Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
Two-wheeled vehicles that one needs a special license to operate
What are motorcycles?
Equipment required in North Carolina for motorcyclists
What are helmets?
Wearing light-colored clothing
What is one safety precaution a bicycle user can take?
The most vulnerable type of highway user
What are pedestrians?
Light, medium, and heavy (hint: look at the title of the column)
What are the main classifications of trucks?
Why are motorcycles hard to see?
What is they are small?
Multiple motorcyclists riding together
What are motorcycle groups?
Wearing a helmet for protection, following the law regarding roadway riding, lane position, and sidewalk riding
What are actions a bicyclist can take to be safe?
A place to be especially alert for pedestrians when driving out of
What is an alley?
Can cause cars to be hit by trucks when they think they are safe
What are trucks making wide turns?
Specific maneuver to be careful of in a car that involves motorcycles (usually at intersections)
What is turning left?
What makes it harder to judge the speed and distance of a motorcycle?
What is a motorcycle's different size than that of a car?
Wearing headphones while biking
What is an unsafe action a bicyclist can take?
What is a parking lot?
The back of a truck does not follow the front, which can lead to a car being hit
What makes truck turns dangerous?
Areas that can completely obscure a motorcycle
What are blind spots?
Position that makes cars passing less likely to endanger a motorcyclist
What is lane position 2?
Low-powered two-wheeled vehicles that aren't motorcycles
What are mopeds and motor scooters?
Snow plows, garbage trucks, farm machinery, etc.
What are special vehicles?
Areas where you are invisible to a truck driver
What are no-zones?
Grass clippings (green ice), potholes, tar snakes, etc.
What are hazards to motorcyclists that rarely affect cars?
Leather clothes, eye protection, heavy shoes, durable gloves, etc.
What is additional protective equipment for motorcyclists?
An organized system of seeing, thinking, and responding to the driving task
What is IPDE?
Pull to the side of the road and stop immediately
What do you do when you see an emergency vehicle?
Stay in lane position 2, pass as quickly as possible, don't go back into the original lane until you can see both headlights in your rearview mirror and have signaled
What do you do when passing a truck?