Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If the road is hazardous due to weather, your best approach is to:
- Drive more slowly and with caution, or don't drive — correct answer
- Only use hazard flashers without slowing
- Drive as usual
Why
Slow down substantially, or do not go. No trip is worth driving in conditions your vehicle cannot handle.
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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