Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Highway construction work at night means you should:
- Reduce your speed in the construction zone — correct answer
- Change to the left lane in every case
- Use high beams to see the workers
Why
Construction can take place at night, and the handbook asks for reduced speed in those zones. (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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