Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India in association with Tamil Nadu State Police kicks-off road safety awareness drive in Chennai
Chennai, 28th April 2022: Continuing its efforts to foster safe riding habits, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) in association with Tamil Nadu State Police today kicked-off road safety awareness drive at Tamil Nadu Police Academy located at Kellambakkam High Road Vandalur (Oonamanchery) in Chennai.
In order to ensure the safety of police forces who selflessly dedicate their lives in protecting the citizens, the Tamil Nadu State Police has given responsibility to HMSI to initiate a road safety awareness programme for newly recruited sub-inspectors of the state. Beginning from 28 April 2022, the 9-days awareness drive on how to be safe on roads will sensitize nearly 1000 newly recruited sub-inspectors of Tamil Nadu.
The awareness drive was kicked-off in the august presence of Dr. A. Amalraj (Indian Police Service Officer & Assistant Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu) and Sh. Prabhu Nagaraj (Operating Officer – Brand & Communication, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India) and other dignitaries from Tamil Nadu Police and HMSI.
Elaborating on spreading road safety awareness Mr. Prabhu Nagaraj, Operating Officer – Brand & Communication, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India said, “HMSI salutes the Tamil Nadu Police who is working rigorously to protect the citizens. With this road safety awareness drive, HMSI expresses its gratitude to them and wants to ensure their safety on roads by educating them on important aspects of road safety. We thank Tamil Nadu Police for extending their support to us in educating the new sub-instructors to not only be responsible road users but also help in enforcement. Moving forward, we will continue to expand our road safety initiatives for creating more responsible road users.”
About HMSI’s road safety awareness drive for Tamil Nadu police:
HMSI’s 3.5-hours training program will educate the participants through the theory session on road rules & regulations, road signs & markings, driver’s duties on road, riding gear & posture explanation and safe riding etiquettes. This will be followed by training on Honda’s virtual riding simulator to experience nearly 100 possible dangers on road before actual riding.
Further, to improve the risk prediction ability of riders on roads, participants will be provided special danger prediction training known as Kiken Yosoku Training (KYT) which helps in enhancing rider/driver’s sensitivity to danger and ensures safe driving action on roads. To provide participants a holistic understanding of road safety, the participants will then implement the learnings through practical training on a Honda two-wheeler.