Over 160 females in 6 cities across South & West India learn how to ride safe with ‘Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul’
Chandigarh sunita shastri:Continuing its endeavor to makewomen independent & safe riders in the challenging times of New Normal, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) conductedits Digital Road Safety Awareness Trainingexclusively for females.The digital safety awareness training called ‘Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul’educated over 160 females including working women, housewives, young school & college students, teachers & staff through three 1-hour learning programs across6 cities of South & West India(Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Hyderabad, Thane and Yeola).
Speaking on this initiative, Mr. Prabhu Nagaraj, Senior Vice President – Brand & Communications, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Empowering women to be independent riders, Honda launched its unique Dream Riding initiative for females. Further keeping up to its commitment to build more confident female riders in the new social distancing era, Honda has initiated digital road safety awareness training exclusively for females. We are delighted with the response from more than 160 females who actively participated in Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul and learnt about the important aspects of safe riding habits & road safety norms.”Keeping it informative yet engaging, Honda’s road safety instructors utilized Road Safety Learning Programs to enhance the retention of Road Safety awareness. The training focused on explaining the importance of safe riding etiquettes, safety gears, road rules, traffic signs through a mix of theory, videos and case studies. The 1-hour long video session was followed by a Question &Answer session for resolving queries on various topics.Honda’s Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts in Road Safety promotion:As a socially responsible corporate, Honda is actively contributing to spread road safety awareness and has educated over 2.50 Lac people in Tamil Naduthrough itsregular activities and awareness camps in traffic training parks, schools, colleges & corporates.Sensitizing people of all age groups, Honda has made 36 lac Indians aware on road safety through its 14 adopted traffic training parks (2 in Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Yeola, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Trichy, Karnal and Thane); training to learner license applicants& traffic rule violators at its 4 traffic parks (Karnal, Bhubaneswar, Trichy & Coimbatore) & 4 safety driving education centres (Ranchi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada & Una) and regular activities for schools, colleges, corporate & societies.
Furthermore, Honda is also spreading road safety awareness digitally through its Road Safety E-Gurukul started in May’20 and has educated over 40,000 people across 68 cities and 19 States & U.Ts. Together, with the support of civil society, Honda is making all efforts to ensure that Indians are safer on roads as India continues to unlock further in the times to come.
