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The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) announces plans to update its safety courses curriculum, trying to provide students with a more comprehensive, hands-on experience to prepare them better for the day when they’ll be riding on public roads all by themselves for the first time.
Back in the summer of 2013, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation has upgraded its offer with the addition of the Basic eCourse, a safety-centered e-learning program which was aimed at offering students a better understanding of motorcycling. The Basic eCourse was focused on behavioral aspects, such as awareness, risk and hazard perception and anticipation, decision-making and so on.
However, MSF officials now say that while the Basic eCourse proved to be a good initial contact with the motorcycling world, it was not enough, as some thought initially. From the rather cryptic message, we can presume that some of the features of the eCourse will be embedded in the fresh MSF Basic RiderCourse, with a theoretical and behavioral approach backing the step-by-step, hands-on training.
As far as this goes, this upgrade might be a very cool one, bringing together more useful safety-focused elements in a more dense, interactive and engaging training program which should appeal more to students. The MSF may also need to provide some additional training to their certified RiderCoaches, too.
Still, while the motorcycle safety organizations insist more and more on rider training, life on the streets remains unchanged in the absence of similar programs aimed at drivers. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation is a non-profit organization backed by BMW, BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio, Polaris Motorcycles, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha.
However, MSF officials now say that while the Basic eCourse proved to be a good initial contact with the motorcycling world, it was not enough, as some thought initially. From the rather cryptic message, we can presume that some of the features of the eCourse will be embedded in the fresh MSF Basic RiderCourse, with a theoretical and behavioral approach backing the step-by-step, hands-on training.
As far as this goes, this upgrade might be a very cool one, bringing together more useful safety-focused elements in a more dense, interactive and engaging training program which should appeal more to students. The MSF may also need to provide some additional training to their certified RiderCoaches, too.
Still, while the motorcycle safety organizations insist more and more on rider training, life on the streets remains unchanged in the absence of similar programs aimed at drivers. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation is a non-profit organization backed by BMW, BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio, Polaris Motorcycles, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha.
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