Class A theory course · chapter 9 of 19
Grip, weather and road conditions
Gravel, manhole covers, rails and markings, and how rain, cold, darkness and crosswind hit both the machine and you.
The chapter in numbers
- Lessons
- 3about 16 minutes of reading
- Drawings
- 12diagrams and photographs made for the lessons they sit in
Why this chapter
What a car barely notices can put a motorcycle down. This chapter covers the surfaces that steal grip, rain, cold, crosswind and darkness – and why the weather hits both the machine and you as the rider. Norway can give you all of it in a single season, often on a single ride.
Written against
The lessons are written against these sources, and the explanations cite them.
- Læreplan klasse A2 (V850a2) pkt. 2.1.4 og 3.1.3 (fartsavpassing, veggrep)
- trafikkreglene § 13 nr. 1
- læreplan V850a2 trinn 4 (vegdekke – grusveg bør inngå)
- Læreplan klasse A2 (V850a2) pkt. 2.1.4, 2.2.3 og 3.1.4 (kulde og fuktighet)
- Trafikkopplæringsforskriften §§ 8-1, 8-2 og 29-2
- trafikkreglene §§ 13 nr. 1 og 15
- forskrift om bruk av kjøretøy § 1-6
- Læreplan klasse A2 (V850a2) pkt. 1.7 og 3.1.8
What the test asks
The practice questions for this chapter belong to one of the seven official themes of the theory test.
The mock-exam split is our own – Statens vegvesen publishes none.
The lessons, in order
- 1 What the road is made ofGravel, manhole covers, rails, road markings and oil — surfaces a car crosses without noticing, and that put a motorcycle down. 5 min
- 2 Weather, visibility and seasonRain, cold and crosswind — and why weather hits a rider both through the grip and through the rider. 5 min
- 3 Riding in the darkWhy speed belongs to the beam, what a single light does to other people’s distance judgement, and dipping correctly. 6 min
The lessons are part of full access – 149 kr for a week, 299 kr for a month. Chapter 1 is free, so you can see how the course is written first.
All 19 chapters
- 01The motorcycle and the licence
- 02The motorcycle — construction and systems
- 03Clothing and compulsory safety equipment
- 04The motorcycle safety check
- 05Forces, balance and braking
- 06Manoeuvring — low speed, starting and stopping
- 07Positioning and cornering
- 08Observation, where you look, and being seen
- 09Grip, weather and road conditions
- 10Signs, markings and signals
- 11At a traffic accident
- 12The traffic rules and the rider's duties
- 13Motorway, tunnel and level crossing
- 14The rider's and owner's responsibility
- 15Risk, attitudes and riding strategy
- 16Giving way
- 17Speed, distance and overtaking
- 18Environment and consideration
- 19Passenger and load
Read the whole chapter
Full access opens all 19 chapters, mock exams with new questions every time and the sign drill – 149 kr for a week, 299 kr for a month, no automatic renewal.