You had to make an emergency stop. How can you notify other drivers that you need help?
- Honk your horn once in a while.
- Leave your engine running.
- Put your helmet on the ground near the road. ✓
- Stand on the shoulder of the road and wave to passing drivers.
Answer: C. Put your helmet on the ground near the road.
Place your helmet on the ground near the road so other motorcyclists know you need help.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when you pull off the road and need assistance, you should put your helmet on the ground near the road. It explains that this is a signal understood among motorcycle drivers that a motorcyclist needs help. So the helmet is the recognized way to get noticed, not something you do with your horn or by waving from the shoulder.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Honk your horn once in a while. — The handbook's emergency section never describes honking the horn as a way of asking other drivers for help.
- B. Leave your engine running. — Leaving the engine running is not mentioned anywhere in the handbook as a signal that you need assistance.
- D. Stand on the shoulder of the road and wave to passing drivers. — Standing on the shoulder and waving is not the signal the handbook names; it points to the helmet on the ground as the recognized request for help.
Remember it
Helmet down on the ground means a rider down and in need — keep your own helmet off the pavement unless you want help.