The area slightly to the left or the right of the centre of the lane is called the
- vehicle track.
- tire track. ✓
- bike track.
- tire travel.
Answer: B. tire track.
The area slightly to the left or right of the centre of the lane is called the tire track.
Why this is the answer
The MTO motorcycle handbook uses the term tire track for lane positions: when merging onto a freeway, it says to move into the left tire track of the nearest lane. It also tells riders on gravel to stay in the tire tracks. Those passages support tire track as the name for the strips left and right of the lane centre, though they do not give a formal definition of the term.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. vehicle track. — Vehicle track is not the term used in the passages, which refer to tire tracks when describing lane position.
- C. bike track. — Bike track does not appear in the handbook passages; the term they use is tire track.
- D. tire travel. — Tire travel is not the phrase used in the passages, which call these lane positions tire tracks.
Remember it
Picture the two worn strips your tyres follow in a lane: the left and right tire tracks.