Topic 6 · Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving (DUI Laws)
Is it ever legal to drive after drinking alcohol if you feel okay?
- No, you can be impaired below the legal limit — correct answer
- Yes, if you had food with your drink
- Yes, if you are under 0.08%
Why
Feeling fine is unreliable — alcohol raises confidence while cutting ability. Almost everyone is affected below the legal limit. (Handbook, Section 9.)
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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