Practice question

If a car is tailgating you on a motorcycle, the safest response is to:

  1. Slam on the brakes to teach them a lesson
  2. Increase your following distance to the vehicle ahead so you can brake gradually, and consider changing lanes to let the tailgater pass
  3. Speed up to outrun them
  4. Wave them around at high speed

Answer: B — Increase your following distance to the vehicle ahead so you can brake gradually, and consider changing lanes to let the tailgater pass

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