Main Street Driving School, Anoka | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Would not recommend. My daughter did the online version of the program and when we went to deliver all of her work/ notes etc., the individual at the physical location bit our heads off as we walked in and were rudely informed, we needed to come back at a certain time. My daughters first behind the wheel lesson, the instructor left her in the car to run into Walmart to buy some reader glasses for another individual for about 10 minutes and then again for an additional 25 minutes while dropping off to said individual. She is on Life360, so I was able to watch and follow her location at all times, watch her speed and see how long she was sitting in one location for. During this lesson they were Vaping (who does this?!) in the car with her, and she felt uncomfortable saying anything to them. (Yes, I did try to get her into a different program but unfortunately, I was not able to afford the additional expense). Her second appointment for behind the wheel was no showed by the driving instructor, resulting in us having to reschedule her exam at the DMV. Yes, they did make attempts to get her in on cancellations, but in doing this, they were reaching out to other students and asked them to reschedule their sessions (leaving us feeling very bad for the other students) rather than spending an extra two hours to get her second session in on their time since they were the ones who no showed. On the third and final behind the wheel lesson, the instructor was not aware that it was her third and final lesson as it was listed only as her second session. Due to this, there was zero parking / parallel parking practice aside from the 10 minutes in her first session. During her last two sessions, the instructor kept yelling at her and was generally unfriendly the entire time which made her even more nervous. Poor organization within the program and very poor behind the wheel experience overall would not recommend.

BEWARE!!!!! This school is unable to adequately and efficiently get students scheduled for behind the wheel instruction. It takes a minimum of 6 weeks to schedule for each behind the wheel. Which forces many customers to schedule behind the wheel after the contract expiration date. Which means that you the customer will be paying an additional $50 late fee when your student takes their behind the wheel anytime after the contract expiration date. The think I believe is not fair is that the school should be taking steps to increase their driver instructors, thus reducing the 6 week lead time to schedule the behind the wheel. But instead they are making more money by collecting late fees from customers. The up front costs may seem lower than other schools but in the end it adds up significantly. For us they charged $10 fuel charge for each session, plus the $50 late fee. When I pressed them about the late fee they did reduce the fee some but not enough in my opinion given the situation. We were trying to schedule between whether events and so on which made it very difficult to get in. We have learned that a school in Andover, MN does not charge late fees or fuel charges. Their upfront cost covers everything. We also have had other issues with this school that is turning us off from sending our other two kids here. Just beware as we have learned the hard way.