Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Maintaining your vehicle is important because:
- It increases insurance costs
- It makes the car look better
- It reduces the chance of mechanical failures and emergencies — correct answer
Why
Most roadside emergencies — brakes, tires, lights, wipers — are maintenance items that gave warning first.
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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