Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If your vehicle breaks down on the freeway, you should:
- Pull over to the right shoulder and use hazard lights — correct answer
- Try to fix your car in the traffic lane
- Stay in your lane
Why
Get onto the right shoulder, as far off the pavement as possible, and put the hazards on. (Handbook, Section 6.)
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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