A New Approach to Traffic and Vehicle Education
About LOcamo
Navigating through today’s traffic and local mobility landscape poses challenges for all. An expanding population, combined with a diverse range of vehicles, evolving traffic patterns, and changing post-pandemic behaviors, worsens these challenges. This compound effect has led to a pronounced rise in traffic collisions.
LocaMO acknowledges the inherent reality of human error. Thus, it underscores the importance of establishing systems and environments that accommodate this reality, especially concerning safety measures.The framework that the company has developed emphasizes this belief and transforms traffic education for contemporary streets.
With ten years of experience in developing educational solutions tailored to meet the challenges of present-day urban mobility, LocaMO’s aim is simple: address rising traffic crashes with a 21st-century approach to traffic and vehicle education.
Addressing Rising Crashes: Change is needed
In a December 2023 report, the World Health Organization pointed to road safety as “an urgent global issue” and highlighted the shocking lack of attention given to setting road safety standards and regulations.
As governments and businesses worldwide champion micromobility as a viable local transit solution, municipalities grapple with the rapid adoption of this mode amidst a concerning rise in traffic crashes after decades of decline.
Rules and regulations, along with traffic education curriculums, have failed to keep pace with the rapid changes on today's streets and sidewalks.
Traditionally, bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, and mopeds have been treated like automobiles, governed by traffic rules and regulations on public roads. However, there's a growing recognition among national and state governments of the unique dynamics of these vehicles and their diverse impacts on traffic.
Despite the increasing support for laws tailored to the operational differences of slower-two-wheeled vehicles, like the “Idaho Stop” and “Right on Red”, legislatures have failed to prioritize their passage. These delays perpetuate the surge in traffic violence, resulting in heightened loss of life, reduced productivity, and significant economic burdens.
In response to these challenges, a fresh approach to traffic education becomes imperative in today’s high-risk environment.
Envisioning a new traffic + vehicle education approach
Our next-gen traffic and vehicle education approach caters to operators of light vehicles and automobiles alike, recognizing the quickly changing shifts in today’s streetscape. It offers not only traditional Traffic Rules & Regulations courses but is designed to swiftly integrate relevant concerns for motor-aid and motor vehicle operators, bicycle, e-scooter, e-bike, moped and light motorcycle users as they arise.
This comprehensive program ensures that students not only grasp essential road rules but also understand the significance of mindfulness and adaptability, particularly in navigating new regulations and emerging local transportation devices.
Moreover, it integrates Climate, Equity & Gender considerations, accommodating an intergenerational population to evolving streetscapes, changes in traffic patterns, and in commuting habits occurring in every community.
The curriculum extends to Operation & Vehicle Maintenance, covering components and storage for both electric and hybrid vehicles with a special emphasis on light vehicles, while highlighting Trainer Development. The approach establishes a network of LocaMO trained instructors and fleet managers committed to ongoing education and professional growth.
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