La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § I-3125

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-3125 - Motorcycle Operator Training

A. Training Facilities and Sites

1. Training facilities include an adequate classroom, driving range, and storage area that at a minimum, meet the standards listed in the curriculum guide approved by the program coordinator.

2. All proposed program training facilities and sites shall be subject to inspection by the program coordinator prior to initial use. Established sites are subject to inspection by same during course implementation.

3. The lead instructor shall be responsible for all administrative duties, equipment procurement, and training facility management associated with student registration, on site preparation, and implementation of a particular course.

4. Approval by the program coordinator shall not be granted for any instructor to lease or rent any proposed equipment, training facility, or training site for use through the program. Instructors making such agreements or expenditures shall not be reimbursed for expenses related to such actions.

B. Training Apparel

1. All course instructors, students and range aides shall wear at a minimum the following training apparel and equipment while sitting upon, maneuvering, operating or riding a motorcycle on the course range:

a. helmet (DOT approved);

b. eye protection (i.e., face shield, safety glasses, prescription eye glasses, goggles). Windshields shall not be substituted for any of these eye protection devices;

c. long pants (must cover knees and calves);

d. long sleeved full bodied jacket or shirt (must cover elbows and forearms);

e. gloves (must completely cover palms and all fingers);

f. boots (must cover ankles). High top tennis shoes are acceptable, but should be discouraged. Footwear with heels over two inches tall shall not be worn by course participants during range sessions.

2. Students shall provide all of the apparel and equipment listed in this Chapter for use in any program motorcycle operator training course.

3. Instructor Training Equipment Apparel and Dress Code

a. Program motorcycle safety instructors shall be required to wear the safety apparel referenced in this Chapter while sitting upon, maneuvering, operating, or riding a motorcycle during their course driving range sessions and related activities. Instructors should wear safety apparel meeting these minimum standards while operating or riding a motorcycle on public roads and highways.

b. Instructors are required to maintain a professional appearance when conducting a course as prescribed by the department.

c. Shirts with sleeves (short sleeves acceptable), long pants, and appropriate footwear shall be worn during all course instruction when the other aforementioned safety apparel is not necessary or required.

d. Instructors shall not wear shorts, tank tops or sandals while providing approved motorcycle operator training courses.

C. Trainer Motorcycles

1. Loan-trainer motorcycles shall be obtained from franchised motorcycle dealers and only upon written approval by the program coordinator. Department owned or loan-trainer motorcycles shall not be utilized in advanced motorcycle operator training courses.

2. The program coordinator shall complete and process any program loan agreement form(s) designed for the purpose of obtaining loan-trainer motorcycles for use in program activities.

3. Instructors shall not take delivery of loan-trainer motorcycles from motorcycle dealers until the program coordinator has acquired adequate insurance for the motorcycles. It shall be the responsibility of the instructor taking delivery of the motorcycles to verify such coverage.

4. Instructors shall maintain and operate the loan-trainer motorcycles assigned to them, as per the terms of the approved Motorcycle Loan Agreement Form (MLAF). This agreement form is not included in these regulations. The form is available from the program coordinator.

5. There shall be a minimum of one trainer motorcycle available for use by each operator student participating in a basic course driving range exercise.

6. Loan-trainer motorcycles shall be operated only during course range exercises; they shall not be operated or ridden off the course site driving range.

7. No trainer motorcycle shall be operated at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour during any basic course range exercise and 25 miles per hour during any advanced course range exercise.

8. There shall not be more than eight trainer motorcycles on the range or in operation during any course driving range exercise if there is only one instructor teaching on that same driving range. There shall be not be more than 12 motorcycles on the range or in operation on a course driving range exercise if there are two or more instructors teaching on the same driving range. At no time shall there be more than 12 motorcycles in operation on the driving range of any course during range exercise execution.

9. It shall be the responsibility of the lead motorcycle safety instructor to whom certain loan-trainer motorcycles are assigned for a given course to secure, garage, maintain and protect those loan trainer motorcycles from theft and environmental damage and degradation. Any department owned or loan-trainer motorcycles placed in storage must have all keys removed and secured. The steering forks should be locked whenever possible.

10. It shall be the responsibility of the motorcycle safety instructor to whom certain loan-trainer motorcycles are assigned to return these motorcycles to the appropriate motorcycle dealer as per the terms set forth on the MLAF. In addition, the program coordinator shall be notified immediately by the above-mentioned instructor that the motorcycles have been returned.

11. No trainer motorcycle shall be occupied, operated, or manipulated on the range training site during course preparation or implementation by any individual not officially instructing or enrolled in that course. Loan-trainer motorcycles shall be operated in compliance with the terms of this manual and the approved MLAF. It shall be the responsibility of all program instructional staff utilizing loan-trainer motorcycles to read the MLAF and adhere to all of the criteria expressed thereon.

12. Instructors shall not direct any student to operate, push, or manipulate a trainer motorcycle on any public street or highway.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § I-3125

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, LR 36:542 (March 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.32:402.3.