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.

That depends on your goals. Most first-time drivers see an immediate jump in skills after the very first 2-hour session, where we focus on the basics of car control: acceleration and braking, steering, turns, and lane changes.

But many students have already mastered car control when they come to us - so we customize every lesson plan to fit your needs. Our experienced instructors can assess a student's skills and build a custom training plan after only a few minutes of driving.

If you're unsure how much training you may need, we offer Guaranteed Driver Training Plans for both teen and adult students. These plans include a minimum of 6 hours of driving instruction, a one-hour DMV road test practice session, use of our vehicle for the official DMV road test, and FREE additional remedial training if needed. The plan also includes up to two additional practice tests and two additional vehicle rentals — all for one guaranteed price, so you never have to worry about unexpected costs or going over budget, no matter how much training it takes to succeed.

Yes. Students can use our fully licensed and insured training vehicles for the DMV road test in two ways. They can book our DMV Road Test & Car Rental package, which includes transportation to the DMV, a pre-test practice session, and vehicle rental for the official road test. Students may also use one of their included two-hour lesson sessions as a road test appointment, allowing time to practice beforehand while the instructor waits at the DMV during the exam. All Burgess Driving School vehicles are guaranteed to pass the DMV safety inspection required for testing.

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.

These are our most popular plans because they take the guesswork out of budgeting for driving lessons. For one low price, you get a minimum of 6 hours of behind-the-wheel lessons, but that's not all. You also get:

• A 1-hour DMV Road Test Practice Session on the day of your road test
• Free use of our vehicle for your road test
• Additional training if needed
• Additional practice tests if needed
• Additional car usage if needed for test retakes

Yes! If you have a friend, sibling, or more than one teen enrolled with us, we can split each available two-hour lesson block so that one student receives "observation training" from the backseat while the other student drives. At the one hour mark, we switch students. This type of training only consumes a single 2-hour block, so it's an efficient and cost-effective way to learn to drive.

Example: The Smith family has two teenagers, and they purchased a 4-hour training package (2 x 2 hour training blocks) from Burgess Driving School. The family can schedule a single 2-hour training block, and our instructor will pick up both teens. Each teen would receive one hour of behind the wheel training and one hour of observation training, and the Smith family still retains a second 2-hour training block for a later date.

To coordinate this, just let us know your intent when you book the lesson by completing the notes section.

Very common, actually. More than half of our students are over the age of 18, and we've taught several students over 70 years old. Many of our adult students either never had a chance to learn, or come from a region where driving was much more complex than in Tallahassee.

No matter what obstacles you faced previously, you CAN learn to drive and experience the freedom of the open road! We love helping students of all ages and experience levels.

Yes. Burgess Driving School has successfully trained students from all over the world, including Brazil, China, Congo, England, Jamaica, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Trinidad, and Vietnam. Our instructors regularly work with students who speak limited English by using simple step-by-step instruction, translation apps, demonstrations, and visual cues to help students learn safely and confidently.

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

હા. અમારા ઇન્સ્ટ્રક્ટર્સ ગુજરાતી બોલતા નથી, પરંતુ અમે ટ્રાન્સલેશન એપ્સ, હાથના સંકેતો અને સરળ સ્ટેપ-બાય-સ્ટેપ સૂચનાઓનો ઉપયોગ કરીને ઘણા વિદ્યાર્થીઓને સફળતાપૂર્વક તાલીમ આપી છે જેમને અંગ્રેજી સારી રીતે આવડતી નથી.

हाँ। हमारे प्रशिक्षक हिंदी नहीं बोलते, लेकिन हमने ट्रांसलेशन ऐप्स, हाथ के संकेतों और आसान चरण-दर-चरण निर्देशों का उपयोग करके कई ऐसे छात्रों को सफलतापूर्वक प्रशिक्षण दिया है जिन्हें अंग्रेज़ी अच्छी तरह नहीं आती।

Có. Các huấn luyện viên của chúng tôi không nói tiếng Việt, nhưng chúng tôi đã đào tạo thành công nhiều học viên không nói tiếng Anh thành thạo bằng cách sử dụng ứng dụng dịch thuật, tín hiệu tay và hướng dẫn đơn giản từng bước.

会。我们的教练不会说普通话，但我们已经成功培训了许多英语不熟练的学生。我们会使用翻译应用、手势以及简单的分步骤指导来帮助学生安全、自信地学习驾驶。