23.3.157    SKILL EXAMINATION DESCRIPTION AND SCORING

The skill tests discussed above in 23.3.155(2) (b) and (c) are administered and scored according to standards set out in the Motorcycle Operator Skill Test (MOST II) User's Manual, July 1980 edition, available upon request from the Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, Driver Services, Room 253, Scott Hart Building, 303 Roberts, Helena, Montana 59620. The following are the requirements and scoring for the skill examination discussed in 23.3.155(2) (a) :

(1) Proper clothing:

(a) Boots, long pants, no shirt, helmet..............................................................................4 points

(b) Boots, shirt, cut-offs, helmet.........................................................................................4 points

(c) Cut-offs, no shirt, no shoes...........................................................................................8 points

(2) Understanding controls:

(a) Readily explains and understands controls................................................................0 points

(b) Understands and identifies major controls

only.............................................................................................................................................4 points

(c) Does not identify one or more major

controls.......................................................................................................................................8 points

(3) Starting:

(a) Key-on position..............................................................................................................0 points

(b) Key-off position..............................................................................................................2 points

(c) Bike in gear and clutch engaged (Key-on

position) ......................................................................... ...........................................................4 points

(4) Clutch:

(a) Smooth acceleration and engaging of

clutch...........................................................................................................................................0 points

(b) Smooth acceleration, jerky engagement of

clutch...........................................................................................................................................4 points

(c) Excessive motor r.p.m., slipping or

releasing clutch too fast causing bucking or stall...................................................................8 points

(5) Stall:

(a) No Stall............................................................................................................................0 points

(b) Too low r.p.m., releases clutch smooth........................................................................2 points

(c) Stalls motor repeatedly.................................................................................2 points each stall

(6) Shifting:

(a) Fully completes up and down shift................................................................................0 points

(b) Completes up shift only..................................................................................................4 points

(c) Does not complete up shift............................................................................................8 points

(7) Balance:

(a) Does not use feed except on end turn..........................................................................0 points

(b) Uses feed for balance once on serpentine or

one on pinch cones.....................................................................................................................4 points

(c) Uses feet for balance throughout skill

test...............................................................................................................................................8 points

(8) Steering ability:

(a) Completes serpentine, does not strike cones,

makes end turn without difficulty, does not strike cones

on shift and stop segment. (Pinch cones may be struck

by anything other than wheels) .................................................................................................0 points

(b) Strikes any serpentine cone, or cannot

easily make end turn, or strikes pinch cone or

stop cone with front wheel.........................................................................................................2 points

(c) Any combination of items in (b) ....................................................................................4 points

(9) Judgment of distance:

(a) Does not strike cones, allows

sufficient room for end turn........................................................................................................0 points

(b) Strikes cone on either course or

does not allow room for end turn.............................................................................................4 points

(c) Strikes more than one cone on either

course and does not allow room for end turn.........................................................................8 points

(10) Use of brake:

(a) Makes successful complete stop.................................................................................0 points

(b) Uses brake unnecessarily or does not

complete successful stop..........................................................................................................6 points

(c) Rides brake throughout course.....................................................................................3 points

(d) Uses front wheel brake only when

required to stop..........................................................................................................................6 points

(11) Stop:

(a) Stops with front wheel in cones......................................................................................0 points

(b) Stops 6 inches or more from cones

(either side) ................................................................................................................................3 points

(c) Stops 12 inches or more from cones

(either side) ................................................................................................................................6 points

(12) Any loss of control of the motorcycle that results in a fall or leaving the skill test area is scored as a dangerous action.

History: Sec. 44-1-103 MCA; IMP, 61-5-101, et seq. , 61-5-110, MCA; NEW, Eff. 3/8/76; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 600, Eff. 3/26/82.