# MenkyoQuest — Question ch8_q017

Chapter: Ch. 8 Motorcycles
Section: 第２節 正しい乗り方
Type: True/False
Difficulty: medium

## Question
When gripping the handlebars of a motorcycle, lower your wrists and hold the grips lightly as if pushing the handlebars forward.

## Correct answer
True

## Explanation
The Rules of the Road, Chapter 8, Section 2, states "lower your wrists and hold the grips lightly as if pushing the handlebars forward." This is the correct way to hold the handlebars.

## Driving school curriculum
Stage 1 – Topic 1: Driver's mindset

## Source passage (Rules of the Road)
手首を下げて、ハンドルを前に押すような気持ちでグリップを軽く持つ。

## Tags
二輪車, ハンドル, グリップ, 手首

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Source basis: National Police Agency's official Rules of the Road manual (Public Domain under Article 13 §2 of Japan's Copyright Act).
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