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With over 100 years of experience, we are the #1 driving school in Luling and the wider New Orleans area. We offer a safe experience, affordable prices, and teachers who have worked for public schools.

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Roger Folse
504-416-4633
Kevin Robicheaux
504-487-1794

12531 Hwy 90 Luling LA 70070
coachkevin13@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting the website of our driving school. We’re proud that well over 90% of our students pass their road test to earn their driver’s license on their first or second try. We also help with many other driving needs as you can see by reviewing our pages for adults and teenagers.

If you would like to ask us any questions or book driving instruction, you can do so here. Please use the contact form or call us – we’ll be happy to hear from you!

Please also enjoy the free guides we have put together to help get more safe, comfortable, and confident drivers on the road.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

We serve the following locations:   

  • Luling
  • Boutte
  • DesAllemands
  • Bayou Gauche
  • Paradis
  • Norco
  • Ama
  • Avondale
  • Hahnville
  • St. Rose
  • New Sarpy
  • New Orleans
  • Metairie
  • Kenner
  • Destrehan
  • Montz
  • Laplace
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With over 90 years of experience, we the #1 driving school in Luling and the wider New Orleans area. Our driving school is staffed by teachers with actual teaching experience, and we have the most reasonable prices around!

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14 hour course $350
38 hour course $450
DMV driving test $40
Behind the wheel $40/Hour

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14 Hour Course (for ages 18 and older)

The cost of the 14 hour course is $350. It consists of 1 day of classroom and 2 days of driving. This course is offered by appointment only so please call before sending in your registration paper.

38 Hour Course (for ages 15-17)

For the full 38 hour drivers education course the cost is $450. This includes 30 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of driving. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required in order to hold a spot in the 38 hour class. The remaining balance of $350.00 is due before the first classroom session begins.

PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WILL BE DRIVEN BASED ON AGE AND AVAILABILITY. OLDER STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY!!!

Third Party Driving Test (DMV Driving Test)

The cost for the DMV driving test is $40. This is the driving test that the DMV also gives in Hahnville. (Make an appointment with us and avoid the long line at the DMV) An additional cost will include the use of the driving academy vehicle.

Behind the wheel instruction

Any additional behind the wheel driving instruction will be $40 per hour with a minimum of two hours per session.

Make all checks payable to St. Charles Driving Academy, LLC.

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With over 100 years of experience, we are the #1 driving school in Luling and the wider New Orleans area. We offer a safe experience, affordable prices, and teachers who have worked for public schools.

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** NEW PRICES**
38 hr course -$500
14 hr course – $500
Spanish Classes – $500
8 hr behind wheel driving – $500

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We offer the best prices in the New Orleans area.

14 hour course $500
38 hour course $500
8 hr behind wheel driving $500
DMV driving test $60
Behind the wheel $40/Hour

14 Hour Course (for ages 18 and older)

The cost of the course is $500.  It consists of 1 day of classroom and at least 2 days of driving. The course is offered by appointment only. Contact Mrs. Amber to schedule this class. 504-450-5333

38 Hour Course (for ages 15-17)

For the full 38 hour drivers education course the cost is $500. This includes 30 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of driving. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required in order to hold a spot in the 38 hour class. The remaining balance of $400.00 is due before the first classroom session begins.

PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WILL BE DRIVEN BASED ON AGE AND AVAILABILITY. OLDER STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY!!!

Third Party Driving Test

The cost for the driving test is $40.

Behind the wheel instruction

Any additional behind the wheel driving instruction will be $40 per hour with a minimum of two hours per session.

Make all checks payable to St. Charles Driving Academy, LLC.

Click below for a registration form and what to bring for class.

Driving Basics

Driving Basics

Practice makes perfect! We know you’ve heard that before, but it’s especially true with driving. The more experience and practice you accumulate before your road test, the more prepared you will be to pass the road test on your first or second try and earn your driver’s license.

As you can see elsewhere on our website, our students pass the road test well over 90% of the time on their first or second try! We believe there are specific reasons why we see all types of new and inexperienced drivers achieve these outcomes.

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There are many driving rules and penalties for not following those rules. These penalties can be as small as a warning from an officer or minor point deduction on your license or as major as time behind bars. Since the stakes are high, you should expect to learn traffic laws around speeding, driving in special areas like around schools or construction zones, and much more.

When you first start driving, you will notice just how many different types of signs are on the road. It may seem confusing at first, sort of like looking at some strange “sign�? language (we laughed a little when we wrote that…); however, over time you will become familiar with the colors, shapes, and sizes of signs and the various phrases placed on them. You will react almost instinctually, but it all starts with studying the signs first.

If you did not know about cars before, you will learn the fundamentals directly through driving instruction. Lights, brakes, gears, windshield wipers, and much more are all crucial parts of a car for a driver. To operate a motor vehicle, you will need to study the basics of how they work and how drivers use them.

Once you get behind the wheel, you are expected to act responsibly. By driving “defensively” you are committing yourself to drive non-aggressively, be courteous to other drivers on the road, and to obey rules such as the “right of way” in all instances. Defensive driving saves lives, time, and money and is promoted by the United States National Safety Council.

Students are often surprised by the challenges of parking. Parallel parking, large garage parking, home garage parking, parking on hills – these are some of the circumstances involving parking. In all cases, parking requires effective command of your vehicle, but there are specific techniques you will study to cover these different parking circumstances.

U-Turns, K-Turns, turn signals, changing lanes – these are some of the major subjects covered in turning. Turning can also be tricky for new drivers, because you may find yourself turning from one lane and into the wrong one or at an inappropriate speed. Study turning to help make the right turning decisions at the right time.

Speed is a big topic as well – some drivers go too fast and others go too slow. Some drivers are too fast in special zones like school areas and too slow on highways. Speed is regulated by signs and the natural flow of traffic, which do not always agree with each other. Pay close attention to the instruction you receive about speed. The details are important.

Most car mirrors say “things in mirror may appear closer than they are”, and blind spots create even more confusion because these are locations you can’t even see by looking into your car mirrors. You will need to learn the relative distance of other vehicles to your own and remember to check the locations you cannot see directly before merging, turning, speeding up, and taking other actions that affect how other drivers must react on the road.

Special conditions such as rainy or snowy weather, darkness and poor lighting, icey roads, and more affect how you drive. You will become familiar with these special conditions over time, but well before experiencing them, you should study and think about how you would handle them. Ask your instructor for more information as well.

Our students usually contact us because they want to pass the road test and earn their driver’s license (of course!). We’re proud that well over 90% of all our students pass their road test on their first or second try. We have prepared a brief guide especially for new drivers who want to start preparing now – you can view it here.

Whew! It might look like a lot, but it’s all easy to pick up once you have quality instruction and practice while using a safe and well-maintained vehicle. Contact us to learn more or review our free guide on choosing the right driving school. We are here to help in case you need anything. Good luck!

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Road Test Preparation

Road Test Preparation

Practice makes perfect! We know you’ve heard that before, but it’s especially true with driving. The more experience and practice you accumulate before your road test, the more prepared you will be to pass the road test on your first or second try and earn your driver’s license.

As you can see elsewhere on our website, our students pass the road test well over 90% of the time on their first or second try! We believe there are specific reasons why we see all types of new and inexperienced drivers achieve these outcomes.

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Professional instruction is important for several reasons. First, a professional driving instructor is more familiar with the rules of the road than the common driver, which means you are more likely to learn from these professionals the proper habits for driving safely, confidently, and correctly in all driving situations.

This is also a reason why we often suggest against parents being the first driving teachers of their teens – sometimes more experienced drivers, as parents usually are, will accidentally pass on driving lessons that are too advanced for their teenagers. Experienced drivers often use “shortcuts” in their driving, such as reversing quickly, parking in narrow and unusual spaces, completing a u-turn in a busy area, and going past the speed limit on open roads, which inexperienced and new drivers should not be exposed to until they know how to drive traditionally and correctly. Perhaps more importantly, many of the shortcuts used by experienced drivers would cause a point deduction during a road test!

Second, professional driving instructors are familiar with the actual road test location, which means you will be able to practice driving on the actual test route. This helps new drivers become more comfortable with the actual road test before it is administered.

Our driving school offers a number of different hourly packages, because new drivers will often have unequal access to cars; yet, everyone needs a lot of practice! For example, teens often do not have their own cars to practice on, so longer practice sessions from a professional driving instructor can help make up for that since you can use our cars. If you do have access to a car, then you can choose fewer hours of professional instruction simply because you have a car to use for practice in your spare time.

Either way, the bottom-line is that you need a lot practice if you are going to pass the road test. Road test administrators have dozens of criteria they are using to evaluate your performance, and they take their jobs very seriously. (After all, this person is directly responsible for putting safe drivers on the road!) Seemingly small mistakes in turning, parking, speeding, and more can translate into big point deductions quickly and cause you to fail your road test if you are not careful.

For this reason, it is important you receive hours and hours of practice, because it is the only way to become an experienced driver with good habits and judgment calls.

This is probably a no-brainer, but if the vehicle you bring to the road test is behind on inspections, registration, insurance, or any other factor that can prohibit you from driving it, the Department of Motor Vehicles will find out, and you will not be able to take the road test in that vehicle.

Let us know if you would like to use one of our vehicles for your road test – that is one way to deal properly with this requirement. Besides, if it is a vehicle you have used for practice, you are more likely to do well on the road test.

Good drivers make good decisions, constantly. Driving requires making lots of big and small decisions quickly and correctly, and that requires confidence in your driving skills. Sometimes even the best drivers will get nervous during the actual road test, and the loss of confidence will negatively impact their performance on the test.

Our suggestion to deal with this is simple: be confident in what you know, and take the test only when you are ready. If you have received professional instruction, hours of practice, and experience in a safe and Department of Motor Vehicles approved car, then what you know about driving should be sufficient to earn you a successful outcome on test day.

Just be confident in the skills and instincts that you have developed through hard work and over time, then take a deep breath on test day, and get yourself a driver’s license. You’ve earned it.

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Choosing A Driving School

Choosing A Driving School

The right driving school is accredited according to state laws and will prepare you to be a safe, confident driver. Driving is a serious activity that requires adequate preparation and practice, and without the right training, a new driver is at-risk of making the wrong decisions on the road, failing a road test, or worse, endangering themselves, passengers, and pedestrians. So we strongly suggest you choose the driving school right for you according to a number of crucial factors.

If you have any questions about the information below, you can always call us. We’re happy to help.

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By state law, driving schools must be accredited and approved to provide driving instruction. Make sure that the driving school you choose meets that standard

More experienced driving schools will be able to tailor their instruction to meet your current comfort level on the road and the way that you learn. For example, some new drivers are very nervous and unsure of themselves, while others may be overconfident. An experienced driving instructor can tell the difference and make sure people of all types succeed in their driving goals.

Cost for pick-up and drop-off for your lesson will frequently depend on either your distance from the driving school and/or the time it takes to get to you. If you have any questions about this, you can always contact the driving school for clarification.

A good driving school will have a high success rate when it comes to people passing their road test on the first or second try. You can usually just ask for this detail by phone or review a driving school’s website to learn about this.

You want the driving instructor that is right for you. Usually this is difficult to know until after the first driving lesson,
but the right driving instructor will teach you how to drive and improve your confidence behind the wheel. You should feel like you are making progress after each driving lesson.

You may be seeking driving lessons for new teen and adult drivers or more experienced senior citizen drivers. Either way, just review the driving school’s website or pick up a phone to learn about whether the driving school offers services matching exactly what you need.

These are some of the most important criteria for selecting the driving school right for you. If you would like more information, feel free to browse our website or contact us by phone or email. You can also learn more about our history and pricing here. Drive safely!

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We want you to feel comfortable and knowledgeable behind the wheel

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We want you to feel comfortable and knowledgeable behind the wheel, and we put together this section of educational materials to help you make good decisions about your driving instruction and driving generally. Please feel free to review this material at your convenience, and let us know if you have any questions.

Please also enjoy the free guides we have put together to help get more safe, comfortable, and confident drivers on the road.

Our guides on choosing the right driving school, preparing for the road test, and driving basics are some of the most popular articles on our website. We hope you find them as useful as did the hundreds of other driving school students who have also read them.

Choosing A Driving School

This article explains some of the basic criteria you should use when picking a driving school. Finding the instructor right for you is important. We believe we hold ourselves up to the highest standards detailed here, and if you have any questions or comments please share them with us.

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Road Test Preparation

Most of our students contact us for one straightforward goal: they want to pass the road test and earn their driver’s license! The freedom of the road is only one successful road test away; however, getting to and passing the road test requires preparation.

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Driving Basics

Throughout our years of driving instruction, we have answered almost every question someone could come up with related to driving. We have also found that 10 subjects are covered most frequently when we teach new drivers. In this article, we introduce you to those 10 topics.

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If you meet this standard consistently throughout the driving test, you will pass

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Our driving packages help new or inexperienced drivers earn a driver’s license. Our sessions are built to accommodate the unique requirements of every student, and the lessons will adjust depending on the actual progress demonstrated by the student.

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Led by our professional and experienced instructors, these sessions deliver safe, confident, informed, and patient drivers to American roads. Students learn the best Defensive Driving education and the requirements to pass the road test administered by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

Over 96% of our students get their license on the first try! Regardless of whether you prefer 5 or 10 hours or more of instruction, you can be sure that our courteous, experienced, and patient instructors will help you succeed at your driving goals.

Listed below is our syllabus you will be covering and will be taught by an instructor whose instructions will be clear and concise. You will be able to keep a close eye on your progress day by day by visiting our pupil training website.

Unlike many other driving schools who claim to offer intensive courses in blocks of 10-40 hours, spread out from 2-3 months Driving School offer you an intensive crash course where classes begin at 9:30 and end at 5:30 with an hours break in between.

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Teenagers are in good hands with our school

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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2023

** NEW PRICES**
38 hr course -$500
14 hr course – $500
Spanish Classes – $500
8 hr behind wheel driving – $500

With over 100 years of experience, we are the #1 driving school in Luling and the wider New Orleans area. We offer a safe experience, affordable prices, and teachers who have worked for public schools.

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As one of the oldest and most experienced driving schools in the region, teenagers are in good hands with our school. Whether you are the parent of a teenager or a teenager yourself you can feel confident with our driving school, which is fully licensed as required by state law.

Our instructors provide instruction to hundreds of students each year, and over 96% of our students pass their road test on the first try. We value creating an informative, safe, courteous, patient, clean, and communicative environment that fosters the maximum amount of learning each session.

Please also review our free instructional materials for basic to advanced information on driving and preparations for the knowledge and road test exam. Our goal is to help new teenage drivers become safe, confident drivers. Our students are equipped with the knowledge and experience required to be collision-free and ticket-free in their driving.

A parent’s or guardian’s signature is required on our forms to begin lessons.

See our pricing or contact us to schedule a lesson today!

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38 hour course (reduces insurance premiums)    

This course is 30 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of driving instruction. It will take 4 days to complete the classroom instruction. The driving is scheduled after the class is passed with an 80% or higher. When your child receives the 38 hour certificate, it is taken to the Office of Motor Vehicles to get a permit. Please note: minimum age is 14 years and 9 months to take the course.

The cost for the 38 hour course is $450.

WE KEEP EACH CLASS SMALL SO THAT THE 8 HOURS OF DRIVING DOES NOT TAKE A LONG TIME TO COMPLETE!!!
PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS WILL BE DRIVEN BASED ON AGE. OLDER STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY!!!

Third Party Driving (Road Skills Test)

We are certified to give the driving portion of the test. Call to set up an appointment. The cost is $40 for the test.

Cancellation

The student will receive a FULL refund if a class is canceled by the St. Charles Driving Academy, LLC and can not be rescheduled. However, if a class is held and the student does not attend that class, or a subsequent class, the student will lose the $100.00 deposit. Every attempt will be made to enroll the student in a future class.

 

Adults

Adults

It is never too late to get your license.

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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2023

** NEW PRICES**
38 hr course -$500
14 hr course – $500
Spanish Classes – $500
8 hr behind wheel driving – $500

With over 100 years of experience, we are the #1 driving school in Luling and the wider New Orleans area. We offer a safe experience, affordable prices, and teachers who have worked for public schools.

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It is never too late to learn to drive or gather the experience and training necessary to become a better driver. Whether you are interested in earning your driver’s license for the first time or are inexperienced or rusty and looking to improve your skills, we have the driving instructors to help you succeed.

We will also provide you a safe, fully-inspected, and clean vehicle for your practice during our lessons.

Private instruction is available by appointment 7 days a week. Frequently, our adult students require instruction before or after work – please call or email us to ask about these accommodations, which we can provide upon request.

You can contact us today and tomorrow be on your way to being a safe and confident driver. Please feel comfortable calling or emailing with your questions. We are glad to help.

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If you are court-ordered to complete driving lessons due to an accident,, traffic violation, or other cause reducing the points on your license, you can contact us to fulfill your requirements. In some cases, this will reduce ticket charges and help you earn back points on your license. St. Charles Driving Academy is fully licensed and able to help you meet your classroom or behind-the-wheel training requirements.

Sometimes your insurance provider will offer you a discount if you complete driving lessons. As a fully licensed driving school, we can help you meet these requirements and provide the valid documentation to the insurance company.

Depending on local and state laws or mandates from the Department of Motor Vehicles, seniors may be required to retake the knowledge and road test after a number of years. If you are required to repeat these exams, please contact us for training and instruction. We will be happy to show you the patience and respect you deserve, while also sharing the latest techniques in defense driving and changes to driving laws.

Third Party Driving (Road Skills Test)

We are certified to give the driving portion of the test. Call to set up an appointment. The cost is $40 for the test.

Cancellation

The student will receive a FULL refund if a class is canceled by the St. Charles Driving Academy, LLC and can not be rescheduled. However, if a class is held and the student does not attend that class, or a subsequent class, the student will lose the $100.00 deposit. Every attempt will be made to enroll the student in a future class.