Over 1600 school students and staff members empowered with road safety education
Navsari 09 April 2025: In line with its nationwide effort to promote safer riding habits, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) conductedan interactive road safety awareness campaign atPodar International School and Shree Swaminarayan International SchoolinNavsari, Gujarat. The initiative drew active participation from over 1600 students and staff members, aimed at making road safety education more accessible, practical and relatable to young road users.
Engaging with the youth helps create a ripple effect, influencing family members and communities to also adopt safer riding practices. The campaign was designed to build awareness among young individuals about everyday traffic situations through immersive and engaging learning formats. Activities such as danger prediction training, quizzes, games, helmet awareness activitiesand more, encouraged the participants to think critically about their responsibility on the road, understand the key road safety principles and apply them in real-life situations.
The team at Podar International School and Shree Swaminarayan International School provided active support to enable smooth coordination, ensuring meaningful engagement of the participants for all the sessions. The energy and enthusiasm of the students and staff members strengthened the impact of this initiative, helping spread awareness within the broader community.
HMSI continues to expand its road safety efforts across India by connecting directly with young audiences in schools and colleges. With a continued focus on road safety, HMSI has reached nearly 3 lakh adults and children across Gujarat.The campaign in Navsari is one of the many being held across the country, as the company strives to create a safer riding environment, empowering more people with essential knowledge on road safety measures and making road safety a shared responsibility.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India’s CSR commitment towards Road Safety:
In 2021, Honda announced its global vision statement for the year 2050 where it will strive for zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles. In India HMSI is working in line with this vision and the Government of India direction of reducing fatalities to half by 2030.
One critical aspect of achieving this goal is developing a positive mindset towards road safety in our children by the year 2030 and continuing to educate them thereafter. Road safety education at schools and colleges is not only to create awareness but to introduce a safety culture in young minds and transform them to be the road safety ambassadors. It empowers future generations to become responsible and significantly contribute to a safer society.
HMSI wants to be a company that Society wants to exist and is strongly focused on spreading Road safety awareness to all sections of society with unique ideas catering to each segment from school kids to corporates and society at large.
HMSI’s set of skilled safety instructors conduct daily programs at our 10 adopted traffic training parks (TTP) across India and 6 Safety Driving Education Centers (SDEC) to make road safety education accessible to every part of society, and the initiative has already reached over 97 lakh Indians. HMSI’s National Road Safety Awareness program made learning fun yet scientific through:
SCIENTIFICALLY DEVISED LEARNING MODULE: Honda’s skilled instructors set the foundation with theory sessions on road signs & markings, driver’s duties on road, riding gear & posture explanation and safe riding etiquettes.
- PRACTICAL LEARNING: A special training activity on Honda’s virtual riding simulator was executed for all to experience over 100 possible dangers on road before actual riding.
- INTERACTIVE SESSION: Participants were given danger prediction training known as Kiken Yosoku Training (KYT) which helps in enhancing rider/driver’s sensitivity to danger and ensures safe driving behaviour on roads.
- EXISTING DRIVERS HONING RIDING SKILLS: Students & school staff members who are already existing riders tested & honed their riding skills through slow riding activities and riding on narrow planks.
HMSI also recently launched its innovative digital road safety learning platform, E-Gurukul,this
E-Gurukul platform offers training modules tailored for three specific age groups from 5 years till 18 years ensuring a comprehensive approach towards road safety. Currently the modules are available in multiple languages like Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and English—to ensure inclusivity and regional relevance and E-Gurukul can be accessed at egurukul.honda.hmsi.in. The platform supports live streaming or downloading, and multilingual modules to ensure accessibility across diverse regions. The launch of E-Gurukul is part of HMSI’s ongoing efforts to empower children, educators, and dealers to champion safe road practices. The initiative will expand to cover schools in every state, promoting road safety education tailored to different age groups. Any school interested in accessing this information can contact Safety.riding@honda.hmsi.in.
