Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
If you are uninsured in a not-at-fault accident and suffer injuries, what can you not claim?
- Compensation for pain and suffering — correct answer
- Compensation for medical bills
- Compensation for property damage
Why
Driving uninsured forfeits your claim for pain and suffering, even when the collision was entirely the other driver's fault.
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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