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South Dakota: Additional rider fitness decisions

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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. You have started a new prescription medicine and do not know how it affects you. When should you ride?
  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. You have started a new prescription medicine and do not know how it affects you. When should you ride?

    Correct answer: Wait until its effects on safe vehicle operation are understood.

    NHTSA advises against driving until you know a new medicine’s effect on judgment, coordination and reaction time. Follow its warnings; do not use a traffic ride as the test.

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

  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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