The Minister of Transport and Public Works commissioned the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research to conduct a study that would provide clarity about how the quality of advanced motorcyclist training courses can be assured and the possible role of legal regulations in this. Since possible complications are concentrated in the area of advanced motorcyclist training courses for individual motorcyclists, the study focuses on these training courses. The study is divided into two parts. This first part of the study describes the field of action itself. This includes a descriptive overview of the most important subject matter covered by the advanced motorcyclist training, the instructors' activities to teach this subject matter, and the skills required to accomplish this. Another overview shows how advanced motorcyclist training courses are defined by the largest providers of such courses, including the `Dutch association for increased motor driving skills' (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Verhoogde Motorrijvaardigheid, NVVM) and a Dutch motorcyclists association (Koninklijke Nederlandse Motorrijders Vereniging, KNMV).
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