While riding a motorcycle, when should you start braking if you intend to go round a sharp bend on the road?

In the photo the road bends sharply in front of a fence on which there are U-3 directional boards (chevrons) with arrows to the left and to the right. When riding a motorcycle, you start braking before such a bend early enough to avoid braking in the bend itself - answer C.

The Road Traffic Act requires you to ride at a speed that allows you to keep control of the vehicle, taking into account the terrain and the condition of the road, and to brake in a way that does not cause danger. In a bend the tyre has limited grip available, which it shares between steering through the bend and braking: when the motorcycle is leaning, applying the brake easily goes beyond this limit - the front wheel tucks under or the rear wheel slides, and the motorcycle straightens up and runs wide to the outside of the bend. That is why all slowing down and changing down takes place before the bend, on a straight section, while the motorcycle is upright. You enter the bend with the throttle slightly open, which stabilises the suspension, and you only open the throttle more when you can see the exit. Answers A and B describe exactly braking while leaning, the most common cause of motorcyclists' accidents in bends.

Legal basis: Art. 19 para. 1 and para. 2 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)