Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
In which situation should you get out of your car on a highway?
- Stand in the travel lane
- Always exit on the traffic side
- If you must, exit on the side away from traffic — correct answer
Why
If you must leave the vehicle, exit on the side away from traffic. Stepping out into a live lane is how roadside breakdowns turn fatal.
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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