Joe B.

We had lessons with Taylor Riley.  He was great!  Very patient and calm.  Gave great advice.  Overall a great experience and would highly recommend Taylor.

Simon & Susan V.

As we are fresh from our RV Driving School lesson (Lesson #13884 with Geoff Baker of Polk City, FL), we wanted to give our immediate feedback, as we feel this was money really well spent. Geoff was the consummate instructor, who made everything clear and understandable, and gave us a lot of confidence going forward. As new RV owners, we want to make sure we are as safe and secure as possible on the road, and Geoff definitely made us feel as if we now have all the tools we need to proceed. He was also an endless source of knowledge on all things to do with our coach and RV-ing in general, and he made sure we understood everything he talked about, or demonstrated, before we moved on.

It was definitely an intense two days, with a huge amount to take on board, but Geoff also managed to keep it straightforward and to the point. His expertise was unquestionable, and we have a far, far better understanding of what’s involved than we ever had before.

Many thanks for providing an excellent service.

PS: As travel writers, we will be writing about all our RV adventures going forward, and we will presume it’s OK to mention RV Driving School in the course of our reports unless you prefer otherwise.

Frank H.

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our time with Joe yesterday.  He is a patient and communicative instructor.  His instructions are simple, clear, and concise.   I was amazed at how well my wife listened and learned from him.  He filled down time with great anecdotes, most of which were teaching us a rule of the road or lesson.  I drove home with a new confidence (and fewer white knuckles) than I drove to the lesson with.

 

We have already recommended him to a friend and will continue to do so.

 

Best Regards,

 

 

Edward H.

Your instructor for this lesson was very well qualified, calm, thorough, and professional. I have walked away with a much higher level of confidence in driving as well as practical living on-the-road skills. Money well spent. Thank you,

Shari and Rickey G.

We cannot thank both Bill Anderson and John Mayleben enough regarding our “life with the RV Driving School”. I contacted the school, connecting with John prior to us even purchasing our RV. We had bought a small C Class on a whim and on the very first trip knew this wasn’t for us. My parents had a Newell and that was my style of camping but regretfully not our budget! So, we were searching for a Class A RV. John was fabulous, providing helpful suggestions including links to coaches that matched our requirements and information on finding a qualified inspector. We ended up buying one of the RV’s he had found, and it was local to boot! Thanks John.

Now, we own a 45ft Class A that neither of us had even started much less driven. Enter (not whispering) Bill Anderson. Bill was in touch with us as soon as I registered for the course and we set up our training dates immediately, right in the middle of the Christmas to New Year holiday season. He was very prompt each day and never once looked at the clock, instead working with us both days until we came to closure for that day. We started out with the basics including which key actually started this beast! Before ever driving, we went over the basics focusing on safety and functionality, including every item on the dashboard and sideboard along with mirrors and so much more.

Over the next two days, we did everything you can imagine we will need to do going forward. Truck stops (including truck stop etiquette and information on savings with diesel payment cards), on the road parallel parking, serious time on cornering (including Bill’s “where’s your shoulder?” rule which we now consider law), merging, accelerating, braking (using the coach’s air braking systems), backing (with tag dumping), two-lane country roads with no shoulder and tree overhangs, I45 Houston traffic, construction zones, and so much more. GOAL was reinforced, meaning when in doubt, “Get Out And Look”. We are in Houston, so Bill could not find hills, much less mountains… so we did overpasses! We were never pressured to go faster and instead we were continually told to do things at the speed we were comfortable. This was hard for both my husband and I as we are not used to ever being the log jam on any road. But Bill’s constant reinforcement of “you can’t hear them, and they can’t hear you” helped both of us overcome this preconceived notion we can’t hold up traffic. Yes, you can.

Lastly, I need to talk about our storage unit, my biggest and ongoing issue. It’s 4 inches wider than our rig’s mirrors and the space behind our unit is only around 10 feet longer than our rig. I insisted that I want drive it in forward and then just back it out. Bill worked with us endlessly on this objective. However, Bill had my husband try his method of backing in. Bill discussed the PLAN (always have a plan!) and Rickey lined it up, went forward and backed it in with just two moves. I refused to try it, but Bill wouldn’t let me back out. He kept saying “you don’t have to do it forever but try it while I’m here”. OMG, it was so easy backing the coach in versus heading in front first! My husband gives Bill kudos as he says he could have NEVER talked me into trying to back in. Now it seems like common sense to do so.

Thank you to RV Driving School. We are so ready to hit the road!