Why when stopping at an intersection, should you leave at least 3 metres of space between your motorcycle and the vehicle ahead of you?
- So you will have room to escape if a vehicle is about to hit you from behind ✓
- Because it's the law
- So you will not stall
- All of the above
Answer: A. So you will have room to escape if a vehicle is about to hit you from behind
Leave that gap so you have room to escape if a vehicle behind is about to hit you.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's riding tip says that when you stop behind another vehicle at an intersection, you should leave around three metres of space between your motorcycle and the vehicle in front. It explains that this gap gives you room to escape if a vehicle behind is about to strike you. It also says to allow about six metres behind a large vehicle to improve your view. Motorcycles do not provide seatbelts, airbags or bumpers, so keeping space margins around you matters. That safety purpose is the reason for the gap.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Because it's the law — The passage gives a safety reason for the gap and does not state that keeping this space is a legal requirement.
- C. So you will not stall — The handbook does not connect the gap to preventing a stall; it describes the space as an escape margin.
- D. All of the above — This choice fails because the legal-requirement and stall-prevention reasons are not supported by the passage, even though the escape-room reason is.
Remember it
Picture a three-metre escape pocket between you and the vehicle ahead when you stop.