According to the manual's citation of federal crash data, what happens in a large share of fatal motorcycle crashes involving another vehicle?
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A.
The other vehicle passes the motorcycle on a curve.
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B.
The other vehicle turns left while the motorcycle goes straight, passes, or overtakes. Correct
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C.
The motorcycle is rear-ended by a vehicle following too closely.
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D.
The motorcycle changes lanes into the other vehicle's blind spot.
The answer is "The other vehicle turns left while the motorcycle goes straight, passes, or overtakes."
The manual cites federal crash data attributing 41 percent of fatal motorcycle crashes with another vehicle to a left turn made across the motorcycle's path. The trap in option C is the rear-end pattern, because that is the crash most drivers picture when they think of car-versus-motorcycle - the left-turn geometry is what actually dominates.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The other vehicle passes the motorcycle on a curve.
The manual does not point at a passing-on-a-curve scenario in its motorcycle crash discussion. This answer carries the general 'no passing on curves' rule from the passing chapter into the motorcycle section, when the federal figure points at a specific left-turn geometry instead.
C. The motorcycle is rear-ended by a vehicle following too closely.
The pattern the manual names is a left turn across the motorcycle's path, not a rear-end collision. This answer substitutes the familiar rear-end scenario, though the crash pattern the manual singles out is the left turn across the motorcycle's path.
D. The motorcycle changes lanes into the other vehicle's blind spot.
The manual attributes the pattern to the other driver's left turn, not to the rider's lane change. This answer confuses the popular blind-spot warning about motorcycles with the crash cause the NHTSA figure actually names.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 11 - Sharing the Road: Motorcyclists," p.72..
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