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New Mexico: Rider fitness and impairment: Practice 1

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New Mexico: Rider fitness and impairment: Practice 1

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  1. 1. A rider spaces alcoholic drinks an hour apart and plans to ride home. What is wrong with treating that schedule as proof of safety?
  2. 2. A friend who has been drinking insists on riding away. What is the appropriate response?
  3. 3. A medicine warns against operating heavy machinery. Does that warning include riding a motorcycle?
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  1. A rider spaces alcoholic drinks an hour apart and plans to ride home. What is wrong with treating that schedule as proof of safety?

    Correct answer: Alcohol and impaired abilities may remain despite that schedule.

    Alcohol effects vary, and a simple hourly rule does not establish that the rider is unimpaired. Do not turn drink counts or elapsed time into a guaranteed safe-to-ride calculation.

    Source: Maryland Motorcycle Operator Manual, DL-001 (10/12); PDF page 44, printed page 35; Blood Alcohol Concentration. ↗

  2. A friend who has been drinking insists on riding away. What is the appropriate response?

    Correct answer: Help arrange a safe ride and enlist others to support that plan.

    Help keep an impaired person off the motorcycle. Support from other people can make arranging safe transport easier; following behind does not restore the rider’s abilities.

    Source: Maryland Motorcycle Operator Manual, DL-001 (10/12); PDF page 46, printed page 37; Step In to Protect Friends. ↗

  3. A medicine warns against operating heavy machinery. Does that warning include riding a motorcycle?

    Correct answer: Yes; the warning also applies to operating a motor vehicle.

    NHTSA explains that heavy-machinery warnings include vehicle operation. Do not dismiss a warning because the motorcycle is small or the trip is familiar.

    Source: NHTSA, Dangers of Driving After Taking Prescription Drugs or Over-the-Counter Medicines; Antidepressants, opioids, and other prescription drugs may cause impairment. ↗

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New Mexico: Rider fitness and impairment: Practice 1

3 questions on rider fitness and impairment. Start a short set, read each explanation and revisit your saved mistakes.

The main short sets and fresh mix use 34 two-wheel questions. Trike and fixed-sidecar questions stay in separately selected topics.