Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Fatigue while driving can be as dangerous as:
- Driving with one hand
- Driving slowly
- Driving drunk — correct answer
Why
Fatigue slows reaction time and judgment much the way alcohol does, and microsleeps can take you off the road entirely.
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.