Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
On a wet road, your stopping distance is:
- Doubled — correct answer
- Unaffected
- Halved
Why
Wet pavement roughly doubles the distance you need to stop. Increase your following distance to match rather than assuming your brakes will do the same job.
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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