Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
If your windshield wipers fail during heavy rain, you should:
- Slow down and move off the road as soon as possible — correct answer
- Keep driving at normal speed
- Turn off your headlights
Why
Slow down and get off the road as soon as it is safe. You cannot drive on 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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