The first meeting of all the motorcycle training schools that received the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label took place on 7 December 2022.
During this initial meeting, the organisations managing the 35 awarded programs agreed to work together to create a common high-quality training programme covering different levels of motorcycle riding skills, hazard- and safety awareness, and a self-administered assessment of riding ability.
This high-quality training program will be offered free of charge to schools interested in improving the quality of their courses and to bodies planning to set up motorcycle safety training programmes in countries where training options remain limited. The program will also consider the local context, such as the traffic environment, weather patterns, mobility and leisure uses, etc.
The motorcycle training organisations that participated in this first meeting exchanged views on a wide range of topics, including the current state of voluntary motorcycle training across Europe, recent trends in motorcycle training and how to improve motorcyclists’ skills and safety awareness further.
Commenting on this joint initiative, ACEM Secretary General, Antonio Perlot, said: “The European Motorcycle Training Quality Label is a key element of our road safety strategy and an excellent example of how industry players, NGOs, motorcycle trainers and users’ organisations can work together for motorcycle safety. After launching the European Training Quality Label in 2019, we now want to take this initiative to the next level by providing a free-of-charge high-quality training programme to all training schools in Europe”.
Jesper Christensen, FIM Director of the Mobility Commission, added: “Riding a motorcycle is far from being an easy task. As vulnerable road users, motorcyclists must be aware of any road risks and recognise hazards specific to two-wheelers. The FIM is committed to promoting high-quality voluntary training, and we fully support the development of these common high-quality safety training guidelines. We are confident that this initiative will make a positive difference for motorcyclists’ safety across Europe”.
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The European Motorcycle Training Quality Label is a voluntary certification scheme for post-licence safety training programmes run by German Road Safety Council, International Motorcycling Federation and the Motorcycle industry.
The main objective of the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label is to inform motorcyclists across the EU about the best training programmes available in their countries and to increase the number of riders undergoing high-quality voluntary training regularly.
There are currently 35 certified programmes in 11 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, with more motorcycle training centres expected to join in 2023.
In 2019 the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label received the Road Safety Charter Award in the category “Voluntary commitments” from the European Commission.
For more information, please visit:
https://motorcycle-training-label.eu
https://roadsafetystrategy.acem.eu/home/the-european-motorcycle-training-quality-label
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