SMART is a road safety initiative of the Gold Coast City Council that offers professional instruction for licensed motorcycle riders. The program’s overall objective is to reduce the incident of motorcycle crashes in the city and to promote safe motorcycle travel by improving rider skills and knowledge of local and hinterland roads.
The program has been running for 3 years and has won two Queensland Road Safety Awards for its contribution to road safety.
Five times 500cc World Champion Mick Doohan supports the program as its patron and wants to help motorcycle riders be the best they can be. He believes rider education and ongoing training are the keys to avoiding crashes.
The training is conducted on carefully selected public roads under the guidance of professional motorcycle instructors. With Council subsidy, one day’s tuition with HART (Honda Australia Rider Training) costs $45.
Numbers are strictly limited with groups consisting of up to 24 motorcyclists and four trainers.
New training routes have been incorporated into the 2010 program and three levels of training are offered:
- Transition level requiring participants to have had at least six months of regular riding on an RE licence.
- Level 1 requiring participants to have had at least one year of regular riding on an RE or R licence.
- Level 2 requiring participant to have had at least five years regular riding on an RE or R licence.
Dates for the 2010 program are:
- March: 20th, 21st
- April: 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th
- May: 15th, 16th, 29th, 30th
- June: 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th
- July: 10th, 11th, 24th, 25th
More details are available on the Gold Coast City Council website at http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/smart.
To make a booking, you can contact Council’s Road Safety Unit on (07) 5667 3624 or email Karen Burton at kburton@goldcoast.qld.gov.au.
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3 of us booked in for 21stMarch ..looking forward to it …hope the rain is gone..lol !
Comment by Paul W — Mar 9 @ 7:47 pm2 Scooters booked in on 21st March as well
Comment by Dakoda — Mar 11 @ 1:01 pmI’ve booked for the 21st as well, can’t wait for it. agreed as well Paul
Comment by pdean8 — Mar 13 @ 4:23 pmFor those that done the course on the 21st. how was it?
Comment by steelhorse — Mar 29 @ 10:19 amReally good. I saw Wil Anderson the night before, and then had to ride there from Brisbane, so I was stuffed before I even started, and left at about 2.30pm due toa migraine, but I had a great day….. Would recommend it to anyone. The shirts are cool too
Comment by Dakoda — Mar 29 @ 9:02 pm