Driving lessons
on your schedule.

We come to you! Burgess Driving School offers free pickup and drop-off throughout the Tallahassee area for all driving lessons. Students (or parents!) can choose pickup locations such as home, school, or work. PLUS: we can pick a student up in one location and drop off in another.

Most first-time drivers see an immediate jump in skills after just 2-4 hours. Our primary focus with new students is on basic car control skills: smooth acceleration and braking, lane management (staying in a lane and changing lanes), and speed control.

After a student has demonstrated the ability to control the vehicle safely, we move into advanced training that includes driving in heavy traffic, fast traffic, complex intersections, roundabouts, and highway driving.

We also focus intensely on Florida Road Skills Test preparation. To pass, students have to demonstrate proficiency in 5 skill areas: parking, navigating intersections, 3-point turn, reverse driving, and emergency stops. All our students are trained at or near the exact DMV road test location and route.

Yes. There are two ways that students can use our car for the road test. One way is to schedule our DMV Road Test and Car Rental package that includes transportation to the DMV, a pre-test practice session, and use of a fully licensed and insured training vehicle during the official road test.

Our students can also designate one of their two-hour lesson packages (included in all of our bundles) as the road test session. We pick the student up at the appointed time, travel to the DMV road test location, practice until the time of the official road test appointment, then our instructor waits at the DMV while the student and official DMV examiner use the car for the road test.

Burgess Driving School vehicles are insured and guaranteed to pass the required DMV pre-test safety inspection.

Very common. Many students - including our adult students - begin lessons feeling anxious or overwhelmed. Burgess Driving School focuses on calm, patient, one-on-one instruction designed to help teens and adults build confidence gradually.

Our students say they benefit immensely from the way Burgess Driving School instructors simplify traffic situations so that new students can easily process and make safe decisions without pressure.

For example: Many students feel overwhelmed by busy intersections - until they learn to focus on the few things that truly matter. Once students understand what they can safely ignore, they relax, gain confidence, and their driving skills improve quickly.

We understand. Try to give us as much notice as possible, and we'll work things out. As a small business, we know that life happens and that circumstances can change quickly. While we reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee, we generally do not do so as long as you let us know what's going on so that we can plan accordingly. We also understand that mistakes happen - we make them too - just communicate and we'll credit your account so you can get back on the booking calendar immediately.

Sí. Burgess Driving School cuenta con instructores que hablan español para estudiantes que se sienten más cómodos aprendiendo en su idioma.