Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If your headlights fail at night, you should:
- Continue driving as usual
- Turn on hazard flashers and try the dimmer switch — correct answer
- Accelerate to find a streetlight
Why
Put the hazards on immediately so you are visible, try the dimmer switch, and pull off the road as soon as you can.
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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