Road Rules and Safe Riding
Queensland road rules apply to motorcycles exactly as they do to cars, with a handful of motorcycle-specific provisions you must know cold. Ride on the left, keep left unless overtaking on multi-lane roads above the posted threshold, and obey all speed limits, signals and give-way rules. Understand lane positioning: you may share a lane with another motorcycle only where permitted, and you must not ride between lanes of moving traffic (lane filtering is restricted to low-speed conditions and specific rules; lane splitting at speed is illegal). Know your obligations at intersections, roundabouts (give way to vehicles already on the roundabout), pedestrian crossings and school zones.
Traps to watch: questions that describe a rider 'keeping up with traffic' as justification for speeding (there is none); confusing lane filtering with lane splitting; and assuming a motorcycle may use a footpath or bus lane without specific permission. Another common trap is the safe following distance - the two-second gap in good conditions, doubled in rain or poor visibility.
Worked rule of thumb: at any speed, pick a fixed object ahead; if you reach it sooner than two seconds after the vehicle in front passes it, you are too close. In the wet, count to four. This single habit answers most following-distance questions.
Also revise: indicating and cancelling, headlight use (motorcycles must run headlights), carrying pillion passengers only when licensed and the bike is equipped, and helmet law for rider and passenger.