07/10/2021

Beginning of the Practical Specialization Program for Instructors in Safe Motorcycle Riding in Posadas, Argentina

Together with the Municipality of Misiones, with the support of the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) and the Licensing Directorate (SINALIC), and within the framework of the Safe Mobility of Motorcyclists Week that we are carrying out in Posadas, we present the beginning of the Practical Specialization Program for Instructors in Safe Motorcycle Riding, which will enable those who take it to identify themselves as specialized instructors in licenses for these vehicles. This launch is one more step in the strategy we have deployed in Argentina to address the problem of road accidents, especially focused on the most vulnerable users, such as motorcyclists.

This specialization began to be implemented two years ago in Argentina, through the implementation of a nationwide strategy designed to promote changes in road safety and safe motorcycle riding. In addition, a government commitment was implemented aimed at generating skills in the teams of the License Issuing Centers, with the objective of achieving an improvement in the process of obtaining a driver's license, with a specific focus on the practical test.

"We focus on the reddest areas of Argentina. We want to give more knowledge and more tools to motorcycle instructors and that is what we are doing from the Fundación together with ANSV" explained Fernanda Nani Rodríguez, president of Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez.

Along with this launching, it was proposed to work throughout this week on responsible motorcycle riding with different representatives of the civil society, through a public good campaign that seeks to put the issue on the agenda and raise awareness, especially among young people, about the importance of using safety elements and instructing about rights and responsibilities on public roads. This is the result of a risk perception study that we developed between July and August of this year in different provinces of NEA/NOA/CUYO and Central Argentina, to compare the accident rate data.