Guidelines for Motorcycle Operator Licensing Manual
The number of motorcycle riders (operators) who did not have a valid license and were involved in a fatal crash has increased by 89.6 percent over the past decade, from 665 in 1998 to 1,261 in 2007. In 2007, one out of four motorcycle operators (25%) involved in fatal crashes were riding their motorcycle with invalid licenses at the time of the crash, while only 13 percent of drivers of passenger vehicles in fatal crashes did not have valid licenses. In response to this increasing trend, the NHTSA entered into a cooperative agreement with AAMVA to examine the issue of motorcycle operator licensing and provide guidance to jurisdictional driver license agencies on the elements of a complete licensing system for motorcycle operators. The result of this collaboration is the development of the Guidelines for Motorcycle Operator Licensing, which is a combination and update of two previously published motorcycle operator licensing guideline documents, the Motorcycle Operator Licensing System (rev.1997) and Integrating Motorcycle Rider Education and Licensing (1993).
This guideline document contains information on standard motorcycle operator licensing systems; motorcycle safety initiatives and strategies to increase proper licensure among motorcyclists within a jurisdiction; a model Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) system for new-entrant riders; and motorcycle rider education waiver programs and third party testing. Also included, as appendices, is information on national data and trends associated with motorcyclist fatalities and injuries; a survey of current motorcycle and operator licensing practices by jurisdictions; an AAMVA guideline document on knowledge and skill test development; and examples of how a few jurisdictions have integrated rider education into their driver licensing system and implemented a Graduated Driver Licensing system for new-entrant motorcyclists.
The Motorcycle Technical Working Group
In 2006 the Motorcycle Technical Working Group (MTWG) was formed to revise the Motorcycle Operator Licensing System (MOLS) and Integrating Motorcycle Rider Education and Licensing (IMREL) guideline documents to assist driver license agencies and rider education programs in the reduction of motorcycle operator crashes and fatalities through improved interagency cooperation, enforcement, public awareness and licensing practices.
The attached document serves as the project definition report for the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) revision effort of the MOLS and IMREL Guideline Documents.
Motorcycle Training Verification
To verify that an applicant has successfully completed motorcycle rider education, please call the appropriate state administrator. They can either verify, or direct you to someone else in their state that might have the applicable records. Please click on the link below which will help you in selecting the desired state, and call or e mail the administrator: http://www.smsa.org/membership/state_listing/