Ultimate Program Responsibility
Department of Highway Safety and
Motor Vehicles
Neil Kirkman Building
2900 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0500
Phone: 850-922-9000

Day-to-Day Administration
Mr. Louis Kyler
Florida Rider Training Program
Division of Drivers License
1312 45th Street
Orlando, FL 32839
Phone: 407-858-6137
Fax: 407-858-6138
E-mail: kylerl@ddl.hsmv.state.fl.us
Web site: www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ddl/
motorcycle.html

Program Administration
Legislative Provisions

• Source of funding: Motorcycle or moped
  registration fees ($2.50)
• Stipulated use of funds: To fund the Motorcycle Safety Education Program or a motorcycle driver improvement program

Relationship Among Various Programs

• State licensing and rider education program are one and
  the same.

Collection of Rider Training and Licensing Data

• Agency responsible for collecting rider training data: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• Agency responsible for collecting licensing data:
  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• Data available in electronic format: Yes
• Link between crash, licensing, and rider education data: Yes

Operations and Participant Characteristics

• Courses offered: 1529
• Students enrolled: 14,321
• No-shows or registration
  refunds: N/A
• Time until course reaches
  capacity: N/A
• Average waiting period to take course: N/A
• Students on waiting list: N/A

Program Funding and Expenditures

• Annual budget: $500,000
• Source of Federal funds: None
• Average cost to State to educate rider: $33.23
• Course tuition charged to novice rider: $225
• Course tuition charged to experienced rider: $80
• Special fees in addition to course fees: N/A

Curriculum

• Approved curricula: MRC:RSS
  and ERC
• Advisory committee: None
• Curricula approved by:
  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• Process to modify curricula: Modifications are done by Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
• Data collected for modifications: Data are collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
• Validation process for modifications: N/A
  
  
  

Special features of rider education and/or licensing program

• No permit fee

Operator Licensing
Testing and Training Responsibilities

• Testing agency: Department of Highway Safety and
  Motor Vehicles
• Third-party testing: Yes
• Agency responsible for training examiners:
  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Knowledge and Skills Tests Used

• Knowledge test used: MSF
• Skills test used: Alternate MOST

Incentives

• Rider education waiver: Skills and knowledge
• Reciprocity for rider education completed in another State: Yes
• Reciprocal license waiver: Yes

Operator and Vehicle Characteristics

• Motorcycle operators: 505,943
• Registered motorcycles: 240,844
• New motorcycle licenses/endorsements issued in 2001: 24,641
• Operators licensed through rider education in 2001: N/A
• Operators licensed without rider education: N/A
• Operators without license or proper endorsement: N/A

Motorcyclist Licensing System

• Graduated licensing: None
• Tiered licensing: None

Public Information and Education

• Operator’s manual used: Modified Motorcycle Operator’s Manual
• Annual budget for public information and education: None