Rider Training Institute

Cannot believe I handed over $ 400 + to this group of highly questionable helmet heads. Sharron St. Croix must have some creative hiring practices to gather this bunch together. Being refused by all other training companies must be all you need.
Lazy instruction and fictional assessment is the best you can expect from RTI.

I have to say that It takes a lot for me to go out of my way to write a bad review about an organization. I truly feel dealing direct with the establishment at the time there is an issue is always the best. I tried that– RTI has a nasty Policy in place that in my opinion is written to take advantage of people under the guise of keeping people from making scheduling a nightmare.
While I appreciate from a business perspective that one needs to set some boundaries for things that are scheduled in advance, I do not for the life of me understand why you would charge a new student $ 100 to rebook due to a work conflict. I was willing to provide a letter from my boss saying this is something that had just come up and I wasn’t made aware of it when I booked it just a few hours earlier, the classes wouldn’t start for a few days still.
I attended their classroom portion the same day I booked the course with them before getting the news about a staff meeting on Saturday. I was unimpressed with it. 4 Instructors took turns talking about slides on a projector, there were no materials provided to take home, and nothing started on time. The instructors themselves were great at making the class as engaging as they could, though the organization was lax. Four people in my class (myself included) were not on the roster. We spent a good 15 minutes proving we paid by showing our emails on our smartphones and hand writing our names on a list for attendance.
Also from what I gather from the instructor, there are classes every week. It would neither have been an issue or an inconvenience for them to postpone my riding portion one week yet they still took advantage of my situation and asked me to pony up 100+ HST if I wanted to continue.
To make this even worse, I received an email saying that the 100 was due now! The $ 500 I had already paid in full did not hold my spot. So until I give them the $ 100 I don’t have a guaranteed spot in the riding class the following weekend.
Please find yourself a better riding school that actually cares about accommodating you. At least they should consider treating you like a person instead of like a gold mine.
For what you are getting with RTI they don’t deserve your hard earned money.

If you are looking to become a well trained, confident rider this is where you should start! The instructors I dealt with (Jeff, David and Michel) were collectively some of best instructors I’ve had anywhere, with any training. Thier approach is fun, and engaging but serious and thorough. They know you will be on the roads with them and want to make sure you will be good enough at this skill to enjoy yourself while making sure you and others on the road are safe as well. I would recommend this school to any looking to motorcycling as a hobby or career. I felt good about thier training from the moment I stepped into the classroom, and it only got better during the practical (on bike). I took the weekday course, at Poulson pier ($ 420). Ate Lunch at T&T supermarket ($ 7/​day), and parked on the street for free! :)