Columbus Driving Academy

Wayne Edens _{on Google}

Sep 16th, 2023

Can't get an in-car scheduled. The contract, as I was informed, only requires them to schedule within 6 months. It's gonna take every second of the 6 months, it seems. I will sue if they breach. If your teen needs a license asap, go elsewhere.

DP Jones _{on Google}

Jul 12th, 2023

I did my last in-car here and the rest at pickerington, I'm a very high anxiety person and this gave me a panic attack. the instructor I had told me things my other instructors told not to do. When I made one slight error he shook his head, yelled at me, and slammed his hands on the clipboard. Then he decides to put "very anxious" on my paper, like yeah you're the reason for that, almost made me cry in the car. Miserable.

aeva dials _{on Google}

Jul 31st, 2023

all together my incar experience was nothing but hectic. all of my lessons were with different people, and even though they all work at the same business they all teach you completely different things ? my very 1st incar was with dale overmeyer. this guy completely creeped me out. he asked me many personal questions and would get upset with me over little things. he asked me where i went to school and i told him that i go to a christian school and he laughed me at me & continued to tell me that hes not religious and that there is no God; like he couldnt have kept his opionin to himself. he also gave me the vibe that he was recording me during the whole session. he would continuously check his phone and he always had his phone in his shirt pocket and angled towards me. my 2nd & 3rd incar appointments were with joseph landon. he was one of the nicest guys i was with. he was super calm and patient and he never raised his voice at me once. we worked on maneuverability, which i caught onto very quickly, and we drove on 270N during rush hour. my last incar was with john halley. this was one of the absolute worst experiences ive had at this location. first of all my appointment was supposed to start at 3 and so was another teenagers, but we really didnt start driving until around 3:20 because john & another instructor were arguing over dumb things, like old men do, and they were cussing at each other in front of me and the other guy. then once we get in the car everything was normal. john asked for the paperwork and who my past instructors were, and then he told me that dale, my first incar instructor, got fired and he never fit in at the business and he sucked at his job; that was my first immediate red flag because that isnt something you share outside of the company. then we finally drove over to the parking lot so we could go over maneuverability and later drive on country roads. well ive always struggled with knowing my lefts & rights, so as i was backing the car up through the cones i forgot what way to then the wheel. john then continues to slam his hands on his clip board and he told me that i should know what im doing. then he tells me that i need to figure it out myself or he has to take time out of his day so he can teach me the way he teaches maneuverability ??? my first thought was um your the instructor & im paying YOU so YOU can teach me how to drive every time i was to make a mistake, instead of him telling me where to put my hands he would grab my arms and put my hands on the steering wheel. even after i asked him multiple times to not touch me he would get rude and tell me that im not doing anything correctly. fast forward to after he teaches me his way on now to pull in and reverse on the left and right side, he then tells me that i need to do both sides 3 times by myself and hed help me if i needed it. then he gets on his phone and starts watching golf ? by this time its around 4:45 and once again i forget what way to turn the wheel. he tells me to stop trying and put the car in park, and that i needed to switch places with him because he didnt feel safe with me driving back to the building ? even though i drove from the building to the parking lot. he did nothing but yell and make rude comments to me on the ride back. he would laugh and tell me have fun passing your drivers test when you dont even know your lefts from your rights and its sad that your 16 and dont know what way to turn the wheel like yea im literally paying you so you can teach me, but instead he wants to make horrible comments acting as if i should be an experienced driver by now. then when he pulls into the parking lot and goes to park, he just about hit 2 cars trying to back into a parking spot. then he told my dad that we took up the whole time working on maneuverability, tries arguing with my dad about how big a Honda CRV is and even told us that everyone teaches diffferently. as soon as my dad and i left the place i cried. i do not recommend this place at all.