Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
If you’re caught driving without insurance at a checkpoint, what could happen?
- Your car could be towed and impounded — correct answer
- You receive free insurance for a month
- You will be given a warning only
Why
An uninsured vehicle can be towed and impounded on the spot, with storage fees on top of the citation.
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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