SVDS
  • ONLY individual lessons are now offered.  SVDS’s final teen class concluded in July 2022.  Sorry, teens don’t qualify for junior operator’s licenses by taking individual lessons (per DMV) and SVDS doesn’t give roadtests.
  • 2018 AWD Subaru Impreza with passenger-side brake.
  • One-person operation—David Kolkebeck is sole owner, instructor (class and car), administrator—for quality control.
  • Serves Brattleboro area alone.
  • Aims for crash-free driving with a system called extraordinary zone control to handle all driving situations.
 
Classes and Lessons
    • Now scheduling individual lessons Spring 2024 (limited availability).  Click on Individual Instruction for details.
 
David Kolkebeck
  • Driver Educator @ Twin Valley High School, Whitingham, Vt., 2014-15.
  • Classroom and in-vehicle instructor @ Putney firehouse for Westminster Driving School, 2013-15 Summers.
  • Started SVDS late in 2015 following death of his friend and fellow driving instructor, Mike Henkle of Westminster Driving School.
  • 25-year high school teaching career with stints also as dean of students, social studies teacher, and internship coordinator.
  • Licensed and insured, perfect safety record.