Add a second behind a motorcycle
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're following a motorcycle. How should you change the usual following-time rule?
The rule
Behind a motorcycle, add one extra second to your normal following time; in bad weather, double that distance.
Never tailgate a motorcycle. Give it one more second than the usual following rule, and double that in bad weather.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 20. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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