PROGRAM REPORT

NEVADA RIDER

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

PROGRAM

TRAFFIC SAFETY DIVISION

CHARLES ABBOTT, HIGHWAY SAFETY COORDINATOR

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Legislative Report, January 1, 2007

Nevada Department of Public Safety

Traffic Safety Division

Nevada Rider Motorcycle Safety Program

NRS 486.378.1 requires the Motorcycle Safety Program to submit a report to the Governor and Legislative Counsel Bureau no later than January 1 of each odd numbered year. This is the executive summary of that report.

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSES OFFERED STATEWIDE

In the years 2005 and 2006, there were a total of 954 rider courses offered in the state. The courses were:

ü 829 Beginning Rider Courses

ü 121 Experienced Rider Courses

ü 2 Sidecar/Trike Courses

ü 2 New Instructor Courses

Rider courses were offered by the three community colleges and directly through the Department of Public Safety. Also, private training providers were authorized to conduct training, with state oversight. The Motorcycle Safety Program provided subsidy to the colleges for 4,820 beginning and 392 experienced riders.

ü Truckee Meadows Community College, with two training sites, trained 822 new riders.

ü Western Nevada Community College, with one training site, trained 510 new and 64 experienced riders.

ü Community College of Southern Nevada, with four training sites, trained 3,981 new and 326 experienced riders.

ü The Department of Public Safety, with eight rural training sites, trained 688 new and 121 experienced riders.

ü Private sites, with five training sites, trained 3,904 new and 327 experienced riders.

INSTRUCTORS

These courses were conducted by state-licensed instructors. As of 12-01-06, there are 91 certified instructors in Nevada.

FUNDING

NRS 482.480.4 provides funding of the program. For every motorcycle registered, the motorcycle program receives $6 to further rider education and motorists’ awareness. For fiscal years 2005 and 2006, the program received $631,591.

A detailed accounting of the expenses of the program is contained on the last page of the detailed report.

DETAILED REPORT

Pursuant to NRS 486.377, and on behalf of the Governor’s Advisory Board on Motorcycle Safety, this report is submitted on the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Traffic Safety Division, Motorcycle Safety Program.

COURSES OFFERED

The Department of Public Safety conducts statewide motorcycle training using contractors, private authorized training sites, and direct training through the Department of Public Safety. Presently, all contract training is conducted by the University and Community College System of Nevada by individual agreements with local colleges. The Department of Public Safety provides subsidy to the colleges, in an effort to keep tuition affordable for Nevada residents seeking this valuable training.

Courses are offered year round and include the Beginning Rider Course (BRC), Experienced Rider Course (ERC), the Sidecar/Trike Education Program (S/TEP), and the new instructor preparation course (RCP).

Since the beginning of the motorcycle safety program, the number of courses offered is:

BEGINNER RIDER COURSE

TRAINING SITE	1993-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Community College of Southern Nevada	663	125	155	112	117	1172
Western Nevada Community College	104	23	24	22	26	199
Truckee Meadows Community College	179	47	50	37	42	355
Great Basin College	14	0	0	0	0	14
Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety	83	19	31	34	36	203
Harley-Davidson (Reno & Las Vegas)	85	63	57	65	68	338
Nellis AFB	0	10	37	57	80	184
D & M One Stop Cycle School	0	0	13	33	0	46
Silver State Motorcycle Academy	0	0	0	52	48	100
Total BRC courses	1128	287	367	412	417	2611

EXPERIENCED RIDER COURSE

TRAINING SITE	1993-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Community College of Southern Nevada	97	14	16	23	15	165
Western Nevada Community College	15	0	0	7	1	23
Truckee Meadows Community College	16	3	0	2	0	21
Great Basin College	5	0	0	0	0	5
Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety	10	4	6	5	7	32
Harley-Davidson (Reno & Las Vegas)	0	1	0	8	9	18
Nellis AFB	0	0	6	11	19	36
D & M One Stop Cycle School	0	0	4	13	0	17
Silver State Motorcycle Academy	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total ERC courses	143	22	32	69	52	318

SIDECAR/TRIKE EDUCATION PROGRAM

Training site	2003	2004	2005	2006	Total
Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety	1	1	0	2	4

COURSE LOCATIONS

Courses are offered in a variety of locations to best serve the population of Nevada. The following describes sponsors and the location of the many training sites in the state. With the exception of Austin, NV, a training site is within a two hour drive from anywhere in the state.

Truckee Meadows Community College

· 20000 Army Aviation Drive, Reno, NV

· 7000 Dandini Blvd., Reno, NV

Western Nevada Community College

· 2201 W. College Pkwy., Carson City, NV

Community College of Southern Nevada

· 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas, NV (two locations)

· 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV

· 700 College Ave., Henderson, NV

· CCSN Outreach, Highway 395, Tonopah, NV

Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety

· 555 Wright Way, Carson City, NV

· 3505 Construction Way, Winnemucca, NV

· 3920 E. Idaho, Elko, NV

· US Gypsum, Empire, NV

· 1800 Bobcat Dr., Ely, NV

· Fallon Naval Air Station, Fallon, NV

· Mineral County Airport, Hawthorne, NV

Harley-Davidson, Rider’s Edge

· 2605 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV

· 2295 Market St., Reno, NV

United States Air Force

· 4430 Grissom, Nellis AFB, NV

D & M One-Stop Cycle School

· 733 Veterans Memorial Drive, Las Vegas, NV

Silver State Motorcycle Academy

· 960 Lasso Way, Fernley, NV

INSTRUCTORS

Our most valuable resource is our instructors. We are constantly seeking qualified instructors from all geographic areas in Nevada. Since most classes are conducted on weekends, instructors must give up their weekends to teach classes. Although most sponsors provide some kind of compensation for the instructors’ time, most instructors seem to teach more for the personal satisfaction of being able to train a new rider to ride a motorcycle safer in a single weekend. Instructors are also held to a high standard, per NRS 486.375, for eligibility, and must routinely pass frequent Quality Audits by the program. At the end of 2006, there were 91 licensed instructors throughout the state.

STUDENTS TRAINED

These instructors have done a remarkable job in providing training to the public. Below are charts showing the numbers of students trained throughout the state.

BEGINNER RIDER COURSE

SITE	1993-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	TOTAL
Community College of Southern Nevada	8373	1594	1947	1888	2093	15895
Western Nevada Community College	1275	272	264	232	273	2316
Truckee Meadows Community College	2493	446	437	395	427	4198
Great Basin College	153	0	0	0	0	153
Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety	598	191	325	318	390	1822
Harley-Davidson (Reno & Las Vegas)	804	706	630	719	753	3612
Nellis AFB	0	88	329	604	863	1884
D & M One Stop Cycle School	0	0	97	275	0	372
Silver State Motorcycle Academy	0	0	97	382	358	837
Total BRC Students	13696	3297	4126	4813	5157	31089

TEN YEAR GROWTH RATE

This chart shows the growth rate for the last ten years:

EXPERIENCED RIDER COURSE

SITE	1993-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	TOTAL
Community College of Southern Nevada	678	83	105	189	149	1204
Western Nevada Community College	150	0	22	58	8	238
Truckee Meadows Community College	150	25	0	0	0	175
Great Basin College	19	0	0	0	0	19
Nevada DPS Motorcycle Safety	40	39	49	49	63	240
Harley-Davidson (Reno & Las Vegas)	0	12	0	36	77	125
Nellis AFB	0	0	10	106	204	320
D & M One Stop Cycle School	0	0	13	108	0	121
Silver State Motorcycle Academy	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total ERC Students	1037	159	199	546	506	2447

FEES COLLECTED

According to NRS 482.480, Fees for Registration, the following excerpt allows fees to be collected for motorcycle safety:

“4. For every motorcycle, a fee for registration of $33 and for each motorcycle other than a trimobile, an additional fee of $6 for motorcycle safety. The additional fee must be deposited in the state highway fund for credit to the account for the program for the education of motorcycle riders.”

The fees collected for this two year reporting period are $631,591.

A detailed accounting for the expenses of the program is on the next page.