Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
At night or in low visibility, you should:
- Increase following distance and slow down — correct answer
- Rely on street lights for visibility
- Use high beams at all times
Why
You can only see as far as your headlights reach, so you need more distance and less speed to stay inside your stopping range.
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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