Five lessons, six decisions. Get one wrong and it will tell you which lesson to go back to, and you can come again as many times as you like. Finishing the section means you got all six right, not that you scraped a pass.
Step 1 of 6
1Decide
You are about to ride. Which of these gets checked first?
Yes. Rider first, machine second. Every established programme puts them in that order, because a rider who is not right tonight does not get rescued by a bike that is.
Not first. All three get checked and the bike is next – but a machine in perfect condition cannot fix a rider who should not be on it. Go back to 1.1.
Pick the right one to carry on.
2Decide
You are furious about something that happened an hour ago. You are not tired, not ill, and the bike is fine.
Yes, and notice the second half of that. Not right is a condition, not a character flaw, and it has an expiry time. Twenty minutes and a glass of water is often the whole fix.
Angry is one of the four. A furious rider takes gaps they would normally leave, and going slower does not change what they are willing to risk. Go back to 1.5.
Pick the right one to carry on.
3Find them
Which of these mean a helmet is not doing its job?
Tap the ones that count.
Find all 4.
4Decide
Music, on a road you know well.
Yes, and the timing is the point. The decision gets made in the driveway, not at a junction with one hand off the bars.
The compromise is the trap. One earbud still costs you the side you cannot hear, and the vehicle you most need to hear is the one you cannot see. Go back to 1.3.
Pick the right one to carry on.
5Decide
Why is this genuinely harder at fourteen than at forty?
Yes. It is timing, not character and not skill. Knowing that is what lets you build the habit now instead of waiting to grow out of it.
Not quite, and this one matters. It is not that you care less or ride worse – the wanting and the arguing back are on different schedules. Go back to 1.4.
Pick the right one to carry on.
6Decide
The evening it is a no. What comes out of your mouth?
Yes. Flat, finished, and true. A sentence your mouth has already made does not invite an argument, and you never have to remember which excuse you used.
Both of those cost you something. Saying nothing leaves it open, and a borrowed excuse has to be maintained. The real sentence is shorter than either. Go back to 1.1.
Pick the right one to carry on.
Section done: Somebody Else's House.
Every question right. Seven more sections and the Road Badge is yours. Show a parent this screen tonight, and tell them one thing from this section you did not know before.
