Driver Ed FAQs

While we strive to be as flexible as possible, please note that our policy requires a $325 deposit fee toward a subsequent course for students requesting a transfer to a different course with less than 30 days' notice. If applicable, this fee must be paid before any enrollment changes can be processed. This fee does not apply if notice is given within at least 30 days of the current course start date.

We simply ask that you keep this policy in mind when considering any future course changes, as the fee may apply depending on the timing of your request.

For any transfer requests, please email us at info@bensonsdriving.com.

Private driving lessons are dependent on both the availability of the client and the instructor, on a case-by-case basis. Do not pay until you have been contacted by the main office and have scheduled your first drive.

Private lesson options are found on our "DRIVER EDUCATION" drop-down menu on the main page, sorted by location.

We are only able to offer daytime driving hours before 12:00 pm so as not to interfere with our full driving courses and our cost is $125 per hour.

Please note if you are in need of private driving lessons because you were required by the NH DMV after your third failed driving exam:

1.We will need the DMV letter you received requiring further driving hours, this can be emailed to info@bensonsdriving.com

2.You are not legally able to drive more than one hour per day.

3.Only closed-toe and closed-backing footwear are permitted for all driving.

4.The DMV will not schedule a consecutive road test without notification of completion from Benson's Driving School. We will provide a certificate including performance hours, dates, and times upon completion and will email a copy of this to the NH DMV Representative responsible for managing required additional hours.

Private lesson hours are not retroactive. Therefore, if you have not yet but do end up failing the DMV driving exam a third time, you will not be able to apply these hours once required. They are only applicable for the NH DMV after a third fail.

The main office will receive notification once you are registered and will reach out with driving options, if available,  as soon as possible. 

Students are welcome to attend any course in any location. However, if attending a course outside of the region serviced, we are not able to offer pick up or drop off for driving appointments from home or school. Please confirm which demographic the area you are registering for is able to offer pick up and drop off by clicking on the "Driver Education" tab, selecting the location you are registering for to view pick up locations for that course. For students attending courses outside of their home region, we will meet at the classroom the student is enrolled in for all driving and observation appointments.

We maintain a wait list for all full online classes; however, we do not add a student to the wait list until enrollment has been confirmed and a deposit has been received.

If you are interested in joining our wait list, please email info@bensonsdriving.com if/when you have established enrollment and a deposit has been made, and we will be happy to add you to any course wait list(s) of your choice.

Please note: Being on a waitlist does not guarantee admission to a class; it only means that if a spot becomes available, we will contact you. 

If you take the course and complete 30 hours of class, 10 hours of driving,  6 hours of observation, and pass the final exam, you will receive a certificate of completion.

If you do not complete all of the above, you will not receive a certificate; however, you can still visit the DMV to take their test.

If you fail the final exam, you have to wait 10 business days to retake it. You can schedule the retake right away. If you need to schedule a retake of the exam, you will email info@bensonsdriving.com.

You can take the final exam every 10 days; there is no limit to the number of times you can take it.

Per NH State law, students must complete all requirements within 6 months of the last day of class attended, as all progress will expire on that 6 month date and the entire course would be required at full cost again in order to obtain a NH driver's license under 18 years of age. This includes passing the final exam.

The DMV has removed the option for online classes. All classes will now be in person only.

If a class is canceled, we will send a mass email to the class and post it on the home page of our website.

No. Benson's does not charge for a repeat of a class.

State law allows a student to miss up to 2 classes. A 3rd miss requires removal from the class.

In the event of a missed class, a 500-word essay is due per chapter missed in that class. The essay (s) are due the Monday following the missed class. If the essay(s) are not received by the following Monday, students are required to physically make up the class and are unable to take the final exam until the class is completed. This procedure is referenced in bullet number 7 of our policy. Please also confer with the instructor regarding any missed classes. 

The student must be 15 and 9 months by the first day of class.

The 40-hour log sheet is completed when the student drives with a parent or anyone with a valid driver's license over the age of 25 in the front seat.

You can obtain a copy under the rules and resources section on our website, or you can also download an app called Road Ready.

You will need to print the drives from the app and staple them to the DMV 40-hour log sheet for submission to the DMV.

Students can not schedule drives with Benson's until they are physically in a class.

When using the drop down menu entitled, "Driver Education" each location lists its' pick up and drop off demographic.

For students still in need of driving hours after the completion of the course, please email the scheduling manager at jonbenson7258@gmail.com by each Thursday for the following week, with all availability in order to make the best effort for future scheduling.

If students are only in need of observation, you will need to reach out to the classroom instructor for observation options as they will change weekly with the schedule and the classroom instructor has the most up-to-date schedule information. We do not pick up or drop off at home for observation; students will need to meet at the classroom and will need to coordinate with a driving instructor regarding observation.

Per NH State law, students must complete all requirements within 6 months of the last day of class attended, as all progress will expire on that 6 month date and the entire course would be required at full cost again in order to obtain a NH driver's license under 18 years of age.

Additionally, if your student is finishing their requirements after the date of the final (typically driving and observation or for final exam retake options), please notify the office at info@bensonsdriving.com once completed so we can arrange retrieval or mailing of certificate of completion.  There is no automatic notification option in our online portal and certificates are not generally stored in classrooms therefore it is imperative that the main office is made aware.

If students need to cancel a drive, they must do so at least 24 hours in advance to avoid a $100 fee per hour missed.

Students must contact the instructor with whom they are scheduled to drive as the main office does not handle driving appointment changes.

You may only practice driving in New Hampshire.

Students are required by DMV law to do 6 hours of observation. This is when the student watches another student drive.

According to DMV law, a student can only drive 2 hours each week. The first six drives are in 1-hour increments, then after the 6th hour, they can drive in 2-hour increments.

Drive times are picked at random every Monday night for weekday classes.

Weekend classes pick-up drive on Saturdays.

Students can not sign up online for drives. They must be chosen in class.

All payments are only processed through our main office at 572 Main Street, Fremont, NH 03044 and can only be mailed to that address. Individual locations only handle payment on the first night of class as it is then delivered to the main office and processed.

The $325 deposit is non-refundable.  The deposit is used towards the cost of processing the student. If you would like to take a class at a later date, the deposit may be applied to that class. After the class has started, any payment that has been made will not be refunded.

Please note, a $325 deposit fee will be added to any subsequent course for students wishing to transfer classes with less than 30 days' notice or not showing on the mandatory opening night with or without notice as it is too late to fill that seat.

No, New Hampshire does not require a permit. You can skip that part, and your registration will still go through.

We are a private business and though we try to accommodate students as best we can, we are not mandated to follow any individual education plans. We will work with students as best we can and provide the same amount of effort to each student as they provide to us

We do not have a parent night. Students are sent home with paperwork to be signed, a syllabus, and phone numbers of all the instructors.

Per NH State law, students must finish all driver's education requirements within 6 months of the last date of the course enrolled.

No, once a student receives their certificate of completion, it does not expire.

When students sign up for a course, they have to create a username and password.

If a student forgets their username and password, you can restart it by clicking the forget username and password button.

Yes, we already factor in our tuition for cash discounts when we receive payment by cash or check. Any payment other than cash or check will include a fee of 2.5 %.

Final payment is due on the first day of class.

If you are interested in obtaining information for NH driver's education scholarships, you can go to: https://www.nhdrivered.com/ . Benson's Driving School does not offer individual scholarships as we donate to that fund directly, but the information will be on that website.

If you have already established a scholarship, the student and/or guardian will need to create an account at www.bensonsdriving.com to establish enrollment. The class spot is not guaranteed until the $325 non-refundable deposit is applied but this will establish your account. Please send any certification of scholarship once approved to info@bensonsdriving asap so we can assist with any further paperwork needed on their end.  

Please email info@bensonsdriving.com once enrollment has been completed. Payments can only be mailed to our main office at 572 Main St, Fremont, NH 03044, as individual locations do not handle or process payments outside of the first day of class.

Once we receive payment from whomever is issuing the scholarship, we will apply payment to the specified account and if the course is not at capacity of students who have already made the deposit, you will be active in that course. If only partial payment is made, the remaining balance is due on the first night of class.