The Guests of Honor for the event will be Mr. Ashfaq Ahamed, Sr. Inspector of Motor Vehicles and President, All India Federation of Motor Vehicles Department Technical Executive Officer’s Associations, Mr. Bharath Raj, Vice-President FMSCI, Mr. Darshan M, Managing Director & CEO of Machdar Motorsports and Mr. Raj Bharath, i1 Supercar Series Driver.
Speaking on the occasion, Darshan M, MD&CEO, Machdar Motorsports said, “It gives me immense pleasure to announce the launch of ‘My i1 Day’ across schools in the country. We are initiating the program keeping in mind the dates of road safety week.”
With the increasing popularity of motorsports in India, it is critical that children are educated on road safety and driving with precaution. Machdar, being committed to keeping kids safe on and around the road, is now reaching out to schools to build awareness about road safety , added Darshan M.
“Road safety is one of the key concerns among youth in today’s time .We observe that people don’t follow traffic rules which is a matter of concern .This kind of initiative gives an opportunity to create awareness especially among youth and school children .I am confident that students will greatly benefit from such program “, said Mr. Ashfaq Ahamed, Sr. Inspector of Motor Vehicles and President, All India Federation of Motor Vehicles Department Technical Executive Officer’s Associations.
“The i1 Day is a great campaign initiated by Machdar Motorsports. It is in line with the FIA’s objective to promote road safety and sustainability at all levels in every country across the world. Our road cars have made huge steps forward in terms of safety equipment but both human driving behavior and the road themselves need to be improved drastically in our country. Road safety education for the young population is the way to go and schools are the ideal place to start creating this awareness of how important it is to be safe on our roads. The motorsport community has a huge role to play and the FMSCI is glad to support a great initiative like this”, said Vicky Chandhok, President, FMSCI.
“I am proud to be associated with such initiatives which work towards an important cause of building awareness towards road safety. Being a motorsports driver, I understand the outcome of rash driving and definitely don’t support it. Machdar Motorsports has taken an excellent step towards promoting road safety measures, “said Raj Bharath, i1 Supercar Series driver.
The program aims at reaching to 3, 27,000 kids across 654 schools in 100 cities to build awareness about road safety. The duration of the entire initiative is about 45 day.
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