160 Driving AcademyReviews of 160drivingacademy.com

Everything was fine until the second week of the training program. At this point I enter the driving portion of the academy. The instructor had us sit around the picnic area while he told dirty jokes for the first hour. One person got to drive for 15 minutes while we watched and the instructor told more jokes instead of actually giving the learner any actionable advice. The second day one of the trucks broke and half of the class drove around the lot while the instructor sat in a metal building. On day three of the driving academy both of the trucks broke down and we sat around while the instructor came in and out of his building when it was time for him to tell us more dirty jokes. On day four I finally got to drive but not the manual because it was still broken. The instructor took over at the end so he could lay down the horn and road rage at a truck from the neighboring lot who was supposedly blocking our entrance. But apparently the truck wasn’t blocking us because the instructor turned in no problem. After we parked the truck he ran out to the street kicking rocks and screaming like a child in the middle of a temper tantrum. After this he told me he was 50/50 about me passing the test on the first go. My confidence was shot at this point and I didn’t return after lunch. I contacted the office and spoke with the salesman who set me up in the school and he bs’d me about the refund process. I mailed a certified slip from the contract and it was received by their office. Here we are three months later and I didn’t even receive a partial refund. The contract these guys have you sign is only about what parts of the deal you have to live up to but not them apparently. $5000 down the drain and no CDL.

I attended 160DrivingAcademy. I bowed out of the classes because the instructors were not teaching us much, there were a lot of vulgar comments, I kept having to move to avoid one of the instructor's cigarette smoke, and they lied, pretending I was getting more training than I was. I contacted the attorney general to try to get at least a partial refund. I got a letter from 160 full of insulting lies and a refusal to give ANY money back. I am someone who has ever been abused and am not rich, and paying for these classes was not cheap. These people were sometimes so rude. The date I am putting on this experience actually lasted several days.

I paid CDL A for my wife and after 2 weeks already just to get her permit , she went to the yard to start learning how to drive and instructors haven't let her in , if you don't solve the issue asap I would take some legal actions against your school and the owner

To many people in trucks at once trying to learn manual transmission and eventually going to automatics. Now having to pay another school 500.00 more dollars plus 260.00 dollars for tester to remove automatic restriction . Not a good experience.

I attend the Ivy Tech Fort Wayne, IN 160 Driving Academy. I was feeling frustrated and talked with the yard supervisor and he has really helped me. All the instructors take time to help you if you're struggling with maneuvers or whatever you need help with. I really appreciate them. They have a lot of experience and really seem to care.

Flint/Saginaw yard-Unprofessional, lack of communication, racist, bias, no one ever on the same page. They talk to you like children. However on the online school I enjoyed every bit.

Great place to train, instructors do a great job, an extra thank you to RENEE at the Centralia IL yard for all the help and assistance.

I am 50-50 about them. In the positive side, I did what I had to do to get in and complete as soon as possible. The instructors there were helpful to a degree but there was a lack of equipment needed to be able to practice. Before Covid I saw they charged an average of $3000. Post Covid, they were charging double if not more from what others told me. Thankfully my trucking company Swift covered the $6000 fee and my commitment is only a year but $6000 for crappy trucks that were mostly not available was way too much. If someone asked me if they should go to 160, I would honestly say no but leave it up to them. I only went because the location was close to home for me to be able to work and be home with my family but if I had to do it over again, I would go elsewhere. I was IN/OUT in 3 weeks which was fast but I heard things went further south after I left. For what they charge, I wish they would get things organized. The instructors were not happy there and it reflected on the students.