Ch. 8 · Motorcycles

When riding a motorcycle, place your heel on the footrest and point your toes outward.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The Rules of the Road specifies "place the arch of your foot on the footrest" and "point your toes straight forward." Placing your heel on the footrest or pointing your toes outward is incorrect.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 1: Driver's mindset

Momoka
Momoka
Heel on the peg sounds stable though?
Hikari
Hikari
It's actually wrong. The Rules say to use the arch of your foot and point your toes straight forward, not heel down with toes out, so this is false.
Momoka
Momoka
Oh, so toes forward, not outward!
Hikari
Hikari
Right! Arch on the peg, toes forward — that's the correct riding posture.

Source: Ch. 8 Motorcycles · Section (第２節 正しい乗り方) · ステップに土踏まずを載せて、足の裏がほぼ水平になるようにする。また、足先がまつすぐ前方を向くようにして

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