Driving School Keňo

At first, Mr. Keňo seemed like a nice and patient instructor, from whom I expected him to calmly teach me how to drive. Unfortunately, from about the sixth or seventh ride, his attitude changed significantly. Instead of calmly explaining, he often raised his voice and more than once made ironic remarks that I would probably never be able to do it and that if I didn't like it, I should go somewhere else - even when it was a new situation that hadn't been sufficiently explained to me before. This way of communication started to stress me out a lot, which naturally led to more mistakes. During the rides, I was supposed to ideally look in the mirrors every minute, and if I didn't, there was a fire on the roof. I was also often told that I had committed an offense and when I asked what it was, I was told that I should know best, so I didn't really know the whole time what I was doing wrong and what I should focus on to improve. In addition, he had poorly organized rides several times. I was ready for the agreed time, but when I got to the car, he told me that he had planned it wrong and that I had to go home and plan the ride for another day. Instead of looking forward to the driving school and feeling like I was learning and improving, I started to worry about Mr. Keňo's mood and how the next lesson would go. Unfortunately, this experience unnecessarily complicated the entire driving school process for me. Although I passed the exams successfully, it was honestly not worth the nerves during the rides with the instructor. It seems to me that he simply does not like people, does not know how to deal with them and has absolutely no patience, and he definitely needs that for the work he does for me, so I definitely do not recommend the driving school.

I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND this driving school. When I told my family about this driving school, no one had heard of it, so I thought it would be a "hidden diamond". I later found out that a classmate had also taken driving school there, and he warmly recommended it to me, saying, "Dude, he's good, we talked and laughed the whole time". I don't want to slander him here, but the instructor may have treated him differently than he did me, and probably most of the other students. Well, the theory was that he would play a video and say something about it every half hour. That was relatively cool. But the rides were much worse. On the first 6 rides, he was calm, communicated, pointed out my mistakes, and seemed sympathetic and patient. But later he convinced me of the exact opposite. He stopped pointing out mistakes when I asked him something, he replied with the words "you should know that". In general, he completely stopped communicating, only telling me where to turn, etc. I tried to start a conversation several times, but he always cut me off with one sentence, and even when it was about driving school and traffic rules, he replied "I'm not here to chat with you". Especially since he told me at the beginning that if something was unclear to me, I could ask anything at any time. As a result of not pointing out mistakes, I didn't know what was a mistake and what wasn't, so I failed the final driving test (1st attempt). The mistakes that the commissioner listed made sense to me in retrospect, but while driving I didn't know that I wasn't allowed to do something (even something as basic as stopping at an intersection). Then I took a month and a half off from driving school to gain strength and dared to buy 2 45-minute rides. I almost didn't make any mistakes on these rides, so I was quiet and calm. Fortunately, I passed the driving test the second time. Mr. Keňo gives me the impression of being burned out, in general I think he doesn't like people and he definitely has no patience with beginner drivers. If possible, go to another driving school, or if you're starting with him, LEAVE WHILE YOU CAN. You'll thank me later... If I could, I'd give 0 stars

I would like to share my experience with Mr. Keňo's driving school, which I eventually successfully completed, but it was definitely not without consequences, especially psychological ones. At first, Mr. Keňo seemed likeable and liked to chat, which made me feel at ease. However, as the rides progressed, the situation began to change for the worse. Mr. Keňo became more and more unpleasant, and whenever I made a mistake, he would constantly point it out to me, without explaining how not to repeat it again. On the tenth ride, it started to rain heavily and I politely asked him where to turn on the windshield wipers. Instead of answering me out loud, he just mumbled something under his breath, so I pressed some lever that turned on the windshield wipers. The problem was that I had to press it repeatedly and then he jumped in and started yelling at me, asking if I was kidding him and if I was normal. Shortly after, my windshield started fogging up and I couldn't continue driving like that. Mr. Keňo told me to go to a parking lot somewhere and do something to keep my windows from fogging up. I didn't remember how to do it, because he only explained it to me on the first drive, but he also told me that if I didn't know something or forgot something, I could ask him anything. So I asked him how to demist the windshield. I was lectured again, saying that I should have known this for a long time and that he wasn't here to explain it to me x number of times. So we stood there for about 10 minutes before I desperately figured out how to do it. Instead of helping me, he kept repeating that I could find everything in the law and that driving wasn't just about speed and gearshifts - which is of course true - but he never paid me the attention I needed when explaining other important traffic rules. I left each lesson feeling more and more stressed, without feeling like I had really learned anything new or gained more confidence behind the wheel. The whole process was exhausting for me, and unfortunately, instead of helping me with my driving confidence, the driving school caused me more psychological stress.

Applying to the first driving school in the area and ignoring my friends' warnings was my biggest mistake, so I decided to write this review so that potential applicants would consider the whole thing more than I did. I've heard many times that I should change my mind about my choice, but the application was submitted and I didn't want to judge anyone prematurely. During the first few rides, I felt normal about the instructor, I almost didn't understand what everyone was talking about, but as soon as we got into traffic and I suddenly had to master everything a driver has to master, and in the city center, I understood. I absolutely do not deny any of my mistakes, I am not trying to convince anyone that I always understood everything, that I always drove where I was supposed to and how I was supposed to. But people go to driving school to learn and making mistakes is part of that, and Mr. Keňo has absolutely no nerve for this. The role of a teacher is certainly too difficult, just as I am a human being and I make mistakes in what I learn, instructors are also only human and the fact that they lose their temper in a tense situation is nothing that I would be surprised at or feel particularly bad for. However, what the students are experiencing with Mr. Kenya is not his bad day, bad mood, or the full moon that did not allow him to sleep well at night. This person does not like people, he seems burned out, in short, you feel like you are annoying him. He was annoyed when I spoke to him more than he considered necessary, because we are not sitting there together so that he can talk to me. When I wanted to comment on a mistake I made, for example, what led me to it, why I made it, he got angry, he understood it as an excuse that he did not like this chatter. When I repeated a mistake several times, he took it as mockery on my part that I refused to listen to him, and once the matter escalated to the point where he left me to drive alone for the remaining 45 minutes, and when I spoke to him and asked him something, he did not respond. Mr. Keňo has been practicing this way of driving alone for the last few trips, but this was at the beginning, it was a kind of punishment. I remember asking him if I had done everything right during the turn at the intersection, because there was a suspiciously long silence, only to learn that he was not there to praise me. I could name a thousand situations, for example, when instead of "yes" I answered him with a nod of my head and an approving "hmm", for which I was reprimanded as rude behavior, or when I greeted him in the morning, got into the car and was once again instructed that decent people greet. According to him, I'm immature at driving, he told me that I'm joking about killing people, so I should find another driving school where they'll laugh with me. Meanwhile, I was crying next to him and wanted to run away. He defends himself by saying that I'm like a child - he also needs to be yelled at so that he understands what's right and what's wrong. The result of all this is that I don't have a driving school. I didn't pass it even on the last attempt and I was told that I should talk to my parents about possibly buying all twenty-eight rides with Mr. Keňa again :). Waste of money. Please consider. Thanks. Šestáková K.

He teaches theory well, I understand everything from him perfectly, but driving is a bit worse, he is very patient with correct gear shifting, squeezing the clutch and looking in the mirrors (ideally once every minute in both side mirrors). He doesn't like it when I comment on why we did what and how and what led us to it, the first few rides were fine but then the last few rides he was overly angry and almost didn't talk to me when I commented on something. Better to drive and just say "yes" than to talk about anything else, then it's not worth it. On about the 9th ride he screwed me over for being completely stupid so I thought about giving up and going to another driving school but I successfully completed the driving school. He's not a bad teacher but not a particularly good one either.

I definitely DO NOT RECOMMEND this driving school! Consider your choice of driving school carefully, I fully agree with Karolína Šestáková's review. Very unprofessional behavior of Mr. Keňa. After switching to another driving school, I successfully passed the exam the first time. And if you are not satisfied, do not be afraid to switch to another driving school, it is no problem, you will only complete what is left for you.

Starting a driving school with Mr. Keň was my biggest mistake in the last few years. Please avoid it completely. I can't help but agree with Miss Šestáková's review. Thank God I passed my exams the first time and I never have to drive with him again. Find another driving school in the area or you'll have a mental breakdown. :)

I have to say that Mr. Keňo was absolutely perfect, during a calm drive you can chat with him not only about the car, but also about your personal life. He can explain driving a car very well and there were never any problems with him during the planning of trips. I can only recommend his driving school :)

Unfortunately, I must also confirm and agree with the opinion of Miss K. Šestáková. Very unprofessional and insensitive approach of the instructor. He maximally supported my fear of driving and his approach absolutely did not help me feel confident behind the wheel. I went to the rides with nerves. I regret that I did not choose another instructor.

I recommend this driving school!!! My daughter switched to Mr. Keň from another driving school, where unfortunately she took a course for 8 months due to the driving school's fault, the owner Mr. Vašťják did not communicate at all, gave my daughter rides once every 3 weeks, incomprehensibly dragged out the entire course, so my daughter finished driving school with Mr. Keň, prepared for the final exams here and passed them with ease, extremely satisfied with Mr. Keň's approach and helpfulness. He is a professional with many years of experience. I highly recommend!!! Ladislav Pokorný