Community Driving School (CDS) provides students with a comprehensive driving course that teaches new drivers how to adopt safe driving habits, learn the highway traffic laws, and get valuable insights from CDS instructors who share their driving experience with their students. With school budgets continually trimming costs in driver education, CDS offers the alternative to teach your teen the proper way to drive with the Virginia DOE accredited curriculum consisting of 30 hours of live Classroom instruction and 14 hours of Behind-the-Wheel/In-Car instruction.
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.
Driver’s Ed Classroom
To qualify for the Classroom segment, the student should be at least 15 years old. A Learner’s Permit is not a requirement for the Classroom segment. Student’s who are enrolled in the Classroom segment will receive training to prepare them for DMV’s Signs and Knowledge tests taken to get the Learner’s Permit.
Adult Driver Training
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.
VADETS Testing Center
Community Driving School (CDS) is a VADETS test center for the Driver's Education Classroom course test. Test candidates must be VADETS registered and have a valid login ID and password. Please contact us for an appointment. This service is not for on-line driver improvement course testing.
Driver Education Calendars
Check the Driver's Education Course Calendars below, choose your class, and register through the on-line process. If you prefer, you can also register by phone. Course offerings include Driver's Education 30 hr-36 period Classroom Course, 14 hr Behind the Wheel, Drivers Ed Combined Classroom Course and Behind the Wheel. Classes are open to all ages. Class size is limited and registration is on a first-come basis. Early registration is recommended. When classes are full, we will post updates on the calendar and start a wait list. Please call us at 804-397-5550 for more information.
