__________ can affect your ability to ride a motorcycle.
- Illegal drugs
- Prescription medications
- Over-the-counter medications
- Any of the above ✓
Answer: D. Any of the above
Any of the above can affect your ability to ride a motorcycle: illegal drugs, prescription medications and over-the-counter medications.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that apart from alcohol, almost any drug can make it unsafe to ride. It names illegal drugs and prescription drugs, and it adds non-prescription products such as cold tablets or allergy pills. Those can make a rider weak, dizzy or drowsy. Because the warning covers all these kinds of drugs, it is not limited to one category; illegal, prescription and over-the-counter medications can all affect your riding.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Illegal drugs — Illegal drugs are only one kind of drug the handbook names; it also warns about prescription and non-prescription medicines.
- B. Prescription medications — Prescription medications are only one category the handbook covers, alongside illegal and non-prescription drugs.
- C. Over-the-counter medications — Over-the-counter medications are included too, but the handbook's warning also covers illegal and prescription drugs.
Remember it
If a drug can change how you feel, check its effects before you ride; the warning is not limited to illegal substances.