Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
If road conditions are too difficult, such as a blizzard or extreme congestion, you should:
- Speed up to get through quickly
- Continue driving as usual
- Not drive or pull over until conditions improve — correct answer
Why
The safest decision is sometimes not to drive at all. Stopping until conditions improve costs you time, not more than that.
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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