Minnesota Motorcycle: Being Seen & Visibility Practice Test

Question 1

The manual suggests giving a quick beep of the horn:

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Before passing anyone who might move into your lane — A short warning gets the attention of a driver crowding the vehicle ahead, someone sitting in a parked car, or a person out in the street.

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Each time you approach a green light

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As a greeting to other riders

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Whenever you enter a curve

Question 2

Studies quoted by the manual show that in daylight a motorcycle running its headlight is:

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Roughly twice as likely to be noticed — That is why the headlight stays on around the clock: it roughly doubles the chance that someone notices you.

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No more likely to be noticed than one without

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About ten times as likely to be noticed

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Harder to pick out against bright pavement

Question 3

The manual suggests riding as though you were invisible so that you will:

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Stay hyper-aware and notice more detail around you — Assuming nobody has spotted you keeps your guard up and your escape routes in mind.

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Ride faster to get clear of traffic

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Stop signaling, since no one is watching anyway

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Rely on your horn instead of your mirrors

Question 4

Reflective material on your vest and on the sides of your helmet is especially useful to drivers who are:

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Coming from the side — Side-facing reflective material catches the eye of cross traffic, although reflective gear also helps drivers ahead of and behind you.

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Directly behind you

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Ahead of you in the same lane

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Riding with you in a group

Question 5

Staying flexible about lane position at night means you should:

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Move to whichever part of the lane helps you see, be seen and keep a cushion — Darkness changes which part of the lane works best, so move within it to keep both your view and your space cushion.

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Hold the exact center of the lane at all times

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Ride on the shoulder, where there is less glare

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Follow the vehicle ahead in its tire track

Question 6

Which jacket or vest colors does the manual name as your best bet for being noticed?

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Vivid orange, red, yellow or green — Any bright shade beats a drab or dark one, and bright clothing that is also reflective is better still.

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Black, gray or dark brown

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White and nothing else

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Navy blue with a narrow stripe

Question 7

One reason drivers pull out in front of motorcycles is that a smaller vehicle:

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Appears to be farther away than it really is — Because the machine looks distant, the driver believes there is plenty of time to go, and often there is not.

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Seems to be moving faster than it is

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Is hidden behind its own headlight

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Always approaches from a blind spot

Question 8

Bright riding clothes matter because the rider's body accounts for about what share of the visible area of rider and machine together?

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Half — Since you make up half of what an approaching driver can see, the color you wear counts as much as the color of the motorcycle.

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A tenth

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A quarter

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Nearly all of it

Question 9

Because a motorcycle horn is not as loud as a car's, you should:

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Use it, but never depend on it by itself — Sound it when it will help, and still keep time and space on your side so you can slow or steer clear.

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Replace it with an air horn before riding

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Avoid using it in traffic altogether

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Hold it down continuously while riding in a city

Question 10

Before changing lanes on a road with several lanes, you should:

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Turn your head to check the blind spot and look at the far lane as well as the next one — Motorcycles have blind spots of their own, and a driver two lanes over may be aiming for the very gap you want.

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Trust your convex mirrors, which show everything behind

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Signal and move at once so drivers understand your intent

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Sound the horn instead of looking

Question 11

Drivers who hit a motorcycle often say they never saw it. The manual explains this partly by pointing out that:

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From front or rear a motorcycle's outline is much smaller, and drivers are not looking for one — A narrow profile, combined with the fact that most drivers are scanning for cars rather than bikes, is why you can be looked at and still missed.

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Motorcyclists are usually speeding

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Motorcycle headlights are dimmer than car headlights

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Motorcycles make too little noise to be noticed

Question 12

The manual says to make a special point of checking your mirrors:

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While stopped at an intersection, before changing lanes, and before slowing — Conditions behind you change quickly, and knowing what is back there is what lets you plan for trouble ahead.

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Only when a vehicle is tailgating you

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Once at the start of each ride

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Only on roads with more than two lanes

Minnesota Motorcycle: Being Seen & Visibility practice test

Study questions with answers

1. The manual suggests giving a quick beep of the horn:

2. Studies quoted by the manual show that in daylight a motorcycle running its headlight is:

3. The manual suggests riding as though you were invisible so that you will:

4. Reflective material on your vest and on the sides of your helmet is especially useful to drivers who are:

5. Staying flexible about lane position at night means you should:

6. Which jacket or vest colors does the manual name as your best bet for being noticed?

7. One reason drivers pull out in front of motorcycles is that a smaller vehicle:

8. Bright riding clothes matter because the rider's body accounts for about what share of the visible area of rider and machine together?

9. Because a motorcycle horn is not as loud as a car's, you should:

10. Before changing lanes on a road with several lanes, you should:

11. Drivers who hit a motorcycle often say they never saw it. The manual explains this partly by pointing out that:

12. The manual says to make a special point of checking your mirrors:

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