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Old 03-09-2012, 04:59 PM   #1
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http://www.msf-usa.org/riderperception/

I only got 14/20 on the hazards test...
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Old 03-09-2012, 06:17 PM   #2
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15/20, there's so much going on in some of those pics, it's hard to know what there going to ask about.
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Old 03-10-2012, 10:25 AM   #3
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15 out of 20 for me. I thought I would do better
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Old 03-11-2012, 03:24 AM   #4
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20/20 for signs
18/20 on hazards

I tend to be hypervigilant though, so...hurray for crummy childhoods?
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Old 03-11-2012, 04:04 AM   #5
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19/20 on signs
20/20 on hazards
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Old 03-11-2012, 10:14 AM   #6
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18/20 on signs
20/20 on hazards
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Old 03-11-2012, 10:19 AM   #7
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17/20 on signs
18/20 on collision traps
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Old 03-11-2012, 10:22 AM   #8
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16/20 on hazards, did the fast mode, everything that happens...happens fast
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Old 03-19-2012, 09:21 AM   #9
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18/20 on signs
19/20 on collision
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Old 03-19-2012, 09:53 AM   #10
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19/20 on both tests....

Going to pass this on to other riders I know.
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Old 03-19-2012, 11:19 AM   #11
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14/20 for the road sign test (a few of them, like the propane one, I had never seen before)
20/20 on the hazard test
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Old 03-19-2012, 11:44 AM   #12
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15/20, there's so much going on in some of those pics, it's hard to know what there going to ask about.
DAM!! my wife just got 19/20....I'm never going to here the end of this.
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Old 03-20-2012, 03:54 PM   #13
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Cool, I'm going to share this.

19/20 on signs.
17/20 on hazards.

But to be honest, 2 of my answers on hazards were complete guesses.
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Old 03-20-2012, 09:37 PM   #14
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What fun!!!
20/20 on signs, I took it twice (different signs)
17/20 on hazards.
But to be honest it took a couple to "catch on"
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Old 03-21-2012, 02:21 PM   #15
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19/20 signs (dang reverse turns sign!)
18/20 hazards
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Old 03-24-2012, 03:38 AM   #16
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18/20, but 1 of them I was right, but wrong at the same time because there were 2 risks.
19/20 on signs... but some of the signs have slightly different names, although I knew what they were.

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Old 03-26-2012, 03:45 PM   #17
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I took the test a few times and different hazards came up.

Funny thing os that I'm starting to think more like this (hazard assessment) when I ride.
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Old 03-26-2012, 04:59 PM   #18
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Should always ride looking for things that are trying to kill you (aka Hazards...)
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Old 05-14-2012, 03:05 PM   #19
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19/20 on signs, got the handicap one wrong

17/20 on hazards. Not alot of time to take in what you see which is how it is when you drive/ride. Even in my car I'm on a constant lookout.
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Old 05-14-2012, 04:36 PM   #20
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20/20 on signs
18/20 on hazards
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Old 05-21-2012, 04:53 PM   #21
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18/20 on signs
16/20 on hazards

Great test.
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Old 05-24-2012, 10:11 AM   #22
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I just finished my MSF class last Friday. I'm taking my license test Tuesday morning. I am a total n00b and don't even have a bike yet, but I managed to score a

17/20 signs
17/20 hazards

On the signs I missed a handicap accessibility, some other parking related question and accidentally clicked the wrong answer when I knew the right one. Hazards was nice to take, seeing as I have no real world experience yet. Great test!
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Old 05-26-2012, 02:11 AM   #23
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19/20 on signs
17/20 on hazards

And I haven't ridden a bike yet. On my way to a good start.... I hope
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Old 05-27-2012, 03:21 AM   #24
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17/20 sing
17/20 hazards

great test
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Old 05-30-2012, 05:57 AM   #25
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19/20
15/20
The hazard ones were good practice for sure.
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Old 06-16-2012, 11:16 AM   #26
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19 on the signs but the Pedestrian sign caught me. THey look slightly different around here.

20 on the traps.
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Old 06-17-2012, 01:54 AM   #27
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On fast setting: 19/20 on road signs and 15/20 on hazards. Hazards do seem like good practice. They certainly ask you to see quite a bit more than you would normally expect.

Like one where a car is merging into the lane ahead. What I grasped is that the car is merging close and there's an escape route to the right. What I was supposed to see is the police lights ahead.

Or another, where a car is again merging in front of you and there's another vehicle ahead that's braking. I saw the merging, didn't think to look much at the other vehicle.
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Old 06-19-2012, 06:51 PM   #28
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16/20 on the road hazards odd questions on some of them
18/20 on the road signs one of them was a camping sign I guess if I was into camping I would have gotten that one right
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Old 08-19-2012, 12:22 AM   #29
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17/20 signs
15/20 hazards
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Old 09-14-2012, 12:06 PM   #30
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17/20 signs
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Old 09-28-2012, 03:57 PM   #31
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18/20
18/20

I did blink twice LOL
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Old 09-29-2012, 12:16 PM   #32
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17/20 and 15/20
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Old 09-30-2012, 04:18 PM   #33
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20/20 16/20 medium speed. Yep a lot going on in some of those.
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Old 10-05-2012, 09:27 AM   #34
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medium speed for both
19/20 on road signs
15/20 on hazards
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16/20 on the signs, I didn't realize, at first, that they would just flash for an instant.

18/20 on the collision traps.

Nice find!
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Old 10-05-2012, 11:42 PM   #36
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19-20 and 18-20
Of course I set the speed to 'slow'.
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18 / 20 On signs
16 /20 on Hazards
Speed set to medium
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-I got 19/20 on signs and 18/20 on hazards.

-My wife got 18/20 on signs and 18/20 on hazards

-My 11 year old daughter got 17/20 on signs and 14/20 on hazards
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Old 04-01-2013, 08:25 PM   #39
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19 of 20 called the reverse turns curves
20 of 20
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18/20 on signs. I didn't know the two arrows down or the diverging highway traffic one. Never seen those before in my life.

17/20 hazards. On the question with (no escape to the right) I went dyslexic and thought it said left. So obvious me thought it was the answer.

There was one other I thought I had right, meh. Regardless, I like this test.
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