Community Driving School

Become a better driver with instruction from Community Driving School (CDS), a DMV certified driver education school and driver improvement clinic for teenagers and adults. CDS offers the American Automobile Association’s Driver Improvement Program. This course teaches you how to navigate the road safely and covers a wide range of current highway safety driving topics. Drivers who are DMV-directed or Court-ordered can take this 8 hour class to meet those requirements. Drivers who are interested in earning up to 5 Safe Driving Points can also take this class on a voluntary basis.

Community Driving School (CDS) offers driver's education program for teens to get a driver’s license. CDS works along side all education outlets, private, public, and home schools, to provide driver’s education instruction not available otherwise. CDS provides the Virginia State Driving Curriculum that consists of 30 hours of classroom work and 14 hours of road training (7 hours of actual driving and 7 hours of observation). Take Driver’s Ed at either of our driving schools located in Powhatan and Midlothian, VA. The Classroom and the Behind-The-Wheel Driver Education segments are offered together or separately. Upon successful completion of the driving lessons and road test, the CDS instructor will issue a 180-Day Virginia Temporary Drivers License to a new driver who meets the driving and age requirements set forth in the Virginia State Code.

CDS offers adult driver education classes for ages 18 and up. We offer private driving lessons and tailor the instruction to include all of the driving skills that a driver must be able to demonstrate on the DMV road test. For adults ages 18 and up CDS offers the full driver education classroom and behind the wheel. When driver education is completed, the adult will be issued a document which, when presented to DMV, will waive both the 60 permit holding period and the DMV administered Road Skills test.

Behind the Wheel can be taken after successfully completing the 30 hr Driver's Ed Classroom course at a DMV approved commercial, private, public, on-line, or home school edcuation outlet. The 30 hour Driver's Ed Classroom Course Completion Certificate is needed to begin Behind the Wheel. Behind the Wheel is done in CDS vehicles equipped for Behind the Wheel, inspected and approved by DMV, and insured appropriately for this purpose. Upon successful completion of Behind the Wheel, CDS will issue a 180-Day Virginia Temporary Drivers License to a new driver who meets the driving and age requirements set forth in the Virginia State Code. Pick-up and drop-off is available at select high schools, retail locations, or at our Community Driving Schools in Powhatan, Midlothian, and Goochland. Available for teens and adults.