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            • Friendly Driving Academy

              1055 Ingleside Ave # 205 Catonsville, MD 21228-1339

            • Friendly Driving Academy

              8511 Liberty Rd Randallstown, MD 21133

            Business ProfileFriendly Driving Academy

            Driving School
            Multi Location Business

            Contact Information

            1055 Ingleside Ave # 205

            Catonsville, MD 21228-1339

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            (410) 788-8200

            Customer Reviews

            1/5

            Average of 1 Customer Reviews

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            Customer Complaints

            7 complaints closed in last 3 years

            3 complaints closed in last 12 months

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            Years in Business: 26

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            Products & Services

            This company offers Driving Instructions.

            Business Details

            This is a multi-location business.

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            Friendly Driving Academy has 2 locations, listed below.

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              • Friendly Driving Academy

                1055 Ingleside Ave # 205 Catonsville, MD 21228-1339

              • Friendly Driving Academy

                8511 Liberty Rd Randallstown, MD 21133

              Location of This Business
              1055 Ingleside Ave # 205, Catonsville, MD 21228-1339
              BBB File Opened:
              12/3/1998
              Years in Business:
              26
              Business Started:
              3/1/1998
              Licensing Information:
              This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
              BBB records show a license number of c 00153 for this business, issued by Maryland Dept. of Transportation

              These agencies may include:

              Maryland Dept. of Transportation

              7201 Corporate Ctr, PO Box 548

              Hanover MD 21076

              https://www.mdot.state.md.us

              Alternate Business Name
              • Friendly Driving School
              Contact Information

              Principal

              • Ms. Farhana Zar, Owner

              Customer Contact

              • Mr. Syed Husain, Owner
              • Ms. Farhana Zar, Owner
              Additional Contact Information

              Fax Numbers

              • (410) 265-1616
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              Customer Complaints

              7 Customer Complaints

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              Most Recent Customer Complaint

              02/08/2024

              Complaint Type:
              Service or Repair Issues
              Status:
              Resolved
              On February the 3rd I contacted this driving school and reference to wanting my daughter to go there to take her driving just the driving part because she went somewhere else to get her the written exams and stuff basically this school I really don't care for too much they refuse to give me my money back now they want you to bring your child also they said it's a $50 fee if you late they don't have weekends you know it seems like they don't want to work with anybody at this point in time I want my money back so I can go somewhere else I'm not happy with them already my daughter have not gotten one last thing so I would like my money to be fully refunded to me
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              Customer Reviews

              1 Customer Reviews

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              Most Recent Customer Review

              Stacie A

              09/26/2022

              This driving school is a SCAM!! The owner and the employees are very RUDE & unprofessional!! All they want is your MONEY & they want you to pay TWICE for one service because of scheduling problems on their end, because they OVERBOOK their customers!! My son signed up for classes and then COVID hit, so they couldn't do drive time and bc it was over a year they wanted to make me pay AGAIN for something out of our control!!! Now my daughter and her friends are experiencing the same issues!! Everytime they call they get hung up on!!! All they care about is MONEY & not that the students they are teaching are actually LEARNING & SAFE on the roads!!! They are scamming folks left and right because they know that these students NEED them to sign off to be able to drive, so they feel they can do whatever they feel like because without them signing off, these students can't drive! It's a lot of money to begin with for these students not to be taught the right way bc this company is RUSHING to get the next class in for $$!! They are double charging people that took the classes during COVID, when the whole world was shut down!!! They need to be shut down & students need to be refunded their money bc it's a scam from beginning to end!! Good luck talking to someone who can help and who doesn't hang the phone up on you!!!

              Friendly Driving Academy Response

              09/28/2022

              Hello please provide us with your son's information so we can assist you better. Also which location he went too?
              And if you have any names of person you spoke with?
              Thanks

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