When riding, you should
- fix your gaze on the vehicle ahead.
- look to your right.
- keep your eyes scanning the road ahead, behind and beside you. ✓
- look at the road right in front of your motorcycle.
Answer: C. keep your eyes scanning the road ahead, behind and beside you.
Keep your eyes scanning the road ahead, behind and beside you.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's visibility section says skilled drivers avoid surprises because they see problems early, and it tells you to keep your eyes constantly moving and scanning the road ahead, beside and behind. It warns against staring at one place for more than two seconds, since trouble can develop while you are not looking. Looking well ahead and checking all around gives you time to adjust instead of making panic stops or sudden swerves.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. fix your gaze on the vehicle ahead. — Fixing your gaze on the vehicle ahead freezes your eyes on one spot, which is exactly what the handbook tells you not to do.
- B. look to your right. — Looking only to your right leaves the road ahead, behind and your other side unchecked.
- D. look at the road right in front of your motorcycle. — Watching the road right in front of your motorcycle is too close to spot trouble early enough to adjust to it.
Remember it
Think of your eyes as a searchlight that never stops sweeping, not a camera locked on one subject.
Official handbook: Official MTO Motorcycle Handbook, Visibility – Seeing