The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday announced that it is set to establish a Motorcycle Riding Academy in Metro Manila.
In a press release, MMDA said the academy aims to ensure safer roads for commuters and decrease the total number of motorcycle-related accidents.
“The Academy would provide riders with formal training on both theoretical and practical aspects of motorcycle riding,” MMDA acting chairman Don Artes said.
Under the project, both beginners and experienced riders will be provided a Motorcycle Safety Training Course module that will contain the following:
- different types, characteristics, basic parts, basic control, and operation of motorcycles
- various road safety laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the operation of motorcycles
- necessary driving skills on how to avoid hazardous situations
- understanding risk awareness and risk-taking
Likewise, the said Academy will provide riders a basic emergency response training and lectures.
According to the MMDA, the lectures include:
- Motorcycle Riding Courtesy
- Motorcycle Orientation
- Road Traffic Rules and Regulations, and Motorcycle Safety Laws
Lectures will also provide simulation exercises such as preparing to ride, common riding situations, a safety driving demonstration, and a motorcycle basic riding course.
According to MMDA, the training is free and a certificate of completion will be given to all participants.
“Through this Motorcycle Riding Academy, we aim to further promote road safety, particularly to our motorcyclists who are very much at risk to road mishaps. It's a good opportunity for them to refresh and hone their riding skills and to provide first aid to people who will encounter unexpected road accidents,” the MMDA chief Artes said.
The agency is eyeing to build the Motorcycle Riding Academy at the vacant property of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) along Julia Vargas Avenue corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City.
The said academy is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2023, it said.
