Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
How can you warn oncoming traffic after a breakdown at night?
- Use flares or reflective triangles — correct answer
- Wave your hands
- Use your horn continuously
Why
Flares or reflective triangles give approaching drivers advance warning far enough back to slow down in time.
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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