HMSI Kicks Off National Road Safety Summer Camp For School Children

As per an announcement made by Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India, a special event- the National Road Safety Summer Camp for kids has been started on 21 May.The school children from 8 cities including Karnal, Ludhiana, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Chandigarh, and Coimbatore will be taught essential road safety habits. Over 4500 children will participate in the event. The first summer camp has been commenced in Delhi at the Baba Kharak Singh Marg and Roshanara Bagh traffic training park. Over 800 children have been enrolled in the event.

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The programme will consist of write-down activities:

• Specially trained instructors will make students (9 to 12 years) aware of the two-wheelers and significance of riding gear on imported 50cc CRF 50 motorcycles.
• Do’s and Don’ts while commuting on a school bus and on the bicycle, will also be taught by the instructors.
• The students will also compete in a ‘Best Road Safety Slogan’ competition.
• Delhi police in alliance with Honda will direct a self-defence program.
• Also, there will be educational activities like road safety games and quizzes every day.

Press Release:

New Delhi, May 21, 2018: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. today announced the commencement of national road safety summer camp for school children in 8 cities. Engaging over 4,500 children nationally, Honda’s national road safety summer camp will also be conducted in Karnal, Ludhiana, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Chandigarh, and Coimbatore. Developing children as Safety Champs it is essential to inculcate road safety as a daily habit in all aspects starting as a pedestrian to a rider.

Part of Honda’s #HelmetOnLifeOn initiative, in Delhi the summer camps will take place in Baba Kharak Singh Marg and Roshanara Bagh traffic training park. Honda will educate over 800 children on road safety between May 21 and June 15, 2018, in the summer camps. Vowing to make Indian roads safe for all, Honda aims to catch them young and develop children as Safety Champs in all aspects of road safety starting as a pedestrian to a rider. Honda wants to make road safety as a daily habit which will last a lifetime.

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Speaking on the significance of this summer camp, Mr Prabhu Nagaraj, Vice President, Brand & Communication, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “As a  responsible two-wheeler manufacturer, Honda is fully committed towards road safety & has so far educated 18.8 lac Indians. This summer vacation, Honda is joining hands with state government authorities to conduct national road safety summer camp at its traffic training parks and will educate over 4,500 children. Honda firmly believes that children are the nation builders of tomorrow. Learning about road safety early in life will make them act as a check on parents, introducing safe riding habits in them.”