Ch. 8 · Motorcycles

When riding a motorcycle, tense your shoulders and bend your elbows significantly.

[True / False · Hard]

Answer: ✕ False

Explanation

The Rules of the Road specifies "relax your shoulders and bend your elbows slightly." Tensing your shoulders or bending your elbows significantly is incorrect; a relaxed posture is required.

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

Momoka
Momoka
Tensing my shoulders and really bending my elbows sounds like I'd have more control, though.
Hikari
Hikari
That's false! You should relax your shoulders and only bend your elbows slightly — tension makes you rigid.
Momoka
Momoka
Oh, so being too tense actually hurts my riding?
Hikari
Hikari
Yep! Stay loose so you can move with the bike, not fight it.

Source: Ch. 8 Motorcycles · Section (第２節 正しい乗り方) · 肩の力を抜き、ひじをわずかに曲げる。

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Source content excerpted from the NPA “Rules of the Road” instructional manual, in the public domain under Japanese Copyright Act Article 13(2). Explanations are AI-assisted and copyrighted by the MenkyoQuest editorial team.