A World Driving School student outside the Santa Barbara DMV holding their drive-test result

DMV LicensedSince 2018

Drive safe. Test with confidence.

Professional, patient instruction for UCSB students, teens and adults across Santa Barbara and Goleta — with free pick-up and drop-off, and a fully insured car for the DMV test.

Book a lesson Packages from $140

Simple, transparent pricing

No hidden fees.

Three packages, priced on their own home page, with free pick-up and drop-off in Goleta and Santa Barbara.

Their whole price list, as published on their home page.

2-Hour Driving Lesson

Adults and teens

$140 · $70/hr

What you get

1 lesson of 2 hours · 2 hours total

Behind-the-wheel training — included
DMV safety certified instructor — included
Free pick-up and drop-off — included
Flexible scheduling — included
OL 238 certificate for under-18s — not includedThe DMV form a teen has to produce to show the six hours of professional training were completed. Included in the six-hour package.
Freeway and city driving — not included
Vehicle for the DMV test — not includedTheir own car, insured and registered, used for the test itself — for drivers who have no car they can legally test in.
Registration and insurance included — not included
Instructor accompaniment to the test — not included

Most chosen

6-Hour Training Package

With the OL 238 certificate

$420 · $70/hr

What you get

3 lessons of 2 hours · 6 hours total

Behind-the-wheel training — included
DMV safety certified instructor — included
Free pick-up and drop-off — included
Flexible scheduling — included
OL 238 certificate for under-18s — includedThe DMV form a teen has to produce to show the six hours of professional training were completed. Included in the six-hour package.
Freeway and city driving — included
Vehicle for the DMV test — not includedTheir own car, insured and registered, used for the test itself — for drivers who have no car they can legally test in.
Registration and insurance included — not included
Instructor accompaniment to the test — not included

1-Hour Training + Vehicle Rental

For the DMV test itself

$150 · $150/hr

What you get

1 lesson of 1 hour · 1 hours total

Behind-the-wheel training — included
DMV safety certified instructor — included
Free pick-up and drop-off — not included
Flexible scheduling — not included
OL 238 certificate for under-18s — not includedThe DMV form a teen has to produce to show the six hours of professional training were completed. Included in the six-hour package.
Freeway and city driving — not included
Vehicle for the DMV test — includedTheir own car, insured and registered, used for the test itself — for drivers who have no car they can legally test in.
Registration and insurance included — included
Instructor accompaniment to the test — included

Lessons

For UCSB students, teens, and adults.

Professional, patient instruction, built around the DMV test and the road afterwards.

Behind-the-Wheel Training

Two-hour lessons for teens and adults with a DMV safety certified instructor, free pick-up and drop-off included.

from $140

Behind the Wheel

Six-Hour Training Package

The six hours a teen under 18 needs, with the OL 238 certificate, covering freeway and city driving.

from $420

Six Hours

DMV Drive Test Vehicle

An hour of training and their fully insured car for the test — registration, insurance and the instructor alongside.

from $150

Test Car

Road test

Including the car you take the test in.

Fully insured, registration and insurance included, with the instructor alongside. Press one manoeuvre and watch the route.

Press a manoeuvre

Parallel Park

Pull level with the car in front of the space and sit about a metre off it. Reverse on full lock until you are round 45 degrees, straighten, then opposite lock brings the tail in and the car comes out parallel. The examiner is marking your mirror and blind-spot checks at least as closely as the car.

Pull alongside the car in front of the space.
Reverse on full lock to 46°.
Opposite lock swings the tail in.
Straighten up and centre in the space.

Every instructor here has driven the examiner routes in Santa Barbara County more times than they can count.

Dual-control safety

Passenger-side brakes on every car.

Modern cars, DMV-certified instructors, and a student-driver plate other drivers respect.

Modern cars with passenger-side brakes, kept for teaching and for the drive test itself. The school car is marked for Santa Barbara and Goleta and carries a student-driver plate, which changes how other traffic behaves around a learner.

Passenger-side brakes on every car
Fully insured and registered for the DMV test
Student-driver marked
Free pick-up and drop-off in Santa Barbara and Goleta

The World Driving School Corolla, marked for Santa Barbara and Goleta, parked in a DMV drive-test bay

What our students say

They all thank the same person.

“Great experience driving with Henry. Recommend if you would like some instructor led practice to gain confidence before taking a behind the wheel test. I passed first time, thank you Henry!”

Pedro De Brito

“Henry was an amazing instructor! His patience made learning how to drive and passing my exam easy! He also went over the behind-the-wheel exam protocol to make sure I didn’t lose points on any critical errors!”

Marian Walker

“He is patient, skillful, and always with a warm heart. He never criticizes any of his students for even fatal mistakes, instead, he is able to keep everything under control and make you learn from those mistakes. With more and more practice, I became experienced gradually and finally passed the drive test smoothly.”

Jiuci Xu

Service area

Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista, Montecito, Carpinteria.

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Call (805) 689-9856 — seven days a week, 9am to 5pm.

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