I was trained in category A management at Likestar. For the first time in my life in a private company, I came across a service that I am not exactly ready to recommend, but even ready to dissuade.
The reasons for my dissatisfaction are listed below:
- the driving school did not arrange the exam date. At the same time, they cheat. Context: the training started in July, the exam was scheduled to be on August 1st. On the 10th, it became known about the adoption of a new decree - the traffic police is now taking the exam on more powerful motorcycles. For a couple of weeks, the traffic police still took on old motorcycles. On July 29, the traffic police began to accept new motorcycles, the driving school had not bought motorcycles until that moment. Accordingly, on August 1st, the group's surrender did not take place. The driving school did not arrange another delivery date, but offered to enroll on their own. That means standing in line for several hours for an appointment. In addition, they did not write the exact time of the appointment for the exam in the traffic police. In addition, it was argued that it was no longer possible to set a new date of delivery from the driving school. I got through to the traffic police myself, found out how the process was organized, it turned out that it was possible. It turns out that the driving school was deceived, I want to believe that due to incompetence, and not intentionally.
But this kind of misinformation is not the only case. I had an expired VU and at the driving school they told me that they would not issue a certificate of completion of training, first you need to replace the VU (justification - the traffic police will not allow you to take the exam). They assured me that the information is accurate. It didn't seem logical to me and I decided to call the traffic police to clarify, it turned out that an overdue VU is not the reason for refusing to take the exam. If I hadn't checked the information myself, I would have lost time and money to replace WU. At the same time, the office simply accepted the information and agreed to issue a certificate, without apologies. As if that's the way it should be.
- there was no timetable plan as such, recording a lesson is an individual responsibility. For each lesson, the time must be coordinated separately according to the principle of "who managed it". Additional money is spent. time for communication, which is not convenient. There was a case when, during a class, it suddenly turned out that a traffic police exam was set at that time. I was not warned about this. They asked to provide a motorcycle, 30 minutes of the lesson was gone. No apologies, no suggestion to add an additional one. There was no class. In general, this attitude can be traced in any organizational processes.
- the state of the equipment is deplorable. Motorcycles often broke down, which caused overlays. There were a couple of cases when you come to class and the bike doesn't work and you ride another one OR breaks down in the process and you don't finish your time. The time is counted as rolled back. In the course of training, the requirements for motorcycles on which to take the exam have changed, the driving school has purchased motorcycles in good condition. But there is a fear that in a couple of months the motorcycles will return to the same condition as the old ones.
- in fact, I was left to myself in the learning process. Here's the playground, here's the bike - ride. Watch how others do, repeat. I turned to the instructors when specific questions and clarifications already appeared. Usually, he received monosyllabic answers to his questions, others suggested something in addition to the question asked. I mostly learned information from other students. It was only in the last lesson, the day before the exam, that the instructor approached me for the first time on his own to measure the passage time and suggest the nuances of passing the elements! For understanding, in the neighboring driving school, instructors work with students from the very beginning: they walk along the highway, tell and show.
- during the training, our group had 3 instructors. The problem is that 3 instructors instructed differently about the requirements for passing the elements in the exam. In half of these cases, the instructors completely contradicted each other.
Of the advantages, I can highlight that classes are held at the traffic police site (where the delivery takes place later) and the price of services is lower than the rest, although not by much.
Maybe I was so lucky and a combination of factors coincided. Although my friends / acquaintances also did not respond flatteringly. Alas, I found out after the conclusion of the contract.
I want to share my experience, in particular, about the driving instructor. My instructor's name was Andrey, for 3 months of training, the instructor did not teach anything, starting with the routes (we drove along the same ones), ending with driving techniques in general. At first, classes were 2-3 times a week, but as before passing the traffic police, there was one driving in two weeks. The person did not contact in any way during classes, when she clarified something, there were no specific answers. According to theory, everything was accessible and understandable, the only disadvantage was that there was no passing of tests on the red disk, which would help for passing. I am very upset about learning to drive at this driving school…
I give 3 stars for the instructor (instructor Andrey, I took a lot of classes from him, but it didn't help due to the fact that he was sitting on the phone or talking on it) and then I went to another instructor, and honestly I was shocked that there are such people, he explains and shows how better it is easier remember, if necessary, I can advise the instructor, he is just gifted, he helped me so much that I passed the first time with him.