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title: Bike helmets and roads — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine
description: Lesson 72 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Bike helmets and roads

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 72 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«It's not even the law, so I'm not bothering». What's the smart answer?

- **1.** It protects your head; that's the point — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Only grown-ups need protecting — no support
- **3.** If it's not the law, then it doesn't matter at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** Helmets only work if it's the law — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 72, line 7: «In the UK wearing a cycle helmet isn't the law, but the Highway Code (the UK's book of road rules, rule 59) says cyclists should wear one that fits and is fast…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «law» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Noah: «it's giving angel, no cap». What's the finger check?

- **1.** 5 fingers above the eyebrows, no strap — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 2 fingers above eyebrows, 1 under the strap — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Thumbs up and ride off — no support
- **4.** 1 finger above the ears and 2 fingers on the nose — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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Chloe: «the click pinches, innit». What should she do?

- **1.** Ask an adult to adjust it, and click it every time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Wear it backwards — no support
- **3.** Leave it undone, it's fine — no support
- **4.** Cut the strap off — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?» What would happen in his next crash?

- **1.** It would protect him twice as well as before — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The damaged foam might not protect him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nothing, little cracks don't matter at all — no support
- **4.** Cracks make helmets stronger, like old bones — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Callum: «it's pure dreich, but I know the road». Does knowing the road help drivers see him?

- **1.** Yes, drivers know he knows the road — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, drivers need lights to see him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No, but rain makes riders glow — no support
- **4.** Yes, if he rides very fast — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«crap, he beeped twice and she didn't even turn round». What took away Lily's warning?

- **1.** The van's quiet engine — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Loud music in both ears — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** The helmet covering her ears — no support
- **4.** A sore neck from riding — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 72, line 13: «Hearing warns you about cars behind you and around corners, so earbuds take away that warning.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take away» (+4); the same thing acted on «warning» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Dev: «cars stop, don't they?» How far would a car at 30 mph travel before stopping?

- **1.** About 23 m — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It stops instantly — no support
- **3.** About half a metre — **← Mova's choice** · score -2
- **4.** About 2 m — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 18: «Feet can't stop a bike at speed; brakes, tyres and chain should be checked before every ride, and a bike with a broken brake isn't ridden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «stop» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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Finn: «he'll see me, I'm right here». Why might the lorry driver not see him?

- **1.** Lorry drivers keep their eyes shut — no support
- **2.** Bikes are invisible in daylight — no support
- **3.** Lorry windows are painted black — no support
- **4.** Lorries have big blind spots down the left side — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 16: «Lorry drivers have big blind spots down the left side, and a cyclist beside a lorry turning left can be crushed; stay behind lorries.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Sipho: «Lekker, no stress, I'll just drag my takkies» downhill to a junction. What would happen?

- **1.** The hill would slow him down — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** His shoes would slide and he couldn't stop — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Junctions always have soft walls — no support
- **4.** His shoes would stop him easily, like brakes do — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides away laughing. What's real?

- **1.** Only grown-ups get hurt on bikes — no support
- **2.** Heads hit kerbs hard, and injuries can last for life — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** Bikes can't crash on real roads — no support
- **4.** Kids always bounce off roads unhurt — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 1: «Ryan in Newcastle sets off with his helmet hanging off the handlebars, «Howay, helmets are mid, man» («mid» is young slang for rubbish); but when you come off…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «head» (+3); the same property (+3); the same action «hit» (+2); the same thing acted on «kerb» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Grace: «I'll just ride on the road, it's the same thing». What's the difference?

- **1.** There is no difference at all — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Roads are smoother, so it's easier — no support
- **3.** Traffic needs extra skills the park doesn't teach — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Cars always have to give way to children on bikes — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Pursuant to Rule 59 of the Highway Code, identify the recommendation in respect of cycle helmets.

- **1.** Helmets are to be carried on the handlebars — no support
- **2.** Helmets are prohibited on public roads — no support
- **3.** A helmet which fits and is correctly fastened should be worn — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Helmets are required only for adults — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 7: «In the UK wearing a cycle helmet isn't the law, but the Highway Code (the UK's book of road rules, rule 59) says cyclists should wear one that fits and is fast…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear» (+4); the same thing acted on «cycle helmet» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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It is given that a helmet has sustained an impact in a collision. State the appropriate course of action.

- **1.** No action is required if it appears intact — no support
- **2.** The helmet is to be replaced — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The helmet is to be worn reversed — score 5
- **4.** The helmet is to be repaired with adhesive tape — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 5, line 16: «A bike helmet is built to crack and crush to soak up the force, and it should be replaced after any big crash.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «replace» (+4); the same thing acted on «helmet» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Determine the approximate total stopping distance of a car travelling at thirty miles per hour, as stated in the Highway Code.

- **1.** Two metres — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nine metres — no support
- **3.** Twenty-three metres — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Two hundred and thirty metres — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard posed to a cyclist positioned alongside a lorry turning left?

- **1.** The lorry is unable to turn left — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** The cyclist may be within the driver's blind spot and be struck — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The cyclist is protected by the lorry's mirrors — no support
- **4.** The cyclist is invariably visible to the driver — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 16: «Lorry drivers have big blind spots down the left side, and a cyclist beside a lorry turning left can be crushed; stay behind lorries.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/e4/)

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