A motorcyclist ahead of you has a right turn signal flashing. According to the manual, what should you do?
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A.
Flash your headlights to acknowledge the rider's signal, then move on.
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B.
Wait to be sure the motorcycle is going to turn before you proceed. Correct
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C.
Move around the motorcycle in the same lane and complete your turn.
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D.
Proceed, since a motorcyclist's signal reliably shows intent.
The answer is "Wait to be sure the motorcycle is going to turn before you proceed."
The manual says motorcycle signals usually aren't self-canceling and riders sometimes forget to turn them off, so wait until the motorcycle actually starts the turn before you move. Option D tempts drivers who carry the car habit over, where a blinker cancels itself once the wheel straightens, then read the motorcycle's flash as the same reliable declaration.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Flash your headlights to acknowledge the rider's signal, then move on.
Flashing back does not confirm whether the rider actually intends to turn. This answer borrows the headlight-flash cue used when passing large trucks and applies it to a motorcycle-signal check the manual answers by waiting, not signaling.
C. Move around the motorcycle in the same lane and complete your turn.
Sharing the lane with a motorcycle is expressly disallowed on the same page. This answer reads a rider's turn signal as permission to occupy the motorcycle's lane, contradicting the full-lane rule the manual states a few paragraphs earlier.
D. Proceed, since a motorcyclist's signal reliably shows intent.
The manual warns the flashing signal may be one the rider forgot to switch off after an earlier turn. This answer treats a motorcycle blinker as self-canceling the way a car's indicator clicks off once the steering wheel straightens.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Signal Your Intentions," p.52..
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