Motorcycle · Motorcycle controls
What is a leading cause of crashes in which a motorcycle is the only vehicle involved?
Correct answer: Riders drifting too wide through a curve or turn and striking an object.
Answer options
- ASudden mechanical failures, such as a broken drive chain
- BRiders leaving the road while swerving around another vehicle
- CRiders drifting too wide through a curve or turn and striking an object Correct
Why
When no other vehicle is involved, a common pattern is a rider who enters a curve too fast or misjudges it, drifts toward the outside, and strikes the roadside or something next to it. Slowing before the curve and looking through the turn helps prevent this kind of crash.
About this question
Topic: Motorcycle controls License: Motorcycle
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Where it applies: Asked in every state.
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This question is part of Posture, Shifting, Braking and Turning (19 questions). Take the full set and check your score.
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