“. . . think in terms of sanity for the purpose of being rational without illusion . . .” Rom. 12:3
WELCOME TO OUR PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES
Our private driver training is much too important for us to not be brutally honest. We don’t need a slick website to make our commitment to excellence very clear.
We also don’t expect you to instantly believe us because today almost everything is a scam.
In 2025, Houston was ranked first in the nation for road rage incidents. From 2014 to 2023, road rage shootings increased by 400%. Nationwide, 43% of first year drivers and 36% of second year drivers are involved in vehicle crashes. In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated 203,256 young drivers were injured in crashes nationwide.
Driver training is being used to make quick and easy money and largely responsible for those statistics. On July 7, 2025, the 21 year old brother of one of my teenage students was speeding. He hit a pole, almost split the car in two and died. If he took classes at a driving school, he was never taught anything about control. That’s how it’s been done for over fifty years.
Doing it like everyone else, to make money, is not how we do things. If we just wanted to make quick and easy money, we wouldn’t have taken six years to create our private driver training. We wanted a driver training we could be proud of, but much more importantly one that would significantly reduce the risk of students being involved in accidents. It does and we are.
We teach students to use their powerful brains like super computers. When they are taught to use their brains to do what to them seems impossible, they get excited because they realize there is nothing they can’t learn. We can look you or anyone in the eye and say – no one teaches how, and what, we teach.
The first 2-hour classes of our private driver training curriculum are parking lot control drills. Each class costs $145.00. We pick-up, return students and sometimes charge for mileage.
TDLR does not allow an “alternative instructor” to charge to teach the 14 hours behind-the-wheel for the PARENT TEACHER DRIVER EDUCATION program. As a private driver training company, parents can hire us to provide private driver training classes, but not as an “alternative instructor”.
“Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success.”
Mr. Paul
Education/Training – Paul Rodriguez, Jr. – Partner/Instructor
Texas Driving Instructor Certificate TDLR # 5361 – 95 hours, 2019
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: 4-hour annual retraining
University of Houston: Mediator Certificate, 2011
Rice University: Paralegal Certificate, 2011
University of Houston: BA, History/English, 1995
United States Air Force: Sergeant, Honorable Discharge, 4 years
R.B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries: Biblical Training, 1982 to Present
Languages: Fluent in Spanish
WHAT ARE PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING PARKING LOT CONTROL CLASSES???
No one achieves excellence in anything without being accurately taught the basics, practicing, mastering and consistently applying them.
Students who are allowed to drive around without proper preparation and training are deceived into believing they are kings and queens of the road.
This false sense of accomplishment makes them rude, reckless, and dangerous. Between 2014 and 2023, road rage shootings have increased by 400 %.
Our students must pass one basic and one advanced parking lot control drill class before they drive on the road. Our drills build four skills to control four elements:
- Concentration controls self (emotions)
- Precision controls the vehicle (function)
- Timing controls speed (conditions)
- Awareness controls space (360 degrees)
Our drills are sequential and have basic and advanced versions:
- Steering – seat position/10-2/2-hand-over-hand/point of turn/centers/acceleration/release
- Reverse – proper procedure/left & right banks/straight wheels/centering
- Parking – proper procedure/opposite & same side/centers/point of turn
- Parking exits – proper procedure/pivots to clear & exit/center/straight wheels
- Backing in Parking – proper procedure/pivot/1 point reference/depth perception/center/pivots
- Figure 8 – 2 hand-over-hand left & right turns/radius/center/acceleration/velocity/angle/radius
- Parallel Parking – 3-point/22” approach/pole-up/38⸰ angle/pivots/corrections/U-turn exits
No one has taught, or does teach, behind-the-wheel driving accurately, academically and mathematically the way I do.
Now, there is no excuse for there to be deceived kings and queens ruling our roads with their instincts (bad habits) and emotions (anger, fear, worry).
Under my teaching, anyone can learn to use their brain to become a courteous, competent driver.
PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES CURRICULUM
- Instructor driving demonstrations
- Instructor verbal instructions
- Instructor dry board drawings
- Instructor/student analysis & discussion
Part I. Parking Lot Basic & Advanced Control Drills (control self, vehicle, speed & space)
| 1st Class | Basic control drills (120 min.) |
| 2nd Class | Basic and Advanced control drills (60 min.) |
| Three point parallel parking (30 min.) | |
| Basic neighborhood control drills (30 min.) |
Part II. A Road Ready Neighborhood Basic/Advanced (control self, vehicle, speed & space)
| 3rd Class | Advanced parking lot control drills (40 min.) |
| Three point parallel parking (30 min.) | |
| Basic neighborhood control drills (50 min.) | |
| 4th Class | Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.) |
| Three point parallel parking (30 min.) | |
| Advanced neighborhood control drills (60 min.) |
Part II. B Road Ready 35 mph (control self, vehicle, speed & space)
| 5th Class | Advanced parking control drills (30 min.) |
| Three point parallel parking (20 min.) | |
| Advanced neighborhood control drills (30 min.) | |
| Basic 35 mph control drills (30 min) | |
| 6th Class | Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.) |
| Three point parallel parking (20 min.) | |
| Advanced neighborhood control drills (30 min.) | |
| Advanced 35 mph control drills (40 min) | |
| 7th Class | Test Preparation (control self, vehicle, speed & space) |
| Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.) | |
| Three point parallel parking (20 min.) | |
| Advanced neighborhood control drills (30 min.) | |
| Advanced 35 mph control drills (40 min) |
Part II. C Road Ready Feeder/Freeway Basic & Advanced (control self, vehicle, speed & space)
(Have completed part I & II, have a driver license and in student’s car)
| 8th Class | Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.) |
| Basic 45 mph feeder control drills (50 min.) | |
| Basic entrance and exit freeway control drills (40 min.) | |
| 9th Class | Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.) |
| Advanced feeder 45 mph control drills (40 min.) | |
| Advanced freeway entering/exiting & lane changing control drills (50 min.) |
PARENT/TEEN PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES
- Minimum age is 15.
- The teen must take the teen 32 hour class and take their certificate to DPS to get a permit.
- Teens must have their permit with them to take behind-the-wheel classes.
- No teen will be allowed to drive on the street until a level of control over self, the vehicle, speed and space is achieved.
- If the teen refuses to listen and concentrate, the instructor has the option to cancel the class without refund.
- The instructor will discuss the student’s performance with them after class.
- The instructor will also email an evaluation of the student’s performance to the parents after every class with areas of practice needed.
- Parents should practice parking lot control drills with their teens until they are no longer afraid to let them drive their vehicle (parent/teen can take an extra parking lot class in parent’s car).
- We will work with parents to help them fulfill the state’s required 20 hour daytime and 10 hour night time training log.
- We form partnerships with parents.
- Parents are welcomed to observe the training of their teenagers in any class.
- Parents can take over the training after the second parking lot control class when, and if, they want to.
- We pick up and return students to their school or take them home when possible.
Parents should know how and what their children are being taught.
ADULT PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES
- Age 18 and over must take a six hour class and take their certificate to DPS to get a permit or have a driver license.
- Adults must have their permit or license with them to take behind-the-wheel classes.
- No adult will be allowed to drive on the street until a level of control over self, the vehicle, speed and space is achieved.
- If an adult refuses to listen and concentrate, the instructor has the option to cancel the class without refund.
- The instructor will discuss the student’s performance with them after class.
- The instructor will also email the student an evaluation after every class with areas of practice needed.
- We pick up and return our students to their homes, schools or offices.
PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES ENROLLMENT
Cost for 2 classes (2 hours each) in Falcon car = $ 290
Cost for 2 classes (2 hours each) in student car = $ 270
Enrollment procedure:
- Email a copy of your driver permit or driver license to FalconDrivingTrainer@gmail.com
- We will send you a copy of our Falcon Driving Trainer Contract and a Student Profile to fill out.
- Email us a copy of the completed last page of your signed contract and your completed Student Profile.
- Provide us with your preferred class dates and we will coordinate the dates and times with you.
- An invoice with payment information will be emailed to you.
- After payment is received, a paid-in-full invoice confirming class dates and times will be emailed to you.
- Class dates are not confirmed until payment is made.
PRIVATE DRIVER TRAINING CLASSES STUDENT PICK UP
CONTACT US
Paul Rodriguez, Jr. – Trainer/Partner – TDL # 5361
Louann Watts – Office Administrator/Partner
Paul: 713-363-0217
Louann: 713-349-4289
Email: FalconDrivingTrainer@gmail.com
Office: 7009 Almeda Rd., No. 626, Houston, TX 77054
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