Due to excessive sand and gravel, the motorcycle rider must not drive
- along the side of the pavement. ✓
- near the left edge of the right lane.
- near the right edge of the left lane.
- along the middle of the lane.
Answer: A. along the side of the pavement.
When sand and gravel are excessive, you must not ride along the side of the pavement.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says dirt and gravel tend to collect along the sides of the pavement, and that this can make you slide. That is the area the question points to, so the rider should keep away from the pavement edge. The passages do not describe sand and gravel as a reason to avoid the left edge of the right lane, the right edge of the left lane, or the middle of the lane.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. near the left edge of the right lane. — The passages tie the sand-and-gravel hazard to the sides of the pavement, not to the left edge of the right lane.
- C. near the right edge of the left lane. — The warning is about debris collecting at the pavement sides, not near the right edge of the left lane.
- D. along the middle of the lane. — Nothing in the passages says the middle of the lane is the place to avoid because of sand and gravel, since the warning is about pavement edges.
Remember it
Picture debris collecting at the pavement edge, and give that strip room.