For safe driving on the road, a driver must do the following
- Check the surroundings and scan the road in all directions. ✓
- Turn the headlights on to improve vision.
- Apply brakes often to prevent any collisions.
- Change lanes frequently to avoid any accidents with fast-moving vehicles.
Answer: A. Check the surroundings and scan the road in all directions.
A driver must check the surroundings and scan the road in all directions.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's visibility section tells riders to look well ahead, stay alert for road hazards, and position the motorcycle so they can see as much of the road ahead as possible. It also says to ease forward at blind intersections to see if anything is coming. Those habits match checking your surroundings and scanning in all directions before acting. The passages do not present the other choices as general safe-driving rules.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Turn the headlights on to improve vision. — Turning on the headlights is discussed for night riding to help you see and be seen, not as a general replacement for checking your surroundings.
- C. Apply brakes often to prevent any collisions. — Applying brakes often is not an observation practice, and nothing in the passages says frequent braking prevents collisions.
- D. Change lanes frequently to avoid any accidents with fast-moving vehicles. — Changing lanes frequently is not supported by the passages, which describe lane position and group formation rather than repeated lane changes as a safety habit.
Remember it
Look ahead and around first, then decide where to put the bike.
Official handbook: Official MTO Motorcycle Handbook, Visibility – Seeing