RTO's conduct training on unique mobile simulator for two-wheelers

Mumbais Regional Transport Offices are seeing a unique form of realtime training Fourhourlong classroom sessions on safedefensive riding followed by a demo by trainer amp assessment on a unique mobile simulator for twowheelers Indias first such is being conducted at RTO AndheriThe simulators are also for new and those who know how to ride a twowheeler Till date we have trained over 7245 youth in safe twowheeler riding Further we have formed a total of 88 Road Safety clubs with the help of trained students who have carried out close to 297 awareness activities on road safety a training volunteer saidThe training is being conducted by United Way Mumbai a part of the 130yearold United Way movement spanning 41 countries across the world The mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good Our flagship programmes have been in the areas of civic awareness public safety health and greening United Way Mumbai has been implementing a special community impact initiative namely United For Road Safety URS he addedKeeping in mind the twowheeler road crashrelated deaths UWM under the umbrella of URS initiative is running a project called Two Wheels One Life ndashA CSR initiative by Castrol which aims to educate and sensitize youth to become safer and more responsible twowheeler riders It is implemented in collaboration with Mumbai Traffic Police RTO Mumbai NSS the University of Mumbai National Safety Council of Maharashtra ChapterBeginning May 2019 we at United Way Mumbai in collaboration with Andheri RTO started special training activities at Andheri RTO for the training of applicants with a 2wheeler learner license All the learning license applicants are getting trained safe riding practices through classroom session amp simulator training 2 days per week This as part of a project namely Two Wheels One Life supported by Castrol India under their CSR initiative under the aegis of our flagship initiative United For Road Safety he addedHe said that all the applicants with a 2wheeler learner license are encouraged by the RTO officers to attend our brief training on safe 2wheeler riding Itrsquos a combination of classroom training 1 hour long followed by handson training on our twowheeler simulator This is Indiarsquos first mobile twowheeler simulatorThe key topics covered during the training are road marking traffic signs rules of the road the importance of safety gears such as helmets speeding drunken driving distraction while driving and vehicle maintenance and daily essential checks etcMumbai Auto crackdown nets RTO record revenueTill date we have conducted 94 training sessions at Andheri RTO and thus rained 1844 individuals Out of that 527 have also been trained on the twowheeler simulator The training on simulator helps assess all the traffic violations committed by the individual while riding on the given track on a computerised simulator he explainedWe have even had a few participants who failed in the online test and after attending the training have cleared the test This is ensuring training of individuals at the right stage ie before they are licensed to ride a twowheeler he saidWe are planning to take this to all the RTOs and make it a regular daily affair based on success and learning at Andheri RTO he addedAlso read Mumbai Illegal vehicles ferrying school students to face RTO heatCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates