Total Control Beginner Riding Clinic Glossery Flashcards
Acronym to describe defensive riding strategy: Awareness, Assessment, Action.
A3 Strategy
Braking systems that prevent skids during straight-line braking.
Anti-lock Brakes
Point in a rider’s path of travel closest to the inside edge of a curve.
Apex
Blood alcohol concentration. Percentage of alcohol in a person’s blood.
BAC
Areas behind and beside a vehicle not visible in the mirrors.
Blind Spot
The quality of being conspicuous; highly visible, easily seen.
Conspicuity
Mirror having a surface that curves outward. They show more area but objects appear farther away than they actually are.
Convex Mirror
A crash or conflict.
Collision
To fall or collide with something; to undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact.
Crash
Shifting weight to the outside of the turn. Used to provide better balance in low-speed turns.
Counterweight
Initiate lean by applying forward pressure to the hand grip in the direction of the turn
Countersteer
A road that is higher in the middle to promote drainage.
Crowned Road
Concentration on both mental and physical tasks at the same time or any simultaneous multiple tasks.
Divided Attention
Department of Transportation.
DOT
Driving while impaired (DWI); driving under the influence (DUI). These terms refer to any and all offenses involving the operation of vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs.
DWI/DUI
Slowing by using engine compression; shifting down and easing out the clutch or rolling off the throttle.
Engine Braking
Speed at the entry to a turn. A proper entry speed allows you to maintain a steady speed or accelerate gently throughout the entire turn.
Entry Speed
An alternative route to avoid hazards in your immediate path of travel.
Escape Route
Riding at a speed that does not allow time to recognize and avoid hazards in your path.
Exceeding Sight Distance
Roadside tests used by law enforcement to determine impairment.
Field Sobriety Tests
Area of clutch lever travel where the clutch begins to engage and transfer power from the engine to the rear wheel. Used in getting underway, downshifting and in slow-speed maneuvers.
Friction Zone
The flared cuff of a glove that is designed to prevent wind from going up the sleeve.
Gauntlet
A condition caused by exposure to heat, resulting in the depletion of body fluids that causes weakness, dizziness, nausea and often collapse.
Heat Exhaustion
Crash in which the motorcycle snaps violently upright and throws the rider in front of the tumbling motorcycle. Often the result of releasing the rear brake when a skidding rear tire is not in alignment with the front.
High-Side Crash
Water buildup under tread. Hydroplaning causes tires to lift from the roadway surface. Can cause loss of control.
Hydroplane
A clinical state of sub-normal body temperature when the body is unable to generate sufficient heat to efficiently maintain functions. Warning signs include uncontrollable shivering, memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, slurred speech, drowsiness and exhaustion.
Hypothermia
Braking system that applies partial front braking when rear brake is applied.
Integrated Braking System
Diminished judgment and ability.
Impairment
low-side crash.
Lay It Down
System that engages both front and rear brakes when either is applied.
Linked Braking System
Crash where the rider makes contact with the ground behind the sliding motorcycle.
Low-Side Crash
Involuntary jerking of the eyes.
Nystagmus
Riding at a speed that does not allow you to avoid hazards or stop within the path illuminated by the headlight.
Overriding the Headlight
Riding at a speed that does not allow time or distance to stop or swerve if something unexpected enters your path or the roadway takes an unexpected bend.
Overriding Sight Distance
Material that reflects light back to the light source.
Retro-reflective
How far ahead a rider can see at any given moment.
Sight Distance
Zone of space surrounding rider. Maintained to provide space and time to react to hazards.
Space Cushion
Getting the steering centered and the motorcycle upright and traveling in a straight path. Helps to preserve balance at stops.
Square the Handlebars
When the eyes and brain are focused so intently on a particular object that awareness of other obstacles or hazards is diminished and the rider tends to veer toward that object.
Target Fixation
Following too closely.
Tailgating
Friction between the tires and the roadway.
Traction
An advanced traction management technique for cornering. The brakes are applied before the corner and then “trailed off” gradually through the early portion of the curve. Not practiced in this course.
Trail Braking
Guiding your motorcycle by turning your head and focusing your eyes on the desired path. It’s the principle that you tend to go where you look.
Visual Directional Control
Space allowed to identify and manage risks. Scanning 20 seconds ahead provides the visual lead.
Visual Lead
The apparent temperature felt by the body due to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
Wind Chill
