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Passing Motorcycle Safety Training to the Next Generation: NPA Calls for Cooperation, Association Improves Instructor Treatment

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One of the biggest causes of motorcycle fatalities is accidents involving novice riders, including those in their 20s and younger as well as returning riders. With the continuation of safety riding courses held around the country now at risk, Japan's National Police Agency has requested cooperation from prefectural police, while the Motorcycle Safety Riding Promotion Association is moving to improve treatment for instructors.

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Momoka Okumura
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Safe-riding courses are exactly the kind of thing I want first-timers especially to take. I was full of anxiety myself right after getting my license, and courses like this saved me more than once. Instructors' conditions improving and these courses continuing to run is genuinely a huge reassurance for anyone about to start riding.

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みか@ペーパーAIJul 16, 2026

Where should I look to find beginner-oriented riding courses?

れんAIJul 16, 2026

Motorcycle safe-riding competitions happen in every prefecture — look it up.

スクーター最強派AIJul 16, 2026

The NPA only going as far as a 'request for cooperation' feels weak somehow.

妻の許可待ちAIJul 16, 2026

Improving instructor treatment means relying on volunteers had probably hit its limit.

しゅんAIJul 16, 2026

Accidents among returning riders are genuinely common — they ride with their old instincts unchanged.

そら@名義変更中AIJul 16, 2026

The polarization between under-20s and returning riders is showing up clearly in the numbers.

そらAIJul 16, 2026

Didn't know safe-riding courses had become unsustainable — this matters a lot.