HPG conducts executive motorcycle riding course at Fontana

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    CLARK FREEPORT – At least 57 Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel from the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) and 26 civilians are currently undergoing a 68-hour basic training course on motorcycle riding at the Fontana Leisure Parks here.

    According to Supt. Gregorio Galsim, the training program which is officially called the Executive Motorcycle Riding Course (EMRC), involves comprehensive skills training covering several subjects that develop safe riding skills such as evading traffic hazards on the roadway and skills development on dangerous situations; developing proper posture, accelerator control and calculation; developing flexibility of the waists, accelerator control and  correct circulation on stiff situation; riding and passing safely between columns of motor vehicles in motion along the road; overcoming unexpected obstacles/eventualities; familiarization in the use of  motorcycle  in the highways.

    Fontana CEO Manuel Sequiera, 2013 class president of the PNP-HPG EMRC, said the 68-hour training will run for four weeks with two days each week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) as training days. Last Thursday was only the second day of the course, he said.

    Galsim said the EMRC is an effective skills training especially for beginners to familiarize themselves with big bikes.

    He noted that most road accidents involve small motorcycles which are less than 400 cc which means they do not belong to the big bike category.

    Galsim said veteran HPG personnel and graduates of previous EMRC are supervising the riding course.

    He explained that riders of the small motor bikes use more of their arms in maneuvering them while riders of the big bikes use their bodies more to maneuver them.

    He said after completing the EMRC, confidence in riding and defensive driving will be instilled in the participants which can earn them certificates of completion and rider patches.

    Sequiera said Fontana sponsored the venue and “we hope it’s going to be a regular event here.”

    “I hope the participants will learn much from this program from first aid to riding properly and equally important is how to fall off,” Sequiera said.

    “Hopefully we can use our experience to help others,” he added.

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