Safe Driving Practices

Study questions with answers

12 sample Safe Driving Practices questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.

1. 1. When looking through a turn, you should turn:

   Correct answer: Just your head, keeping your eyes level

   Turn only your head and keep your eyes level with the horizon rather than turning your shoulders.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Turning

2. 2. The front brake can supply what share of a motorcycle's total stopping power?

   Correct answer: About 70 percent or more

   The front brake is the stronger brake and provides roughly 70 percent or more of stopping power.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Braking

3. 3. Keeping your knees against the gas tank while riding mainly helps you:

   Correct answer: Keep your balance as the motorcycle turns

   Knees held against the tank aid your balance through turns.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Body Position

4. 4. Starting with your right wrist flat on the throttle helps you:

   Correct answer: Avoid accidentally using too much throttle

   A flat right wrist keeps you from unintentionally rolling on too much throttle.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Body Position

5. 5. The rule 'do not override your headlight' at night means to:

   Correct answer: Slow enough to stop within the distance your light shows

   Keep your total stopping distance within the range your headlight illuminates by slowing down at night.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Increasing Conspicuity: Riding at Night

6. 6. During a normal-speed turn, the rider and motorcycle should:

   Correct answer: Lean together at the same angle

   In regular turns the rider and machine lean together at the same angle.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Turning

7. 7. The manual says to keep your feet:

   Correct answer: Firmly on the footrests, not dragging

   Keep your feet planted on the footrests without dragging them, and don't let your toes point down where they could catch.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Body Position

8. 8. MSF's three-step SEE strategy stands for:

   Correct answer: Search, Evaluate, Execute

   SEE is Search, Evaluate, and Execute, a routine for spotting hazards and acting safely.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — SEE

9. 9. In the four-step cornering method, the LOOK step means to:

   Correct answer: Look through the turn to where you want to go

   Turn your head and look through the corner toward your exit, keeping your eyes level with the horizon.

   Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Turning

10. 10. To make the motorcycle lean left in a turn, you press:

    Correct answer: Forward on the left handgrip

    Pressing the left handgrip leans the bike left; press the right grip to lean right.

    Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Turning

11. 11. How far ahead does the manual recommend searching your path of travel?

    Correct answer: About 12 seconds

    Look about 12 seconds ahead to spot developing situations before they become urgent.

    Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Know Your Responsibilities

12. 12. In a slow, tight turn, the manual says to:

    Correct answer: Lean the motorcycle while keeping your body upright

    For slow, tight turns you counterbalance by leaning the motorcycle only and keeping your torso upright.

    Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control: Turning