Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
A tailgater is behind you and the road has more than one lane. The handbook says to:
- Slow down until they overtake
- Match their speed to keep the gap constant
- Merge right when it is safe and let them pass — correct answer
Why
Maintain your course and speed, then move right when safe. (Section 8, Tailgating.)
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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