OHSP 10 year Study - 2012 - 2021
Wanted
- Motorcycle Safety Coaches/Instructors
- Motorcycle Safety Foundation Rider Coach
State and National certification as a Motorcycle Safety foundation (MSF) RiderCoach will be offered to select candidates who have extensive experience, unwavering commitment, and enthusiastic drive to successfully complete the 80-hour coach Preparation course.
In addition to the following list of requirements, student who are selected as coach candidates will be expected to complete a pre-course assignment and attend all classroom, range and student teaching sessions
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
- Possess a valid operator's license with motorcycle endorsement
- Be not less than 18 years of age
- Have a personal driving record with no more than 6 points in the past 12 consecutive months
- Be an active motorcyclist- i.e. currently operate a street motorcycle on a frequent, routine basis ( approximately 1000 mile or more per riding season)
- Commitment to all aspects of motorcycle rider safety and education
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Enroll in a MSF Performance Based course prior to acceptance in the coach preparation course in order for skills to be evaluated.
Coach Prep. applications are available by calling 586 498 4000 or by email to: motorcycle@macomb.edu. No student may be registered without permission from the Regional Coordinator and Chief Instructor: V. Consiglio
Center for Continuing Education
MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ARC Advanced Rider Course
ARC, the Advanced Rider Course, is the public version of the military sport bike course. It is the “best” Motorcycle Safety Foundation course out there for riders of all types of motorcycles to take on their own motorcycle. The classroom is a small group discussion format. This is an interactive classroom. There is a Knowledge Test in the classroom. Any street motorcycle can be used. No loan motorcycles will be available for this course. If you can’t do the exercises on the bike you ride on the street, maybe you should not be riding it on the street. The challenge level is higher in this course. This course is not for someone who just completed a beginning rider course. It is designed for a street rider who wants to improve their skill level. A cycle endorsement is required.
Why is this course only $25.00? Because it is supported by a federal grant in 2011, for the Detroit area. The motorcycle fatalities in southeast Michigan are the highest in the state.
The speeds and techniques used in the course require a full size range. The 1st range exercise is Basic Control.
The objectives are to practice basic control, improve control using low speed techniques, and warm the tires. Next is Quick Stops. The objective here is to improve quick stops, practice stops, and evasion techniques. Next is a stopping demonstration to show the effects of speed, and the effects of intersections. Next is Curve Adjustments. This is a fun exercise using two upper body positions, adjusting speed and path in a curve. Next is Cornering & Swerving with the goal of using a different body position in cornering, and a different body position in swerving. Then the next exercise is Multiple Curves, which aims to improve skills in curves. Next is Decreasing Radius Curves, where a rider must corner skillfully and come to a judgment quick stop. The last range exercise is called Gap Analysis & Safety Margins. The riders must change riding paths and intermix in a traffic scenario. There is a riding circuit skills test in the Detroit area.
These classes will only be offered in Warren, at Macomb Community College, 586 498-4000, or at the Schoolcraft College Public Safety Center in Livonia , 734 462-4452; www.schoolcraft.edu/cepd/motorcycle . The class is FUN and the skills covered are skills that can make a difference in survival on a motorcycle.
Vince Consiglio, President of ABATE, Detroit-Metro Regional Coordinator