Return-Path: Received: from VLSI.CS.CMU.EDU by A.CS.CMU.EDU; 24 May 86 13:40:25 EDT Date: 24 May 1986 13:36-EDT From: Siddhartha.Chatterjee@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu To: bovik@a Subject: Driving schools Message-Id: <517340183/sc@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu> Here are the responses I got to my bboard post. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 May 86 13:10:14 EDT From: George.Wu@VLSI.CS.CMU.EDU To: Siddhartha.Chatterjee@VLSI.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: driving school This is a recommendation to stay away from the Will Rogers Driving School. When I was in high school, they were the school contracted to give lessons to students. As our school had contracted them out, I assumed that they were a reputable business. However, the lessons I received proved to be less than satisfactory. The following year, the school refused to renew their contract when it was discovered that they had not been giving students their full number of lessons but had been reporting that they had. And since they were payed by the student, not the hour .... George J Wu Date: 15 May 1986 14:18-EDT From: Gregg.Yost@g.cs.cmu.edu To: Siddhartha.Chatterjee@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Driving Schools Sid, When I was in high school, Kaufmann's driving school ran the driver's education course. I think they are based in Pittsburgh, perhaps operating out of Kaufmann's department store. The quality was good, but I have no idea what they cost since the high school took care of that. Actually, my opinion of their quality may be slightly warped, since my parents had already taught me to drive and I already had my liscense (I took the course to see if I had missed anything, and more importantly to lower my insurance premiums). --Gregg Date: Thursday, 15 May 86 15:55:09 EDT From: solomon (Wendy Solomon) @ b.psy.cmu.edu Subject: driving schools To: SC @ vlsi.cs.cmu.edu I read your post and am also looking for a driving school, I have a few prices although no recommendations. Kaufmann's and Gimbels are approx. $23.00 for 45 min and $45.00 for 90 min. Using their car for the test is approx. $44.00. ---Wendy Solomon@b.psy.cmu.edu Date: Thursday, 15 May 1986 18:04:47 EDT From: Joseph.Morgan@sei.cmu.edu To: sc@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Driving school My 17 year old son is taking the course at Kaufman's downtown. There are basically 30 hours of classroom instruction (which meets an insurance requirement and gets you slightly reduced rates) and four 90-minute driving lessons. Classroom is on the 10th floor, and class starts when Kaufman's opens at 1000 saturday mornings. The number is in the yellow pages under driving schools or something similar. There are others with similar services, and similar costs. We chose Kaufman's because the classroom sessions are given continuously, every saturday, and one can start at nearly any time. The driving lessons are scheduled individually, and the instructor picks up the student at a prearranged place (e.g., home) and returns to same. The course is not required to pass the learners permit exam: study of the booklet is sufficient for that. My son says that it is useful. He takes the driving test the 23rd, so then we will know more about effectiveness. Date: 15 May 86 20:24:00 EDT From: Jaime.Carbonell@A.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Driving Schools To: Siddhartha.Chatterjee@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu AAA has a driving school. Neighbor's kids went through it & passed their test. --JC Date: 19 May 86 09:48:03 EDT From: Ravishankar.Mosur@A.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Driving Schools To: Siddhartha.Chatterjee@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu Probably the most cost-effective way to learn driving is to con someone into letting you learn on his (or a rented) car for a day or two. An alternative is to take just a couple of lessons from a professional school, and THEN to con someone into letting you use his car. I don't think there is much to choose between the various schools; I got my lessons from the Academy School of Driving (or is it Academy Driving School?). The guy knows the local police and the test tracks, which is a big help. ...Ravi.