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You're carrying a pillion passenger on your motorcycle. What should you do when you're following other traffic?

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Keep to your normal following distance

Get your passenger to keep checking behind

Keep further back than you normally would

Get your passenger to signal for you

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Keep further back than you normally wouldThis was the right answer

The extra weight of a passenger may increase your stopping distance. Allow for this when following another vehicle by increasing the separation distance.

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Brief the passenger and allow more timeReviewed guidance summary · A passenger leans with the rider, leaves observations to the rider and requires greater following space.

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