About Above Average Driving School Inc
Above Average Driving School Inc. offers comprehensive driving instruction with a focus on safety and confidence. Instructors like Kyle Presting provide personalized guidance, helping students quickly improve their skills. The school covers important topics such as anger management, insurance requirements, peer pressure, skid control, and hydroplaning. It also teaches essential driving practices, including seatbelt use, proper hand positioning, safe following distance, and lane positioning rules. Recent students have praised the school for its helpful and passionate teachers, especially noting the importance of checking your zones, using low beam headlights in poor weather, and avoiding blind spots around large trucks. The staff's dedication ensures new drivers learn to be safe and responsible on the road.
Miss Tracy was my driving instructor for a week she was really nice and encouraging to me and my fellow classmates, while also being clear with her teaching allowing me to learn as well as have fun. I loved my time with her while she was teaching me, I recommend this school for anyone trying to learn how to drive
Mr. Vaughn Cole is 100% one of the best people I have ever met, personally or professionally. He is so incredibly zen and calm, yet also direct and specific with feedback. His former experience as an engineer and business owner comes through: he is extremely attentive to detail and breaks driving technique down into its constituent mechanical components in simple layman's terms and straightforward, foolproof formulas. He is an excellent teacher - he never overwhelms the student with information overload; he addresses each component straightforwardly and simply. I think most importantly of all: he inspires confidence and comfort in his students so that they are empowered to be in the drivers seat of their own lives. I have a diagnosed, medicated anxiety disorder and driving was one of my greatest fears before taking classes with Mr. Cole. I am now at a point where I enjoy driving and am confident in my own ability to make good defensive-driving decisions in stressful scenarios (e.g. screaming toddler, someone in the car is mad or irritated with me, weirdos out on the road not using their turn signals and being aggressive, etc). For what it's worth: I chose the 10 hrs behind the wheel driving package. After the 3rd or 4th lesson I was able to also start practicing outside of class with my husband in his SUV. I also rented the Above Average Driving School car for my DMV road test. This brings me to my next point: you should absolutely pay the extra money to rent the car that you have practiced in and have the instructor with you when you go to take your road test. Why? You are effectively paying for a DMV diplomat and road test DOULA. Let me explain: When you give birth in a hospital, you are either given the option of bringing in your doula, or sometimes you will even be able to utilize the services of a volunteer doula at the hospital. What does a doula do? A doula is an ADVOCATE for someone to help them navigate the medical system and liaison with the doctors and nurses. They help keep you confident and comfortable in your ability to deliver a baby. They fight for your autonomy and help you make informed decisions so that you are not bulldozed by medical staff into doing things that you don't want to do. This is like that, but with the DMV. When I went to the DMV, the staff member who initially came out to test me automatically refused to test me on the basis of her perceived issue with the car. She immediately wrote me off and walked away. I hadn't said a word to her. I had barely turned on the car. And yes - everything was working fine, and I had made sure we were both buckled before turning the key in the ignition. I am not the kind of person who would fight for myself in this scenario. I am not a "I want to speak to the manager" kind of person. If I had been by myself, I would have just rolled over and taken it. I would have let it ruin my entire week and utterly destroy my work week, which - I am a full time working mother to a toddler. I do not have a lot of hours to spare. I called Mr. Cole, who THREW OUT HIS BURGER to come to my rescue. He immediately walked in, tried to very politely and patiently inquire as to what happened with this staff member, and was met with absolute vitriol. Just an absolutely nasty person. He did not yell. He did not curse. He did not treat her with disrespect. He was able to talk to the DMV site manager, and brought her out to inspect the car - which, by the way, was FINE. Ultimately, he was able to persuade the manager to give me the test instead. And I passed! In spite of the stress, and not because the manager felt sorry for me or because he told her to. I passed because Mr. Cole advocated for my right to at least try and be tested. There are plenty of actually kind-but-tired people at the DMV. There is also of course ALWAYS a nasty person working there who gives the DMV its scary reputation. I 100% think having an advocate to appeal on your behalf is worth it, in addition to the incredibly helpful lessons. Y'all saved my life. Thank you.
Mr. Vaughn Cole is 100% one of the best people I have ever met, personally or professionally. He is so incredibly zen and calm, yet also direct and specific with feedback. His former experience as an engineer and business owner comes through: he is extremely attentive to detail and breaks driving technique down into its constituent mechanical components in simple layman's terms and straightforward, foolproof formulas. He is an excellent teacher - he never overwhelms the student with information overload; he addresses each component straightforwardly and simply. I think most importantly of all: he inspires confidence and comfort in his students so that they are empowered to be in the drivers seat of their own lives. I have a diagnosed, medicated anxiety disorder and driving was one of my greatest fears before taking classes with Mr. Cole. I am now at a point where I enjoy driving and am confident in my own ability to make good defensive-driving decisions in stressful scenarios (e.g. screaming toddler, someone in the car is mad or irritated with me, weirdos out on the road not using their turn signals and being aggressive, etc). For what it's worth: I chose the 10 hrs behind the wheel driving package. After the 3rd or 4th lesson I was able to also start practicing outside of class with my husband in his SUV. I also rented the Above Average Driving School car for my DMV road test. This brings me to my next point: you should absolutely pay the extra money to rent the car that you have practiced in and have the instructor with you when you go to take your road test. Why? You are effectively paying for a DMV diplomat and road test DOULA. Let me explain: When you give birth in a hospital, you are either given the option of bringing in your doula, or sometimes you will even be able to utilize the services of a volunteer doula at the hospital. What does a doula do? A doula is an ADVOCATE for someone to help them navigate the medical system and liaison with the doctors and nurses. They help keep you confident and comfortable in your ability to deliver a baby. They fight for your autonomy and help you make informed decisions so that you are not bulldozed by medical staff into doing things that you don't want to do. This is like that, but with the DMV. When I went to the DMV, the staff member who initially came out to test me automatically refused to test me on the basis of her perceived issue with the car. She immediately wrote me off and walked away. I hadn't said a word to her. I had barely turned on the car. And yes - everything was working fine, and I had made sure we were both buckled before turning the key in the ignition. I am not the kind of person who would fight for myself in this scenario. I am not a "I want to speak to the manager" kind of person. If I had been by myself, I would have just rolled over and taken it. I would have let it ruin my entire week and utterly destroy my work week, which - I am a full time working mother to a toddler. I do not have a lot of hours to spare. I called Mr. Cole, who THREW OUT HIS BURGER to come to my rescue. He immediately walked in, tried to very politely and patiently inquire as to what happened with this staff member, and was met with absolute vitriol. Just an absolutely nasty person. He did not yell. He did not curse. He did not treat her with disrespect. He was able to talk to the DMV site manager, and brought her out to inspect the car - which, by the way, was FINE. Ultimately, he was able to persuade the manager to give me the test instead. And I passed! In spite of the stress, and not because the manager felt sorry for me or because he told her to. I passed because Mr. Cole advocated for my right to at least try and be tested. There are plenty of actually kind-but-tired people at the DMV. There is also of course ALWAYS a nasty person working there who gives the DMV its scary reputation. I 100% think having an advocate to appeal on your behalf is worth it, in addition to the incredibly helpful lessons. Y'all saved my life. Thank you.