Why it matters
The parent in the pickup line
A parent whose daughter just turned 15½ searches for a driving school while waiting at school pickup, and calls the first one. You're the only instructor and you're mid-lesson, so it goes to voicemail.
They don't leave a message. They call the second school, which answers and sells them a package. It was a whole package you lost, not one lesson.
The parent wasn't hunting for the cheapest lesson. They wanted three answers before the bell rang: do you pick up from her school, how long is each lesson, and how soon could she start. Your website probably says all three. Nobody was free to read it to them.
- 6 hoursof behind-the-wheel training with a professional instructor is required for drivers under 18 in California, so parents shop for a package.California DMV, Driver Training Schools
- 44 hoursof in-car driving with an instructor, plus 24 classroom hours, are required for Texas teens. A parent-taught program is one of the three ways to complete them, so a school competes with the family car too.Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Do I need driver ed?
Example conversation
A parent asking about a teen package
- Do you do the teen package? How much is it?
Answers from your packages page
- Yes. Our teen package is 6 hours behind the wheel, taught as three 2-hour lessons, for $450. Is that for you, or for your son or daughter?
States the lesson length with the price, as California requires
- My daughter. Will she pass first time with it?
- No school can promise a pass, but her instructor will tell you how she's getting on after each lesson. Where should lessons pick her up from, and when suits her?
Never guarantees a pass; takes the pickup area
- From school, 94110, weekdays after 3:30. I'm Maria, 555-0133.
- New lead · Maria (parent) · 555-0133 · Teen package · Pickup from school, 94110 · Weekdays after 3:30
Emailed to you, waiting in your inbox at the end of the lesson
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Sample Driving School
SampleA sample driving school, made up for this demo.
Nothing loads until you tap. No account, and nothing you type is saved.
What customers ask
What parents and students ask first
- How much is your teen package, and how long is each lesson?
- Do you pick up from home or school?
- Do you cover my area?
- How many lessons will I need?
- Do you have evening or weekend lessons?
- Can I use your car for the road test?
- Do you teach adults who already have a license?
- Are you licensed by the state?
It answers these from your own website, and hands over any it can't.
What it does
What it does for you
Answers package and price questions
Packages, lesson length, prices and what's included, from your website, while you're teaching.
Takes the pickup area
Asks where lessons start, and manual or automatic, so the lead can be matched to an instructor.
Speaks to parents properly
Checks who's asking and takes the parent's details rather than a teenager's where it can.
Books the first lesson
Sends them to your booking page, or offers free times from your Google Calendar at the lesson length you set, from 15 minutes to two hours.
Rules it follows
Rules a driving school chatbot has to follow
Never guarantees a pass or a license
California's regulations bar driving school advertising that says a school can issue or guarantee a license. It never promises a pass, a test date or a number of lessons.
Lesson length with every price
California's advertising rule requires the length of each lesson or course to be stated whenever a price is quoted. When your site gives both, it says both, in the same sentence.
Never says “approved by the DMV”
California bars licensed schools from advertising that they're approved by the department, or implying they can influence it. The assistant won't say either, or suggest you can get a student an earlier test.
Your name and license number as published
California requires a school's full name, with its address or license number, in its advertising. The assistant uses your school's name as your site states it and repeats your license number only where you publish it.
No claims you haven't made
It never claims a license, approval or instructor qualification that isn't stated on your website.
What reaches you
What reaches your inbox
The pickup spot and the times that suit them, so you can see at a glance which instructor's route it fits.
- Name
- Maria (parent)
- Phone
- 555-0133
- Wants
- Teen package
- Pickup
- From school, 94110
- When
- Weekdays after 3:30
Your tools
Works alongside your driving school software
- Drive Scout
- DrivingSchoolSoftware.com
- Acuity Scheduling
- Calendly
- Square Appointments
Questions
Common questions
What does it cost, and how long does setup take?
There's a free plan with 100 customer messages a month and no card, and paid plans start at $19 a month. Setup is paste your school's website, let it read your pages for about a minute, then add one line of code to the site or install the WordPress plugin.
Can a chatbot book driving lessons?
Yes, through the booking page you already use, once it has answered their questions and taken the pickup area. An Acuity or Calendly page opens inside the chat, and Square Appointments opens from a button. If you don't take online bookings, it takes the request and you call back.
Will it promise my students will pass?
Never. It won't promise a pass, a license, a test date or a number of lessons, however the question is put.
How does it know which areas we pick up from?
From your website, or from the ZIP codes and towns you list in Settings. If a parent gives a ZIP code that isn't on your list, it takes the details, says a person will confirm, and marks the lead as outside your area, so you decide rather than the chat.
Does it ask about manual or automatic?
Yes, early on, because it decides which instructor can take the student. If you only teach automatic, say so on your website or in an owner answer, and it can tell students that.
Can it answer state permit and age questions?
Only from what your website says. If a question needs a check of the rules for someone's situation, it takes their details for you rather than guessing.
Can it answer students who write in Spanish or another language?
Yes. It replies in the language the student or parent writes in, using the facts from your website. After its first reply, the chat window's buttons switch to that language too. The greeting and suggested questions stay as you wrote them, so a school with many Spanish-speaking students can write its greeting in both languages.
Does it work for truck and CDL driving schools?
Yes. It answers from whatever your website publishes about your courses, requirements and prices.
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