Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If your brakes fail on a mountain downgrade, what should you use if available?
- Emergency flares
- High beams
- Escape ramps — correct answer
Why
Runaway truck escape ramps are built for exactly this. Use one if it is available rather than trying to ride the descent out.
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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