When entering a curve, you should
- reduce your speed before the curve.
- turn your head, not your shoulders, in the direction of the curve.
- look as far around it as possible.
- do all of the above. ✓
Answer: D. do all of the above.
Do all of the above: reduce your speed before the curve, turn your head rather than your shoulders into the curve, and look as far around it as you can.
Why this is the answer
The motorcycle handbook says to slow down before you begin a turn and to look well ahead, keeping your head facing into the turn. It also warns that taking a turn too fast is a common cause of running off the road, so braking before the turn matters. Moving your head into the curve helps you see where you are going, and the handbook advises seeing as much of the road ahead as possible in a blind curve. Together these points make the combined choice the right one.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. reduce your speed before the curve. — Slowing down before the curve is part of the answer, but on its own it leaves out looking ahead and turning your head into the curve.
- B. turn your head, not your shoulders, in the direction of the curve. — Turning your head into the curve is part of the answer, but it does not replace setting a safe speed before the curve or looking as far ahead as possible.
- C. look as far around it as possible. — Looking as far around the curve as possible is part of the answer, but by itself it does not cover slowing down first or turning your head into the curve.
Remember it
Think slow, see, steer: get your speed down first, then let your eyes and head lead you around.