On a highway with two lanes in your direction, you want to pass a motorcycle. The rider is in the left part of the right lane, and the left lane is clear. What should you do?

Correct answer: Move fully into the left lane to pass, and return only when you are well ahead.

Why

A motorcycle is small and hard to see, and a rider moves within the lane to be seen and to avoid holes, gravel and wind. When you follow a motorcycle, keep at least a three-to-four-second gap, and add more time at night and in bad weather. After you pass, check that you are well ahead before you return to the lane. A rider in a crash is almost always badly hurt or killed.

Verified against West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook · Sharing the Road with Motorcycles · p. 61, 62