During the June TMSC meeting, held in College Station on June 22^nd, the coalition members and guests in attendance worked together to expand one of the motorcycle safety countermeasures presented in the Texas Strategic Action Plan for Motorcycles. The document, Texas SAP for Motorcycles Supplement, reviews the methods used for conducting the working session, as well as the findings presented by the session’s breakout groups. The goal for this working session was to allow for a diverse set of motorcycle safety stakeholders to collaborate on ways to achieve rider responsibility. Similar working sessions that will expand on other countermeasures presented in the Texas Strategic Action Plan for Motorcycles will be held in future TMSC meetings.

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Join us for the Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition (TMSC) meeting, August 24, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting will be held in College Station, Texas, at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in the Gibb Gilchrist Building, room 102. Both members and non-members are invited to attend the meeting.

Please RSVP to attend by emailing Christie no later than noon on Tuesday, August 22 and indicate if you will drive a State Vehicle, Personal Vehicle or Motorcycle so that we can have an accurate headcount and correct types of parking permits. This is very important because the permits have to ordered/picked up from TAMU Parking.

The agenda will be as follows:

Join us for the Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition (TMSC) meeting, August 24, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting will be held in College Station, Texas, at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in the Gibb Gilchrist Building, room 102. Both members and non-members are invited to attend the meeting. 

Please RSVP to attend by emailing Christie no later than noon on Tuesday, August 22 and indicate if you will drive a State Vehicle, Personal Vehicle or Motorcycle so that we can have an accurate headcount and correct types of parking permits.  This is very important because the permits have to ordered/picked up from TAMU Parking.

The TMSC serves as a public forum for addressing strategies to improve motorcycle safety; discusses effective programs, regulations, and other opportunities to improve motorcycle safety; reviews, proposes, and makes recommendations concerning motorcycle-related legislation; and serves to promote rider safety and inform the public about being aware of motorcycles and sharing the road safely. Sign up to get involved with the coalition. For more information about the coalition or to see past meeting minutes, go to the TMSC page.

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The Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition met on June 22 to discuss a number of items. Highlights included:

• Opening Remarks/ Welcome New Members
• Texas Motorcycle Safety Forum Discussion & Evaluation: Increasing Attendance & Future Speakers
• Texas DPS Motorcycle Safety Unit Update
• Lunch & Impaired Motorcycle Simulator Demos
• Motorcycle Safety in Florida
• Motorcycle Strategic Action Plan Review
• Open Discussion and Adjourn

The meeting minutes are now available to download.

The TMSC serves as a public forum for addressing strategies to improve motorcycle safety; discusses effective programs, regulations, and other opportunities to improve motorcycle safety; reviews, proposes, and makes recommendations concerning motorcycle-related legislation; and serves to promote rider safety and inform the public about being aware of motorcycles and sharing the road safely.

Find minutes from other meetings here.

Want your motorcycle club or group members to be safer when riding and reduce the potential for deadly crashes?

Riding motorcycles involves an element of risk. Contributing to the danger is a lack of knowledge amongst riders of what the real risks are and the strategies they can use to avoid crashes. Through the efforts of the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, motorcycle crashes have been extensively researched and that research shows that most can be avoided by the actions of a knowledgeable and skillful rider, but we need to share this information to reduce crashes.

TxDOT offers a free on-site presentation of this valuable and life-saving information to your club or group as part of on-going rider safety efforts. For further information or to schedule a presentation, please contact:

Jude Schexnyder
Motorcycle Safety Program Manager
(512) 832-7035
Email: jude.schexnyder@txdot.gov

Let’s all work together to stay riding safe.