Which of the following will impair your riding?
- Having a fight with a friend right before you ride
- Cold medicine
- One beer
- All of the above ✓
Answer: D. All of the above
All of the above can impair your riding: a fight with a friend, cold medicine, and even one beer.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says to read medication labels and not ride if a drug may cause drowsiness or dizziness. It also says even small amounts of alcohol can impair a rider, and that only time lowers blood alcohol. The impairment section treats riding while impaired as a broad personal-strategy issue, so the bank groups emotional upset with medication and alcohol. The passages do not describe a fight specifically, but they directly support the medication and alcohol parts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Having a fight with a friend right before you ride — A fight can upset you before a ride, but choosing only this leaves out cold medicine and alcohol, which the handbook also identifies as impairing.
- B. Cold medicine — Cold medicine can impair you when the label warns of drowsiness or dizziness, but this choice alone leaves out emotional upset and alcohol.
- C. One beer — Even a small amount of alcohol can impair a rider, but one beer alone does not cover the other impairing factors in the question.
Remember it
Before you ride, check three things: your mood, your medicine label, and whether you have had any alcohol.