Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
In high winds you should not use:
- Cruise control — correct answer
- Your low-beam headlights
- The defroster
Why
Cruise control takes the accelerator out of your hands, and a gust is exactly when you want maximum control of it. (Section 8, High Winds.)
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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