Our business is built on a tradition of service.

Five O Driving School is family owned and operated and founded by first responders. Co-founders John Rhoades and James Barnard have over 40 years of combined law enforcement experience and another 20 years of combined experience teaching people how to safely and effectively operate a motor vehicle.

We hire First Responders who value service, leadership, and education. It's what sets Five O Driving School apart from the competition. 

In addition to decades of experience serving the community, all Five O instructors are licensed to teach driver education by the state of California and receive constant traffic enforcement and driver safety training to keep them up-to-date. Why would you want to learn from anyone else?

We instruct teen drivers, adult drivers, and senior citizen drivers. We operate a fleet of Dodge Chargers which have a five-star safety rating and are equipped with dual-control brakes.

The only thing we charge extra for is extra lessons.

Every package is all-inclusive and includes residential, city, canyon, and freeway driving as well as debriefing with anxious parents. We offer free pick up and drop off in our service areas of Bakersfield, the Central Coast, and Southern California (including the Santa Clarita Valley, San Fernando Valley, Antelope Valley, Simi Valley, and Moorpark). Our goal is to give students the widest range of driving experience possible right from the start. That's why we do city, canyon, and freeway driving on the first lesson.

Five O Driving School is insured with full liability coverage plans, which is a requirement from the Department of Motor Vehicles. All Five O Instructors are DMV certified!

Family Owned & Operated | Founded By First Responders