Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
At night, which road users are hardest to see?
- Trucks and buses
- Motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists — correct answer
- Vehicles with their headlights on
Why
The handbook names those three as much harder to see at night. (Section 8, Darkness.)
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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