Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
A U-turn in front of a fire station is:
- Allowed if no emergency vehicle is leaving
- Allowed outside working hours
- Never allowed, and you may not use its driveway to turn around either — correct answer
Why
The handbook forbids both the U-turn in front of a fire station and using its driveway to turn around. (Section 6, U-turn.)
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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