Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
A child seated next to a side airbag:
- May be at risk of serious or fatal injury — correct answer
- Is safer than in the middle of the rear seat
- Is protected as long as they use a booster
Why
The handbook flags the side airbag as a specific risk for a child seated next to it. (Section 8, Child Restraint System and Safety Seats.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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