Howdy,
my name is Michael Lee Zollner, Jr., and you can call me
Mike. I hail from west by Gosh, Virginia. That's right, west
by Gosh, Virginia. However, I have been living in Northern
Virginia for some twelve years now and I consider this to be
my home.
Although I
have been serving Northern Virginia for ten years, I
have recently established All Star Driving School. Many of
my former students from the area's best full service driving
school encouraged me to start my own driving school. So on
May 8, 2000, I made the decision to do just that. I have
taught teenagers from just about every school that one can
think of in the tri-state area, both private and public,
both all girls' and all boys' schools, rich and poor and
everything in between. I attribute my success to the fact
that I just go out and do my job every day to the best of my
ability and I treat everyone the same. Just because your
father is a senator or judge does not mean that you'll get
preferential treatment. There are no second class students
at All Star Driving School. As far as I'm concerned, you all
come to me for one reason: to learn how to be a safe driver
and to obtain the privilege to drive. Like any teacher, I
pledge to be fair, firm, and friendly with an occasional
light joke to break the ice if I have to, if that's okay
with you. All I ask of you is that you let me do my job and
for you to be the very best student that you can be. I ask
that you as students pledge to take this training seriously
and to help me establish a generation of mature operators.
It would make me proud to see a generation of drivers that I
trained not get in any accidents or get any tickets. That is
my goal and the goal that I ask each of my graduates to set
for themselves upon graduation.
I am a veteran of the
United States Army. I served in the European theater in
Berlin, Germany, as well as Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. I
was an Honor Graduate from Ft. Knox, Kentucky and served as
a Patient Affairs Representative in the Medical Service
Corps. My former commander is Lieutenant General Ronald
Blanck, former U.S. Army Surgeon General. I attended
college at Allegany Community College in Cumberland, MD and
Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. I received three
Academic Scholarships and worked my way through college at
United Parcel Service. I also officiated football to help
foot the bill. I have three beautiful children named Megan,
Scott, and Craig. All three of them are in college. I have
worked for many Fortune 500 companies in the past 20 years,
mainly in the transportation industry.
I think that you will
like All Star Driving School and that you will like the way
I instruct you to drive. I am not high pressure and I make
the very most that one can out of the 5.8 hours that you
will be driving to include residential/business, open road,
country road, city/town, interstate Fairfax County Parkway,
and perpendicular parking. Parallel parking and beltway
driving are not required by the state of Virginia. Beltway
lessons may be given at the rate of $60 per hour, three
months after having your temporary license, with a minimum
of two hours. I have found that this is a very appropriate
lesson plan for the average teenager. It is highly
recommended, but not required, that you have been practicing
driving for a minimum of six months and have driven long
distance with your parents. If you have only been driving
for less than six months and have no long distance
experience, it may be difficult to achieve excellence in 5.8
hours, but not entirely impossible. This is only a
suggestion based on empirical evidence. I like to think that
I can train anybody to drive if they are willing to learn.
However, you cannot learn to drive in a parking lot and if
you cannot keep the car in the center of the lane in the
road, then you are not ready to start this training. So,
without further comment, I look forward to training you, and
remember, our motto at All Star Driving School is, "Keep
your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel." Thank
you for your support and drive safely. Hope to see you soon
ladies and gentleman. Go for it!
All The
Best,
Michael L. Zollner, Jr. -
President and Owner, All Star Driving School
