Lockport #1 Driving School,

830 South State Street, Lockport, IL 60441

"I would rate it no stars if I could, horrible service and horrible communication with the customers. He went through the whole class with heavy amounts of dissatisfaction but be begrudgingly passed the class all for them to say that I didn't complete my class so I can't get my driver's license. Overall a huge waste of time and a poor investment of money if you are considering this school please consider any other school which would be ten times better."

"This driving school should not be allowed to enroll minors into their program. My son went there and shared how Mr. G talks to the students. I called the owner to complain only for him to say my son “is not Mr. G’s equal!” As a school social worker with a public education license, this was beyond appalling. ALL human beings are equal and I made sure I told him that. A true professional knows children should not be treated with such disrespect. Real educators model appropriate behaviors and DO NOT belittle their students. Prior to my conversation with the owner, my son had complained about the teacher on numerous occasions. Parents, just wait until your kids could take Drivers Ed at school which will be taught by an actual licensed educator. I don’t understand how this place is still in business with the numerous complaints."

"Mr. G has to be the worst teacher I've ever known and he was incredibly unprofessional. On my second drive with him he yelled at me then told me that he was never going to drive me again even though we already paid for the class. He expects the students to learn with no hiccups. Mr. Sagnus on the other hand was a great teacher who taught his students calmly. Mr. G was so bad that he brings my score down to a 1 out of 5."

"This is the worst driving school. The title “Lockport #1 Driving School” does not accurately represent this school. Where do I begin, I started the classroom portion of the class during the pandemic, so the lessons were over zoom. The lessons were pretty alright, but when a student would get an answer wrong on a question, the teacher “Mr. G” would get upset at them and talk down on them. Mr. G was never proud of any of his students and never gave praise for a student getting an answer correct. The behind the wheel portion of the class was the worst part. When I say the worst, I truly mean the worst. Mr. G was rude and unprofessional. When I drove with him, he constantly got angry when I was driving perfectly fine. Every time a student wouldn’t drive the exact way he wanted them to, he wouldn’t give reassurance he would simply say things like “if you drive like this on your driver’s test you will immediately fail”. When I was doing my observation and Mr. G told a student driving that she shouldn’t even think about getting her license yet. The anxiety that Mr. G would give students was obvious and I could see how the students didn’t feel comfortable. I feel like as a new driver this would really hurt someone’s self-esteem. Mr. G would constantly talk about people dying in car accidents and if he wasn’t talking about that he would sit in silence. If a student made a mistake, he would make demeaning comments to them. I don’t know how he thought that students would stop making those same mistakes if he would just criticize and be rude to them instead of explaining and telling them to do better next time. Out of all my hours of driving with Mr. G he never said one positive thing during my driving. Even before the driving he was rude, when I got into the car I said, “wow it’s so cold outside” and Mr. G said, “that’s not my problem”. He would have no patience with his students, and I don’t think he should be able to teach if he does not change his attitude towards students. Mr. G has unrealistic driving expectations. I understand driving safe and properly, but the way Mr. G wanted his students to drive wasn't comfortable, safe nor efficient. Reading other reviews, I see people have had the same problem."

"This is one of the worst driving schools around. The teachers mostly Mr G was terrible. Being in the car with him gave me so much anxiety. He isn't patient with anybody and everyone that's been to him has have negative feelings. Mr S wasn't bad but still not the best. I passed this driving school and i wish i would of spent the extra money to go somewhere else with better instructors. As a student who deals with teachers everyday these are the worst ones iv ever had to deal with. Spend your money elsewhere."