Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
If your vehicle begins to hydroplane, you should:
- Brake hard to stop immediately
- Accelerate to regain control
- Ease off the accelerator and steer gently until you regain traction — correct answer
Why
Ease off the accelerator and steer gently straight ahead. Braking or sharp steering has nothing to grip until the tires reach the road again.
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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