VIC motorcycle test being seen practice questions

Question 1

Why is it good practice to ride with your headlight on during the day?

• It is only useful at night
• It makes a narrow motorcycle much easier for drivers to pick out and to judgeCorrect answer
• It stops the battery going flat
• It lets you ride faster

A headlight gives drivers a bright fixed point to see and to judge distance against. Many motorcycles now switch the headlight on automatically for exactly this reason.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: being seen

Question 2

You are riding behind a truck and cannot see either of the driver's mirrors. What does that tell you?

• The driver can still see you through the rear window
• The driver almost certainly cannot see youCorrect answer
• You are at a safe following distance
• The mirrors are broken

Mirrors work both ways. If you cannot see the mirror, your image is not in it. Move back or change your position until you can see the mirror clearly.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: being seen

Question 3

You find yourself riding alongside a car, level with its rear door, on a multi lane road. What should you do?

• Stay there, it is a safe spot
• Move ahead or drop back so you are out of the driver's blind spotCorrect answer
• Ride closer to the car so the driver notices you
• Sound the horn and stay where you are

That position is where a driver checking a mirror sees nothing. If the car changes lanes you have nowhere to go, so do not sit there.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: being seen

Question 4

An oncoming driver waiting to turn right across your path looks straight at you. What should you assume?

• They have seen you and will wait
• They may not have registered you, so slow down and cover the brakes until you see what they doCorrect answer
• They will speed up and turn behind you
• Eye contact means you have right of way and can continue at speed

Drivers looking for cars can look straight through a motorcycle without seeing it, and they routinely misjudge how fast a bike is closing. Watch the front wheels and keep something in reserve.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: intersections

Question 5

You are riding on an unlit country road at night. How fast should you ride?

• At the posted limit regardless of conditions
• No faster than lets you stop within the distance your headlight actually lights upCorrect answer
• As fast as the vehicle in front
• Slower only if it is raining

You can only avoid what you can see. On low beam that distance is short, so riding at the posted limit on an unlit road often means you could not stop for an animal or a fallen branch in time.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: riding at night