Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
If you accidentally upset another driver, what should you do?
- Stay calm, avoid escalation, and do not engage — correct answer
- Follow them to explain yourself
- Challenge them with aggressive driving
Why
Do not engage. An apologetic wave and continued calm driving defuses it; matching their anger escalates it.
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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