To be seen while riding at night, you should
- wear reflective stripes on your clothing. ✓
- make sure that your motocycle’s chrome is well polished.
- make sure your motorcycle is clean.
- wear a shiny black helmet.
Answer: A. wear reflective stripes on your clothing.
To be seen while riding at night, wear reflective stripes on your clothing.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's clothing checklist says to wear a high visibility garment to make yourself more visible in daytime and at night, and adds that fluorescent material and reflective striping increase visibility further. Its night riding section also describes wishing you had worn a jacket with reflective stripes. The other choices are about appearance or cleanliness, which the passages do not connect to being seen.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. make sure that your motocycle’s chrome is well polished. — Polished chrome is not something the handbook gives as a way to make the rider visible at night.
- C. make sure your motorcycle is clean. — Keeping the motorcycle clean is not described in the passages as a way to increase your visibility.
- D. wear a shiny black helmet. — A shiny black helmet is not high visibility gear; the handbook points to bright material and reflective striping instead.
Remember it
Dress to be picked out after dark: think bright material and reflective striping, not polish or shine.