I passed my BMV written test for motorcycle here in Ohio. (40 questions, 75% required, 11 missed = failure.)
I didn't study the book, but I did a review questions at
http://driving-tests.org/ohio/ohio-motorcycle-permit-practice-test/ which has mostly motorcycle safety questions, and a few general drunk driving questions. Since I had previously passed a motorcycle written (lapsed from 30 years ago) and I was getting 95% on the six online tests, I felt comfortable making a pilgrimage to the BMV in town.
Unfortunately for me, the first salvo of questions were pedantic administrative and legal stuff that only my attorney should care about if I ever go full retard and drink/drive. At almost half way to 100, I don't think I'm gonna start motoring with whiskey on my breath.
The test began and kept hammering questions about the precise nature of sentencing for drunk driving. Exactly how many hours one spends in jail. Exactly how long a license is suspended. Exact fines. I just didn't know those things. Still, being that the test is computerized and interactive, it just kept pestering me about all this legalese. By the time I got to 9 questions, I had 6 wrong.
Dagnabbit! I had a sinking feeling in my gut. I should have studied the legal part of the book. I can only miss 4 more in 31 questions before failure.
At 20 questions, I had missed 9. I'm nearly certain that I'm going to go away from the BMV a failure. But I must have finally satisfied the snarling "legal beagle" interactive requirements, and the computer finally started asking safety related questions that I knew.
I missed one safety question, and I think the State is wrong. They presented a picture of three motorcycles around a car. One is behind, one is beside in the car's blind spot, and one motorcycle was half a motorcycle length in front of the tailgating car. The question asked which cycle was in the most danger. Being tailgated at 4 feet, in my humble opinion, is the biggest danger, but the answer was the cycle in the next lane, next to the car in its blind spot. Hoooookay.
Results: 10 questions missed, 75%. Passed, by the skin of my teeth. Just like in the movies!
As dad would say, "Good enough for government work."
Take home points for fellow Buckeyes:
• Online practice tests, at least the free ones for cheapskates like me, aren't adequate to the real thing, even if you appear brilliant.
• Study the legal stuff and know every nitpicking detail, including precise sentencing guidelines.
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