Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If your car goes into water, what is the best way to escape?
- Unbuckle, open or break a window, exit quickly — correct answer
- Wait for the car to fill with water before trying to get out
- Open the door immediately
Why
Release the seat belt and get out through a window immediately, while there is still air and the door pressure has not equalized.
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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