a truly excellent driving instructor! He is patient, professional, and just brings a…read moregreat attitude to the job. I really enjoyed my lessons with him, and could not believe how quickly I developed confidence as a driver (I am 36 and had never driven before- either in the US or overseas, so I was starting from scratch). In just over a month, I felt prepared to take the road test. I actually began my lessons with another driving school, but left that school as the instructor was inattentive and unprofessional (talking/texting on his phone for most of the lesson, scheduling lessons with other students in the middle of my lesson). The behavior of the previous instructor made me extremely tense and apprehensive about what is a pretty daunting endeavor. On the other hand, when I began lessons with Ron I started to enjoy the process...which is how it should be! I also felt that he actually enjoyed teaching, which made me look forward to my lessons and made it easier to forget whatever stress I had before getting into the car with him. I also found it really convenient that Ron offers 1-hour lessons (most schools only offer 2)...that way I could take shorter lessons more frequently, and I think this was critical for me in terms of becoming more comfortable with the whole process (two hours seems like it will expedite the process but, when you are a beginner, the process is a bit overwhelming (you on edge the entire lesson, which takes a toll on the nerves) and, personally, I just wasn't able to cope with two 2-hour lessons a week. In my opinion, the shorter lessons spaced closer together were key to my success. I would highly recommend Ron if you want to not only become a great driver, but also enjoy the process.

I have a foreign license but needed an American one. So I took a 2-hour driving lesson on the 18th…read moreof December with Naheel . She was extremely patient, helpful, competent, and a very good and effective instructor. She taught me all about the road rules, parking strategies, and even helped me overcome my fear of driving on the highway. I took the road test a few days after the lesson and passed it on the first try itself. I was a little nervous because of the rule that Naheel could not administer the road-test for me. But her husband, who did the road test, was also very fair and professional. My passing the road test would not have been possible without the excellent and patient coaching provided by Naheel during my lesson. I highly recommend this company to all new drivers, especially if you are an adult-driver who needs to get a US license.

Horrible experience. Do not recommend. The female instructor was disrespectful, unprofessional, and…read morein the end, attempted to deflect attention from her poor behavior by directing toward us an accusation of some unnamed and ungrounded 'prejudice' against her. WTF?! Here's a detailed timeline if you want to read more. 1. I scheduled an appointment with them at 12:30, showed up at 12:10. During the wait, nobody told me what I needed to do. At around 12:20, I walked up to a male instructor and let him know that I had an appointment at 12:30. He told me to wait until it was my turn, and someone would come to me. Nobody ever came up to me. 2. At around 12:40, I went up to a female instructor who just came back from a road test. I told her that I had an appointment at 12:30. The female instructor told me that she was running late and was supposed to leave at 1:00 pm. She had to do another test originally scheduled at 12:00, but another instructor would do my test instead. She didn't apologize to anyone affected by her delay. 3. At around 1 pm, the male instructor came back. I went up to him and told him again that my test was scheduled at 12:30, but he had another test to do and said I would be the next. 4. At around 1:20, the female instructor came back. I didn't expect her to give me the test because she said she was going to leave at 1:00, but I saw her standing 30 feet away from my car seemingly waiting for me like I was supposed to know what to do. 5. As I pulled up to her, she didn't come close to my window or anything. I brought my documents and walked up to her. She started saying that she wouldn't be giving me the test, but she would help fill up my paperwork. 6. As she was filling up the paperwork, she asked me where I learned to drive. I wasn't sure what kind of answer I was supposed to give her, like which road I learned to drive on? I thought she might've asked 'when' instead of 'where' so I tried to confirm with her. Then she changed the question to who taught me to drive. I told her "it was my friend, to be more specific, my husband". She hesitated and asked, 'so...your partner?' I sensed some hostility towards my homosexuality but I didn't take it very seriously as there might be some cultural and/or religious difference. 7. After she was done with the paperwork, she instructed me to start the road test. Wait, what? I thought she wasn't going to do my road test? When did it change? Maybe she's just gonna do my parking test and let the other instructor take over after? Anyway, I was glad if she was to give me the road test because it means I didn't have to wait any longer, but I would appreciate it more if I could be informed of any plan change for the test I paid for. 8. After the parking test, she got in my car. I explained to her that I was planning to adjust my mirrors even though they were already adjusted because I heard people say it's a must in the test. She didn't respond. But as I was adjusting the mirrors, she asked very impatiently, 'Can you move?' 9. The way she spoke with me and the way she gave instructions during the road test was very condescending with a lack of respect and professionalism. Despite me waiting for about an hour and how uncomfortable she made me feel, I showed her great respect. Each time she 'issued a command', I would say 'okay, thank you' to show my appreciation for her time and to confirm that her instruction was received. 10. In the end, we had an argument. She stormed out of my car without a proper conclusion. I said to her as she was getting in her car, ''thank you for making us wait for one hour". She replied, "You are welcome" with contempt on her face. I guess some people take pride in being rude. 11. She didn't give me my receipt so we drove to their office to get it. She kept us locked out the whole time except when she handed out the receipt. When my husband pointed out that she was tardy and unprofessional, she just threw at our face an unexplained and ungrounded accusation of us being prejudicial.

Training was very good and Mr. Crockett made it very interesting. He is very knowledgeable in his…read moreskill set.

From the owner: Active Pursuit Commercial Driving School offers ONLINE and HANDS OWN courses…read more Our classes are 4 to 8 weeks long. Some one on one training if needed. Flexible hours.

Terrible company. They have so many class options because they overbook every class. when it was…read moretime to sign up for drive times, it booked immediatel! we contacted the school and they told us they do not control their instructors schedule. they are independent contractors. we try to contact the instructor with zero response. we have no idea when he will have an opportunity to drive.

This company is horrible. There are no driving schedule times ever. before taking people money…read moreschedule times should be already set up. If my son don't get his driving time I will be suing them. Wasting people time and stealing money. How can a student remember what they learned when they haven't drove one time. We will not be back for the next segment.

We used All-Star here in Traverse City for my niece, Amy's, driving lessons. She then took the test…read morewith All-Star and passed with flying colors! Amy's instructor, Erica, was a wonderful teacher. She put Amy, a nervous driver, who had twice failed the test in the past, at ease. Erica calmly and meticulously taught Amy how to drive safely and with confidence. We were both so impressed with Erica and I highly recommend her to families with nervous teens! I saw a night and day difference in Amy's driving and in her confidence level on the road. Erica is a gifted teacher! Amy then took her test with Mike who like Erica was low key and also able to put young drivers at ease. Mike obviously knew his stuff but had such a lovely personality that Amy was not nervous at all. I am unsure if Mike teaches but he seemed to be gifted with young people just like Erica. All-Star has clearly done their due diligence in hiring great staff. Plus when Amy passed with flying colors, Mike seemed almost as proud of her as I was! All-Star was a great help to me. I'm not sure that I would have been able to get Amy comfortable on the road myself because she was so nervous after her previous failures that I didn't feel it was safe to practice with her without help. All-Star was easy to deal with on the phone and provided excellent customer service. They made driving lessons safe, comfortable and easy for Amy giving her the needed information, practice and confidence. For the peace of mind and safety it was well worth the money for private lessons -- especially with such an excellent staff! We are so grateful to the staff at All-Star and recommend them highly!

My son had a driving test. the examiner cancelled twice. I asked that a manager call me, and have…read moreyet to receive a call that was 6 weeks ago. This is such a lack of customer service-but not surprised the way that customer service has gone down the drain in some many areas. I see Maggie Y. review that her daughters test was rescheduled 4 times. This is bad business, especially when you are asking for someone to call you and they never do.

The driver fell asleep on my second drive, so we ended up getting lost and I spent most of my drive…read moregetting us back on track. He yelled at me to go faster until I was driving dangerous speeds (80 mph on the highway expressway my first time). He would grab our wrists aggressively when we were not driving, jerk the wheel so we went out of our lane, and grab your arm without consent to "correct your steering". The in classroom instructor, Dr. Suggs, isn't great, very condescending attitude and assuming you will fail, but not life threatening like the driving instructor (I think his last name is Doering.) I would not recommend this school to anyone, it was a terrible experience.

From the owner: Select the best! Patient, Professional Instructors since 1957 - Welcoming Adults- International…read moreStudents- and Learning Disabled Students- State Licensed & Certified, Bonded & Insured. We teach students with learning disabilities - cognitive, ADHD, Autistic. Instructor Ron Kato has over 25 years experience. Also offering driver improvement classes and senior refresher classes. Learn defensive and good driving skills.

Excellent instructor and easy online format. Works well to not have to drive kid to classes and kid…read morelikes the virtual aspect as well.

Poor communication. Lack of professionalism.. Judgmental and harsh. It is difficult to get a hold…read moreof anybody and even more impossible to get a proper response to a question.. completely impossible to schedule drives the instructor only releases open spots Sunday night at 9 PM and they are all taken within 30 seconds!! Yet they require you to schedule all your drives within a certain amount of time! They program you to fail! So that you have to repeat their course!

No call/show for the driver's test. Apparently this happens all the time. What a waste of time…read moreand a fight to receive a refund.

The instructor explicitly informed me to speed up to X during the test. Following the law, I…read moreaccelerated to the speed appropriate for the high way. The instructor then proceeded--despite the instruction to accelerate--to tell me to slow down. The instructor herself is very misleading, and not in the moment. She was emotionally devoid to a point of social sequestration. Furthermore, she also was quite irresponsible. She doesn't care about the wellbeing of her customers, and even went on to disrespect both me and my mother by managing problems with her other customers during our paid time. Where more irresponsibility took manifestation on her behalf was when she was very obscure about where to meet. When asking questions--because inevitably every customer would have to--she would indirectly refuse to answer. Ultimately, the customer is left in a state of obscurity just as the instructor.

This school is really nice and ran pretty well, I had a really good experience with my instructor…read moreMax, he made learning and driving really easy as my whole class had passed the test. Driving on the roads after he taught me was very smooth and easy for me and he even made it fun dropping my nerves, would 100% recommend every one too go here.

I've been to CameraMall to buy, sell, and take classes. All were excellent experiences. The staff…read moreare always friendly and helpful. The "new" space is great and there's adequate parking.

Great experience! Lots of knowledge and helpful advice. I came in because I was potentially…read moreinterested in getting a bridge camera, primarily for birding, with zero photography experience or knowledge. I had done a bit of research online ahead of time, but wanted to talk through it with someone and get a better sense of feel and how it works/looks in person. Ended up walking out with a used Sony Rx10 iii in excellent condition and associated accessories (bag, extra battery, SD card, card reader, lens protector) and technicalllly under the budget I had stated... :) So far so good! A couple days after this purchase, I ended up going back to upgrade the bag to a slightly larger one that could hold some additional items. Now technicallllly slightly over budget lol but I'm happy about my items so far and the customer service/help!