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Nebraska Motorcycle Knowledge Test Cheat Sheet

The fastest way to review before your DMV motorcycle test — the numbers and rules most likely to appear.

🪪 Permit & License

  • Need a motorcycle license, permit, or endorsement
  • A Class M license covers motorcycles and three-wheelers
  • Pass a knowledge test (80% to pass) plus a skills test
  • Pass the written test before the skills test
  • An approved safety course waives BOTH tests (within 24 mo.)
  • "Z" restriction if you test on a scooter or 3-wheeler

🔢 Most-Tested Numbers

  • Following gap2 seconds minimum
  • Poor conditions3 seconds or more
  • Front brake70%+ of stopping power
  • Scan ahead12 seconds
  • Legally intoxicated.08% BAC
  • To passabout 20 of 25 (80%)

🪖 Helmet & Gear

  • Helmet required — every rider & passenger, any age
  • Mopeds too — operator and passenger (DOT/FMVSS 218)
  • Only helmet exemption: submit safety-course proof to the DMV
  • Eye protection is NOT required by Nebraska law
  • Still wear a face shield or goggles — a windshield is no substitute
  • Keep your headlight on; never wear tinted eyewear at night

✅ Remember This Answer

  • Quick stop? Use both brakes together
  • Front brake? Squeeze firmly — never grab
  • Curve? Slow, Look, Press, Roll
  • To lean/turn? Press the grip toward the turn
  • Swerve? Brake before or after — never during
  • Slow tight turn? Lean the bike, body upright

✅ Remember This Answer (2)

  • Starts to rain? Ride in the cars' tire tracks
  • Railroad tracks? Cross straight, within your lane
  • Tailgater behind you? Let them pass
  • Cut reaction time? Cover the clutch and both brakes
  • Daytime visibility? Headlight on — 2× as likely to be seen
  • Where do crashes happen? Intersections, and short trips

⚠️ Common Test Traps

  • "No room to stop" → Swerve — don't just brake harder
  • "Stop fastest" → Both brakes — not front alone, not rear first
  • "Brake while swerving" → Wrong — brake before or after only
  • "It starts to rain" → Slow down, ride in the tire tracks
  • "Following distance" → 2 sec; 3+ in poor conditions
  • "Made eye contact" → The driver still may not yield

⚠️ More Test Traps

  • "Curve too fast" → Slow before — don't brake hard mid-curve
  • "Lane splitting?" → Illegal — no riding between rows
  • "Pass in the same lane?" → Not allowed in Nebraska
  • "Carrying a passenger" → Bike responds slower — ride slower
  • "Waited an hour per drink" → Side effects can still remain
  • "Chased by a dog" → Approach slowly, then accelerate away

🚨 Emergency Situations

  • Tire goes flat → Ease off throttle, hold straight, edge off
  • Stuck throttle → Cut-off switch + pull in the clutch
  • Wobble → Close throttle gradually — don't brake or accelerate
  • Front wheel locks → Release, then reapply the front brake
  • Chain or belt breaks → Power is lost — close throttle, brake, stop
  • Engine seizes → Squeeze the clutch, pull off the road

🌧️ Surfaces, Weather & Night

  • Pavement is most slippery in the first minutes of rain
  • Slippery surface: slow first, no sudden moves, brake gently
  • Cross parallel seams or tracks at 45° or more
  • The oily center strip is hazardous when wet — use the tire tracks
  • Night: slow down and open a 3-second-plus gap
  • High beam when not near a car; low beam in fog

🏍️ Motorcycle Control

  • Countersteer: press left grip → lean left → go left
  • Use both brakes every stop — the front gives 70%+ of the power
  • Corner in four steps: SLOW · LOOK · PRESS · ROLL
  • Slow tight turn: lean the bike, keep your body upright
  • Pick the lane third that helps you see and be seen
  • Head-check your blind spot before every lane change

🍺 Alcohol & Impairment

  • Legally intoxicated.08% BAC
  • Under 21.00–.02% BAC
  • Alcohol clears~1 drink per hour
  • As little as one drink hurts judgment and balance
  • Cannabis distorts your sense of time, space and speed
  • Impaired riding is far deadlier than impaired driving

🎯 Last-Minute Before the Test

  • Both brakes to stop — front brake = 70%+ of power
  • Every curve: SLOW · LOOK · PRESS · ROLL
  • Press the grip toward the turn to lean (countersteer)
  • Brake OR swerve — never both at once
  • Follow at 2 seconds — 3+ when wet or crowded
  • Helmet always; lane splitting and same-lane passing are illegal
  • SEE = Search, Evaluate, Execute · .08% BAC = intoxicated

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Source: Some test details are confirmed by the state agency; the rest reflect the consensus of major rider-education sources. The official DMV page confirms the 80% standard; the 25-question count comes from third-party sources. An approved Nebraska motorcycle safety course (MSF Basic RiderCourse) waives both the written and drive tests within 24 months.