Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
If your windshield wipers are in poor condition during rain, you should:
- Keep driving as usual
- Use your hand to wipe the windshield
- Replace them as soon as possible — correct answer
Why
Worn blades smear rather than clear. Replace them before the weather makes it urgent — you cannot react to what you cannot see.
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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