Bill's Defensive Driving School, Oakland Alameda

My instructor was Stacey. I had a great experience with her! She helped me overcome my fear of driving as well as provided me with some helpful tips when I am feeling anxious. I felt very comfortable with her as an instructor. I definitely learned a lot about navigating the road and taking control of the wheel. Thanks to her I was able to pass my test on the first try!

I had a very confusing experience with Stacey. She is mostly good and I learned a lot of knowledge on how to stay safe on road. She corrected some of my driving habits at the beginning of the lesson and I felt doing much better after that. However, she kept chatting with me and pointing to irrelevant things around the road the whole time which made me distracted. While asking me to merge to left, she insisted that I should NOT check my left side blind spot but just check the mirror. In the latter hour, all she did was talk about how badly I drove and that I should drive on the computer instead of on the road. Before this lesson, I was already building confidence in driving... read full review

This review is for Stacey. If you want to learn how to be a good, solid, safe driver, Stacey is who you should try to work with. She is incredibly experience and her tips, tricks, and wisdom have helped me become a better driver. I went to Stacey to brush up on some skills after 5 years of driving and I am so happy I did! Stacey gets right to the point and teaches you how to drive. She doesn't sugarcoat anything and will tell you when you have made a mistake and praise you when you do well. We did streets, parking, curvy hills, narrow streets, highways, traffic, lane changes, intersections, you name it. She can teach all of it! When it's time for my kids to... read full review