Safeway Driving School

Traditional in-person driver education with certified instructors at 20+ Twin Cities locations. Our curriculum covers traffic laws, defensive driving techniques, and road safety principles. Students benefit from interactive lessons and access to state-approved study materials including digital manuals and practice apps.

Personalized driving instruction with flexible scheduling options. Our program includes home/school pickup in metro areas and fixed-location lessons. Students receive hands-on experience with certified instructors focusing on real-world driving scenarios and safe driving habits.

Educational sessions for parents of new drivers that reduce required practice hours from 50 to 40. These classes provide guidance on effective teaching methods and cover important aspects of teen driver safety and responsibility.

State-approved permit testing services to help students obtain their instruction permits. We provide testing facilities and preparation resources including practice apps and study guides aligned with Minnesota Department of Public Safety requirements.

Flexible web-based driver education that students can complete at their own pace. The program includes interactive modules covering traffic regulations, safe driving practices, and state-specific requirements with access to digital study tools and progress tracking features.

A $75 fee applies for cancellations within 24 hours of scheduled lessons. Weekends and holidays don't count toward the 24-hour window. You can cancel online through your student account or by calling 651-351-9150 during business hours.

First register your instruction permit number through your student account. Once verified, schedule lessons online via the BTW Lessons tab or call 651-351-9150 to join waitlists for unavailable time slots.

We provide three options: traditional in-person classes at 20+ locations, live Zoom sessions with real-time instruction, and self-paced online courses accessible 24/7 through our learning platform.

Yes, our Parent Class provides valuable guidance for supervising new drivers. Completion reduces required practice hours from 50 to 40 and offers strategies for effective behind-the-wheel instruction.

We offer a MN-approved permit test practice app with state-specific questions, digital driver's manuals, and supervised driving log apps that meet state requirements for license applications.

This isn't a location specific review, but a review of how the company operates overall, specifically related to the scheduling and completion of behind the wheel "lessons." We had no problem with the classroom portion, and I would consider that route again for my next teen when she's ready to begin. The company takes on far more students than they have driving instructors for, which ends up requiring you call to try to schedule a lesson, then drive an hour to a lesson site.

If you need to reschedule a lesson you are required to give at least 24 hours notice (which doesn't include weekend hours, so you'd need to cancel Friday for a Monday lesson) or pay an extra fine. However, they can cancel last minute without hesitation. We received a cancelation notice 2.5 hours prior to a lesson. If you don't want the inconvenience of driving an hour away for lessons because your area fills up, you will be charged a fee for extending the time it takes to complete the three behind the wheel sessions if it takes longer than a year from the day you sign up for the classroom portion.

One might think a year is plenty of time, and it may be for families with two parents, one job, one kid, and no after school activities. However, if you juggle multiple kids/jobs/schedules/sports/after school activities, you may be putting a LOT of time into trying to make it work with Safeway.

Also, know ahead of time that the lessons are evaluations, there is no instruction happening. Make sure your driver is proficient and able to pass their behind the wheel test before you start scheduling the behind the wheel lessons.

All they do is go down a list of skills and check off whether the driver is proficient yet or not. I'm told by the person in the office that it's left to the individual instructor how they conduct a session, meaning there is no consistency, and no expectations from the driving instructors--may the odds be ever in your favor. If you have ANY other option for driving lessons, I would choose those. If you have no other option, love frustration, and you're ready to make getting your teen their license a part-time job, go with Safeway.

We have paid for drivers ed with them and now (and we were not informed when we signed up!) inorder to complete behing the wheel we will have to drive more than half an hour each way? Are you kidding me? And you can't do BTW with another company without doing classroom with them so we are stuck.

Critical:Communication, Professionalism, Quality, Value Safeway Driving is not professional at all. We had been cancelled 3 times in a roll in the very last minute. They cancel us and text us that due to schedule conflict. I will never use them again for my other children. It took more than 1 and half a year to completed. Poor customer services

They make the parents do 50 hours kf practice driving with the kid before they are allowed to take behind the wheel. That's the driving schools job.

The best driving school in the Twin Cities. Very committed to training young drivers to be the best drivers they can be.

Critical:Communication I took the online classes with instructor tony and he never said anything about needed a god dam appointment to take a permit test. Me and my mom are not happy it was a waste of time and gas learn how to properly communicate people.