{"id":268132,"date":"2026-05-12T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268132\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:46:09","slug":"free-motorcycle-safety-class-set-in-jacksonville-with-police-and-bikesafe-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268132\/","title":{"rendered":"Free motorcycle safety class set in Jacksonville with police and BikeSafe partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville police will host a free motorcycle safety class later this month, according to Jacksonville Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Police Department is partnering with the Governor\u2019s Highway Safety Program to offer Rider Skills Days, which provide motorcyclists with skills assessments and professional safety feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The next class is scheduled for Friday, May 22, beginning at 8:45 a.m. at the Department of Public Safety, 200 Marine Blvd. in Jacksonville. Registration is required by Wednesday, May 20.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said participants must have a legal motorcycle endorsement or learner\u2019s permit, and their motorcycle must be insured.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Public Safety said the police department has been a BikeSafe sponsor since 2010. The department has four BikeSafe assessors, all of whom are certified instructors, with Sgt. James Smallwood serving as the agency\u2019s site coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bike Safe program offers motorcyclists in Jacksonville a hybrid educational experience with the opportunity to provide individual feedback on road performance from our certified Assessors,\u201d Police Chief Jarad Phelps said.<\/p>\n<p>There is no cost to attend. More information about course details, schedules, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bikesafenc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">requirements is available at bikesafenc.com<\/a>. Questions can be directed to Smallwood at jsmallwood@jacksonvillenc.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville police will host a free motorcycle safety class later this month, according to Jacksonville Public Safety. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-268132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}