Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
To avoid being distracted by your phone while driving, you should:
- Check it only at stoplights
- Put it away or set it to Do Not Disturb mode — correct answer
- Hold it in your hand for easy access
Why
Remove the temptation before you start driving: put the phone away or set Do Not Disturb. Willpower fails at exactly the wrong moment.
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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