D1 RIDING SCHOOL · “SCOOTER” COURSE
Learn to ride
in Vietnamese traffic
Five 90-minute lessons with an instructor: four on a closed practice area, the fifth in the city. We provide protective gear and a training bike.
PROGRAMME
Five 90-minute lessons
- 1
Safety and controls
Gear, posture, throttle, brakes. What is where on a scooter and how to handle it.
- 2
Starting and stopping
Smooth take-offs, braking on a mark. Slow riding with balance.
- 3
Turns
U-turns and figure eights between cones, looking into the turn.
- 4
Manoeuvres
Avoiding obstacles, changing lanes, braking drills on the practice area.
- 5
City
Out into traffic together with the instructor.
SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT
Leave your own gear at home
Protective gear is fitted to the student and the instructor. The practice area is closed off during the lesson.
- Full-face helmet
- Gloves with palm protection
- Body armour and a reflective vest
- Training scooter with crash bars
- Practice area marked off with signs
- Cones for drills
Instructor’s language
When you sign up you see which languages the instructors in that city speak.
Rescheduling
Free with 12 hours’ notice.
Licence after the course
The course teaches you to ride; it does not grant a licence. Renting a scooter requires a category A1 licence. Electric bikes marked “no licence” can be rented straight away.
SIGN-UP
City and time
The course runs in every city where we operate. Leave a request and the manager in your city will pick a time and message you.