=> Actual California Motocycle License Examination Questions <= #5

#5 To avoid causing a rear end accident when you follow another vehicle:

a) Ride in the right wheel track
b) Stay at least two seconds behind
c) Ride in the left wheel track
d) Tap your brakes lightly

 

#6 When the motorcycle is stopped at an intersection, your passenger should:

a) Place both feet on the ground
b) Move forward on the seat
c) Keep both feet on the footpegs
d) Place one foot on the ground

 

#9 When you swerve in an emergency, it is important to:

a) Always brake before swerving
b) Always brake after swerving
c) Swerve in the direction the hazard is traveling
d) Avoid braking while swerving

 

#13 If your throttle sticks:

a) Use the engine cut-off switch and pull in the clutch
b) Shift to neutral and apply both brakes
c) Downshift and apply both brakes
d) Twist the throttle back and forth only twice to free the cable

 

#17 Compared to vehicles in traffic, how much room do
motorcycles usually need to stop?

a) Approximately one-half the distance
b) About three-quarters the distance
c) About the same distance
d) About twice the distance

 

#5 To avoid causing a rear end accident when you follow another vehicle:

Wake up and drive, get off the phone, get off the computer, put away all
other distractions, and understand how long it should take you and your
vehicle to come to a safe stop with the existing road conditions.

 

none of the above

 

You're "correct" in that's the answer that California claims to be true.

 

So tell us then how long, like exactly, it takes you to stop your vehicle.

 

I'm impressed... do motorbikes in California really have computers?

 

Well at least California has actual *motorcycle* related questions on their
motorcycle license examination. When I tested in New York, there were 20
questions:
- 10 DUI questions
- 8 general driving questions
- 2 questions vaguely related to motorcycles in some manner

And yes, I counted them. Of the 20 questions, exactly 10 were on DUI. I
got one DUI question wrong, because I answered (silly me) what was written
in the motorcycle manual. -Dave

 

Whatever California says is the correct answer.
Even if it is wrong, you will obey and answer as we say.
You will not argue with us as you will lose.
The sky is pink, not blue.
Understand komrade?

This message was brought to you by your friendly Kalifornia Department of
Motor Vehicles.

 

Surely this is the same everywhere? You play their game until they give you
the bit of paper, then do what the **** you like.

 

Hey Roehling! You proved yourself a true dumbass by insinuating you know
someone's political stance from their post. Nice you know such much about
my political affiliation.

FYI, I'm neither right nor left wing. Posted it before. I don't vote.
Period. Too much crap on both sides and eventually it becomes one big
homogeneous pile. It's pointless in CA as judges routinely overthrow the
will of the people as in the last marriage bill fiasco. The "secret lodge
handshake" has gone on too long in both parties as well as our unelected
judges chambers. One of our local Municipal Court judges made calls to a
stripper from his chambers and she performed in his chambers when she was on
trial. Too bad he got caught as the court bill was public record and it was
published in the newspaper when she blew the whistle. He decided it wasn't
public record and now you can no longer check up on him nor any of the
judges calls.

This state cares less on what it's people think - right or left wing. Is it
socialism at work or not? Your vote matters not if one or more person(s)
protest and a judge decides he/she is right. I have enough trouble getting
equipment and supplies from neighboring states as "Kalifornia doesn't allow
it" and the people have no say in it. You wouldn't believe the number of
businesses in Nevada relocated there with the word "California" in their
name.

Now we have another state legislator trying to outlaw radar detectors "for
the sake and safety of the people" - more likely, yet another revenue tax in
some of the states infamous downhill Sierra Mountain's speedtraps. Another
voted to suspend pay raises to legislators during the budget debacle. That
got shot down and would have anyway had it been put to vote by the people
who agree.

Oh, the "K" in Kalifornia is because our gubernator still cannot pronounce
the name of the state correctly. Just like the "K" in Keating 5.

Thanks for playing though - and I accept your apology.

B~

 

Answer: e) give you a reach-around