New Jersey Driving School, Clifton | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I’ve used this driving school so many times because the price is perfect, and the vehicles are always in working order: Melissa especially is an exceptional instructor, really enjoyed learning how to drive from her. I would recommend anyone to choose her for driving instruction but I haven’t tried anyone else from this school.

I’ve had four instructors in the past from different driving schools since I’ve failed the driving exam 3 times before: they were either uncooperative, racist, or really bad at giving explanations. Melissa is cooperative, professional, and her explanations make sense with her help I finally passed my driving test.

A few caveats to mention with this driving school:
1. The website doesn’t have an announcement system when the booking/scheduling feature is under maintenance.
2. The website allows users to create two accounts with the same e-mail: one through Google sign-in and the other through their system which doesn’t make sense.
3. There’s a credit card fee whenever you pay for anything on the website: I didn’t know this before because I always paid in cash—you should too if you want to save a few bucks.

The first two are just minor issues: the biggest issues I would say are: (1) Scheduling, and (2) Not dropping me off home after I’ve failed the exam. (1) They care about business more than your time: I told the operator over the phone that I wanted an appointment at 10 am: she said she could only do appointments at 10am and after—I was fine with that. However, when it was the day before the lesson, I was informed that the time needed to be changed to 9 am which is not at all what we agreed on. The scheduling staff argued with me about it: I did end up choosing 9 am because this driving school for me was the cheapest option . . . I kind of excused this since it was the first time they did this but this happened again . . . and then it happened during the driving car rental.

They have to understand that I’m a paying customer: I choose the time based on the availability. I can’t get up whenever you want me to: they need to be more conscientious of that. I have my reasons for not choosing those times . . . I don’t need to explain to the business or want to explain to them that I have a disability: I woke up with eyes burning, itching, diarrhea, and holding back vomit the days they switched up the time for me to early morning. It’s embarrassing having to put this in the review.

(2) I failed my exam on the first car rental, and I was told that I couldn’t be dropped off home because there was another customer. They never told me that this would happen: I was told that I would be dropped off if I failed. So, I had to cough up $22 to pay for a Lyft out of Lodi.

With all that in mind, be wary that the scheduling is not set in stone that they may not drop you off home if you fail the exam.

Writing this not even an hour after passing my road test: it went even better than I could’ve hoped it would and I owe it all to Emanuelle and Diego! Emanuelle’s the best driving instructor I’ve ever had- so nice and made me feel super at ease even though I haven’t had any driving experience in over two years. And Diego made sure I was super ready for the road test and was very nice and accommodating. I recommend this school and these instructors to all my friends who are trying to get their licenses now- they’re the best!

Diego was my instructor and calm/easy to work with-I will remember you forever friend!! Along with Amber who took me on my road test -I was nervous before my test but she calmed my nerves /brushed up my skills which helped me pass-Amber I love you girl I was a nervous wreck lol!! Both are incredible ,INCREDIBLE instructors.10/10 recommend this driving school to all:)