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    5.0 (4 reviews)

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    Smith and Solomon

    Smith and Solomon

    2.5(2 reviews)
    1.8 mi

    Smith and Solomon in bordentown nj Juan is a great instructor. Thank u so much. Sheliaread more

    To put it simply this place is a racket and a horrible school to spend your money with if you're…read moreinterested in getting your CDL. Don't go to this school if you can avoid it. They don't treat you like a customer here but more like a subjugate or a second class citizen. They have a terrible facility with a bathroom that is always out of order. One old, lousy, stinky and dirty bathroom for a whole lot of students. They don't even have a seperate bathroom for women. Not to mention that the plumbing is poor and the toilet doesn't flush. Their parking situation for students is despicable as well. The parking for students is reduced to only about 1/5 of the parking lot. Most of the good, available parking spaces that they have, are there for their administrative staff only. If there are no "student" parking spots available, they make you park at the gas station next door and make you walk back. No respect or hospitality was my experience while there. Then they send you out to the yard, only after you've acquired your permit. Here, you are supposed to get the practical training you need to get into the trucking industry. But the yard is very small, their equipment is old and beat up. Also, be careful not to get ran over by other trucks as you are walking to and from their yard. It seems like the small area of the yard that they rent has many other uses besides being a CDL training school. Now once in the yard, this is where you are supposed to go get your practical training but most of the time, you are really just on your own, without any direction, nor instruction or even supervision. You literally spend the majority of your day standing outside for hours waiting for your turn. Hoping that you are not skipped and that you can teach yourself how to complete certain maneuvers. It's like the blind leading the blind at Smith and Solomon commercial driver training. You get most of your schooling on your own and from the students themselves. They give you only the most minimal level of attention. The only instructor that they have in the yard with the students is a woman instructor who is very mean and unpleasant. She is disagreeable at best and bad-tempered. You might get a few tries at driving the tractor trailer but most of the time you are just a spectator, watching others and talking with the other students. Such a waste of time and money in my estimation. A far better investment, in my opinion, would be to go to a CDL school that provides one-on-one training. The reason for this is that in a truck driving school like this, you are the customer. You are the one paying for the education and the instructors are there to work for you. Without you, they are out of business. Whereas at Smith and Solomon they are constantly talking down to you, yelling at you and reprimanding you for every little thing. As if to say you owe them something. Your chances of graduating with a CDL are greater in any other school. Smith and Solomon tries to place you with one of the worst trucking companies to work for. Werner and they are constantly trying to recruit students from this school. Don't fall for it. Again, this school is a racket and I am not sure how much they paid the woman who wrote the first review. This CDL school doesn't deserve our business.

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    New Life Driving School

    3.6(5 reviews)
    3.7 mi

    Had a great experience with New Life Driving school. They showed my son the basics and he passed…read morehis driving test on the first try. Communication was great every step of the way. Recommend 100%

    UNSAFE VEHICLES!…read more When completing my 6-hours lesson (July 2019) I came to realize the vehicles they were using 2003 & 2006 Toyota Corollas were affected by the big Takata airbag recall either causing malfunction of the front driver and passenger airbags or deploying with metal shards causing possible fatalities. I asked to run the VIN number of the vehicle I was using and I was denied the usage. Lucky I used a website where I could retrieve the VIN number from the license plate. My findings had me in awe. The vehicle I was driving had two open airbag recalls, the ones I was concerned about. The instructors themselves were polite and knowledgeable. They truly knew what they were doing and were never more than 10 minutes late. Throughout my six hours I, thank god, remained safe and in one piece. We at first had an issue with someone at the office about scheduling, and they offered us an extra hour of practice. They although did not honor that promise. After completing my 6 hours I asked to speak to a superior and was given the the cell phone number of the owner. I brought it to her attention about the open recalls on the vehicle I had driven. One of the two recalls had been open since 2014, and the other 2015! She showed a slight concern, and even asked me to run another vehicle for her, at the time the other vehicle I ran for her turned up clean but as I have check again it has a new open recall for the same potentially lethal airbag issue (Oct 19'). After reporting my findings of the vehicle she asked for she responded and said she would be getting the information for the two other vehicles in her fleet. I never received another response. I vividly expressed my concern and the urgency of the situation. I also explained to her that remedies of these recalls were available and free of charge at a local Toyota dealership. After almost a year later, I am currently looking for a refresher lesson and a rental for my upcoming road test. After running both VINs again today it is clear that my urgent concern was not taken seriously, and the blood of the students and instructors will be in their hands, god forbid a serious accident ever happens. The instructors were great, but management and maintenance needs an overhaul.

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    Road Ready Driving School

    Road Ready Driving School

    3.5(2 reviews)
    5.4 mi

    My first experiences with Road Ready were quite positive (which is why I am giving them 2 stars…read moreinstead of 1) My first 2 instructors Andy and Rob were really great people to work with and taught me a lot. Then I scheduled two lessons with their 3rd instructor who shall remain nameless. For each appointment I stressed to the school that it is mandatory that the instructor wears a mask when I am in the car. No problem with the first two. I had to remind this instructor a few times to put on the mask and when he did he dug up an old mask that was so loose it wouldn't stay over his nose. In the first few minutes I had to remind him a few times to put the mask back up. When I saw that it was hopeless I asked him if he was vaccinated and he said no. At that point I said that this lesson was over and I didn't feel safe. I am 70 years old and overweight so I take all precautions. He gave me quite an argument even going so far as to say that masks did no good anyway but ultimately he gave me back my check and I got out of the car. When I got home I spoke to the woman who answered the phones who was very nice and told her that I wanted to speak with the owner about this. She said she would have him call me. That was Thursday early afternoon and I am writing this on Monday, 96 hours later and I still haven't heard from anyone. Which to me says that they either don't take the situation seriously or they just don't care. It's not for me to tell them who to hire or whether vaccinations should be mandatory but I think I should have been told beforehand that my instructor was not vaccinated. I would have turned him down flat and waited for one of the other 2 instructors. Not only did I feel unsafe at the time but now I feel disrespected as well.

    I actually used Road Ready Driving School 3 years ago, but I'm thinking all the way back to that…read moretime because I was so impressed with their services. I did not have Yelp 3 years ago (and I just learned Yelp reviews more than food and drinks). Steve, a retired cop, taught me how to drive. I was very nervous, unskilled, older than most new drivers and I even had unsuccessful attempts with other driving schools. Steve at Road Ready Driving School was the most patient, kind (and fearless) instructor I ever could have asked for. He cheered me up when I failed the road test, and he even brought my favorite kind of donut to celebrate when I passed the test. I've been on the road for a few years now with no incidents or trouble, and I think the high quality lessons this school provided helped set me up for success. This driving school will always have a little place in my heart and my full endorsement for anyone (young or old, nervous or excited) who wants to learn to drive.

    East Coast Driving School - driving_schools - Updated July 2026

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