This year’s Motorcycle Safety Champion has impacted an innumerable number of riders, instructors and safety providers to date and their work will continue to do so for many years. They have been actively involved in motorcycle safety for over 20 years. A motorcycle instructor in multiple curriculums and runs a highly successful motorcycle training facility. They have always been open to exploring various motorcycle safety curriculums to determine firsthand which of those offerings is most effective. Additionally, they have offered their facility to help train prospective motorcycle safety instructors to help address the serious shortfall currently existing in Texas.
Other accomplishments to help spread safety awareness include simplifying a talking point bulletin for non-riders to read to Currently, they serve as the first Chairman of the TDLR Motorcycle Safety Advisory Board (MSAB). In this capacity their leadership has driven the Board in general, and its various task groups, to look deeply into the challenges within the motorcycle safety instructor community. They have utilized much of their personal time to gather as much data and information as possible to help make accurate decisions on issues. This has driven both TDLR staff and the MSAB toward meaningful improvements in the Texas Motorcycle Safety Program. A quote from the nomination: “In all my years involved in motorcycle safety in this state, I have not met an individual more forthright and driven toward the improvement of this program.”
We present this year’s Texas Motorcycle Safety Champion Award to Keith Rovell!
