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MSF Basic Rider Course Study Questions
1. Name 2 primary differences between cars/trucks and motorcycles.:
Stability and
visibility.
2.
What are the problems that these differences cause?:
Motorcycles do not have the stability
of cars because they must be balanced, and
motorcycles leave you more vulnerable in a crash because there is less
protection.
Motorcycles
are
not
as
readily
seen
as
cars,
trucks,
or
other
motor
vehicles
because
of
their
size.
3.
Part of being responsible means to give a lot of thought to what?:
The
consequences
of your riding behavior in traflc.
4.
What is the primary cause of motorcycle crashes?: There is rarely a single cause; most
crashes involve many variable factors.
5.
How does the Handbook define a "good motorcyclist"?: To have the desire and motivation
to choose to reduce risk while riding.
6. How does a rider reduce factors that lead to crashes?:
By applying a
strategy.
7.
What does it mean to have a margin of safety?:
1) staying within personal skill limits; 2)
staying
within
your
motorcycle's
limits,
especially
its
tire
traction
limits;
3)
staying
within
the
available
time
and
space
to respond to traflc situations before having to react to an emergency.
8.
What is SEE, and what does each letter stand for?: Search, Evaluate, Execute is the
strategy
to help you understand what is going on in traflc and to be constantly planning and implementing a course of action.
9.
Name several purposes of protective riding gear.: Providing comfort, increasing visibility,
and ottering protection.
10. What's the difference between a full-face and three-quarter-coverage hel-
met?:
The three-quarter helmet doesn't
otter the face and chin protection of full-face helmets.
11. Why aren't ordinary glasses or sunglasses sufficient eye protection?:
They may
not seal out wind and dust that makes eyes
water.
