Reviews of I Drive Smart Inc (Driving School)

Brandon Lofton

As a parent it's been a very frustrating and aggravating customer experience with IDrive Smart with NO resolution on a matter. We've called their office multiple times and spoken to Kristen C and requested to talk to the owner (Tom P.), but he has blown us off. Tom keeps relaying messages back through Kristen and refuses to date to return our call directly. For a company that sells a more expensive premium product it's been a poor experience. It's unfortunate because the instructors are great, knowledgeable and make the driving learning experience positive and informative. It's been close to a week and I'm still waiting for the owner to give us a call back after repeated follow up and calls with Kristen. If your considering IDrive Smart your child will have a great behind the wheel experience but understand they are inflexible on resolving issues that arise. I'll let you know if we finally get a response from the owner.

Mama stone

Our daughter took the Behind the wheel with idrive smart and they were outstanding. Calm, organized and thorough. She felt they prepared her very well for driving in Virginia. We signed our son up, hoping to do the classroom with them as well as the BTW training. It turned out it didn't work with his schedule & we had to cancel. They were very polite, helped with the computer class registration & we kept the BTW training & without a fuss, they refunded the difference. So polite & helpful. Highly recommend this business and the instructors.

Nicholas Schaap

I Drive Smart was an overall great experience. Their instructors were engaging and easy to talk to. They fully guided me on my way to getting licensed. They were also super flexible, their website allowed to reschedule quickly and easily when I had a conflict.

Sophie D

I just finished all my classes and in cars a few days ago, and I have my test tomorrow. I have to say, i never expected the whole permit process to be so smooth and stress free, and each class was both informative and anxiety free. Loved the class sizes and getting to know my classmates and instructors along the way. There’s also those extra points of affirmation and correctness when you’re being taught by police officers. I also loved that missing a class or in car was really forgiving in the sense that you could reschedule a few days ahead and not lose any money.

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Professional, taught very well but quite expensive, that's all you need to know.

Antonia Boyette

Ours is a VERY SATISFIED I Drive Smart alum family. My now-19 year old son completed the IDS course in Maryland during the summer between his sophomore and senior years in high school. Now it is time for my 16 year old daughter to learn to drive and to be perfectly honest, that thought scares me a little. Which is why I am absolutely over the moon that I Drive Smart has branched out to bring their unparalleled level of driver's training to our new hometown in southern California. Well, they're not exactly in our new home town, more like a 90 minute drive south of us. IT'S WORTH IT! That is how good these folks do their job: as a busy entrepreneur, mother, wife etc, I did not even think twice about the distance when we learned about IDS in SoCal. They are THAT good. And the need for my daughter to become an excellent driver is THAT important. A bit of background: We were introduced to IDS when they made a presentation at my kids high school on Silver Spring MD. I was impressed with the program philosophy, instructor experience and materials this program offered. That police officers teach the course is a bonus on several levels. My daughter is eager to drive but not so much that she is really engaged in the process when I chauffeur her around town. As opposed to her brother who asked thoughtful questions about the mechanics, laws, and culture of operating a motor vehicle each time he we got in the car. As he progressed through the IDS training his questions became more sophisticated, his Behind The Wheel confidence skyrocketed without approaching arrogance, and his respect for the responsibility of driving a car was obvious. I mention this to illustrate my upcoming point: THE PRESENCE OF I DRIVE SMART IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS THE ONLY REASON MY DAUGHTER (FABULOUS AS SHE IS IN SO MANY OTHER AREAS) GETS TO PURSUE HER DRIVERS LICENSE. IDS is the only program with which I feel completely safe entrusting this huge responsibility of guiding my daughters evolution from passenger to responsible, safe and excellent driver. This is a position I take with with 100% confidence after witnessing the competent and yes, smart - very smart - driver that my son became. We have only great things to say about this course. Yes, it was among the more expensive options back in Maryland, but it was much cheaper than the hours therapy or pounds of cheesecake required to otherwise calm my nerves as my cherished children grew into drivers. I Drive Smart is one of the best decisions made by our family!