Missouri Motorcycle: Right-of-Way Practice Test

Question 1

As you approach an intersection where a driver is preparing to cross your path, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow down, improve your visibility, and cover the clutch and brakes — Slow down, choose a lane position that increases your visibility to that driver, and cover the clutch and both brakes to reduce your reaction time.

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Maintain speed and hold your lane position

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Speed up to clear before they move

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Move onto the shoulder

Question 2

As you ride up to a roundabout, whom must you give way to?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles already circulating, plus pedestrians in the crosswalks — Every entry to a roundabout is yield-controlled. Wait for a gap, then give way to vehicles already circulating and to anyone in the crosswalks.

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Nobody; traffic in the circle yields to those entering

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Large trucks only

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Only the vehicles leaving at your exit

Question 3

What causes more than half of motorcycle-car crashes at intersections?

Accepted Answer

Drivers entering the rider's right-of-way — Over half of motorcycle-car crashes are caused by drivers entering a rider's right-of-way, especially cars turning left in front of you or pulling out from side streets.

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Riders speeding through green lights

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Worn motorcycle tires

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Riders failing to signal

Question 4

If a car could pull into your path at an intersection, what should you assume?

Accepted Answer

That it will enter your path — Good riders assume that if a car can enter their path, it will; they stay alert, keep a space cushion, and prepare to take evasive action.

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That it will stay put

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That the driver has seen you

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That you should speed up to pass first

Question 5

At a four-way stop, which driver is entitled to move through first?

Accepted Answer

The one who arrived first, after everyone has stopped — Once every driver has come to a full stop, the one who reached the intersection ahead of the others may proceed first.

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Whoever is turning left

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Whoever is on the wider street

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Whoever sounds a horn first

Question 6

At a stop sign or stop line with a blocked view, what is the recommended procedure?

Accepted Answer

Stop, then edge forward and stop again to look around obstacles — Stop first at the sign or line, then edge forward and stop again just short of the cross-traffic lane, leaning forward to look around obstacles while keeping your front wheel out of the cross lane.

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Roll straight through if no cars are visible

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Stop once and immediately accelerate across

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Put your front wheel into the cross lane to see better

Question 7

Two vehicles reach an intersection at about the same moment and there is no sign or signal. Who goes first?

Accepted Answer

The vehicle approaching from the right — Where an intersection carries no control device, roundabouts aside, drivers give way to whoever is approaching from their right.

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Whichever vehicle is moving faster

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The vehicle on the left

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The larger of the two vehicles

Question 8

An ambulance with siren and flashing lights closes on you while you are inside an intersection. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Clear the intersection, then pull to the right and wait — Stopping in the middle of an intersection blocks the path, so ride on through, move to the right edge, and hold there until it has gone by. More than one emergency vehicle may be coming.

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Stop immediately, right where you are

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Turn left to get out of its way

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Accelerate and stay ahead of it

Question 9

At a blind intersection, why should you move to the portion of the lane that brings you into a cross-street driver's view earliest?

Accepted Answer

So the cross-street driver can see you as soon as possible — Positioning yourself to appear in the other driver's field of vision as soon as possible helps you be seen while protecting your space, for example moving away from a parked car that blocks the view.

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To hide from cross traffic longer

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To force other drivers to stop

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To ride closer to parked cars

Question 10

As you enter an intersection near a vehicle that could cross your path, why should you avoid changing speed or position radically?

Accepted Answer

A driver might think you are about to turn — Sudden changes in speed or position might make a driver think you are preparing to turn; instead move away from the vehicle smoothly while being ready to brake hard and hold your position.

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It uses too much fuel

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It is illegal in intersections

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It confuses your own passenger

Question 11

Making eye contact with a driver waiting to cross your path means what?

Accepted Answer

It does not guarantee the driver will yield — Eye contact is no guarantee; a driver may look right at a motorcyclist and still fail to 'see' them, so you should never count on eye contact as a sign the driver will yield.

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The driver will definitely yield to you

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You have the right-of-way no matter what

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The driver has already stopped for good

Missouri Motorcycle: Right-of-Way practice test

Study questions with answers

1. As you approach an intersection where a driver is preparing to cross your path, what should you do?

2. As you ride up to a roundabout, whom must you give way to?

3. What causes more than half of motorcycle-car crashes at intersections?

4. If a car could pull into your path at an intersection, what should you assume?

5. At a four-way stop, which driver is entitled to move through first?

6. At a stop sign or stop line with a blocked view, what is the recommended procedure?

7. Two vehicles reach an intersection at about the same moment and there is no sign or signal. Who goes first?

8. An ambulance with siren and flashing lights closes on you while you are inside an intersection. What should you do?

9. At a blind intersection, why should you move to the portion of the lane that brings you into a cross-street driver's view earliest?

10. As you enter an intersection near a vehicle that could cross your path, why should you avoid changing speed or position radically?

11. Making eye contact with a driver waiting to cross your path means what?

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