According to the Texas manual, the most common crash between cars and motorcycles happens at an intersection. What is the driver of the car doing?
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A.
Turning right into the motorcycle's lane of travel.
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B.
Backing out of a parking space in the intersection.
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C.
Making a left turn in front of the motorcycle. Correct
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D.
Running a red light while going straight through the intersection.
The answer is "Making a left turn in front of the motorcycle."
The manual pins the top crash pattern to a specific move: a car turning left in front of an oncoming motorcycle, whose smaller profile and misjudged speed cause the driver to think there is time. Option A is the trap because the same page lists a motorist turning right across a bicycle's path as the top car-bicycle mismatch, and a reader who mixes the two rules reaches for the right-hook out of recent memory.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turning right into the motorcycle's lane of travel.
The right-turn conflict is the pattern the manual identifies for bicycles, not motorcycles. This answer carries the right-hook pattern from the car-bicycle list on the same page over to motorcycles, mixing two rules the manual keeps apart.
B. Backing out of a parking space in the intersection.
This is not the intersection scenario the manual identifies for motorcycle crashes. This answer substitutes a general parking-lot backing hazard for the specific intersection move the manual names.
D. Running a red light while going straight through the intersection.
A red-light violation is a general intersection risk, not the specific pattern the manual names for motorcycles. This answer names the most memorable intersection violation instead of the scenario the manual actually attributes to motorcycle collisions.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Left Turns," p.52..
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