New Jersey Motorcycle practice
Alcohol & Drugs
Blood alcohol limits, zero-tolerance and implied-consent laws, and how alcohol and drugs — legal or not — affect your driving.
Questions reviewed against the official New Jersey driver handbook · July 7, 2026
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11 sample Alcohol & Drugs questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
1. What effects can everyday cold or allergy medicine have on a rider?
Correct answer: Weakness, dizziness, or drowsiness
Even common cold tablets and allergy medication can cause weakness, dizziness, or drowsiness.
2. About what share of motorcycle highway deaths involve alcohol?
Correct answer: Nearly half
Alcohol plays a role in close to half of the state's motorcycle road deaths.
3. How can dressing properly help reduce rider fatigue?
Correct answer: Warm clothing shields you from tiring wind, cold, and rain
Wind, cold, and rain tire riders quickly, so dressing warmly and using a windshield helps protect against fatigue.
4. To reduce fatigue, how far does the manual suggest limiting a day's ride?
Correct answer: About 300 miles
The manual advises covering no more than about 300 miles in a day and taking frequent rests.
5. Compared with driving a car, how does fatigue affect motorcycling?
Correct answer: Fatigue comes on faster than it would in a car
Riding a motorcycle is more tiring than driving, so tiredness sets in more quickly and can hurt control more.
6. When do alcohol's effects on riding begin?
Correct answer: Well before a rider is legally intoxicated
The effects of alcohol on riding skills begin long before a rider reaches the legal limit for intoxication.
7. How does alcohol impair a motorcyclist?
Correct answer: It blurs vision and makes judging distance harder
Alcohol affects vision and makes it harder to see clearly and judge distance, on top of hurting balance and judgment.
8. When you resume riding after medication effects fade, what should you do?
Correct answer: Slow down and keep extra distance from other vehicles
Once you feel normal, slow down and keep more than the usual distance between your motorcycle and other vehicles.
9. Which drugs can affect the skills needed to ride safely?
Correct answer: Prescription, over-the-counter, and illegal drugs alike
Almost any drug can impair riding, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines as well as illegal drugs.
10. Compared with drivers who drink, why is drinking especially risky for motorcyclists?
Correct answer: A rider is much more apt to die or be seriously hurt
Impaired riding is roughly as widespread among motorcyclists as among drivers, yet a rider is much more apt to die or suffer serious injury.
11. If prescription medicine makes you dizzy while riding, what should you do?
Correct answer: Stop and wait until you feel normal again
Stop and wait until any dizziness or weakness passes and you regain a normal feeling before riding on.
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