Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
To clearly communicate your intentions to other drivers, you should:
- Only signal when making a U-turn
- Always use your turn signals and tap your brakes early when slowing — correct answer
- Assume others can predict your actions
Why
Signal every turn and lane change, and tap the brakes early when slowing, so drivers behind get warning rather than a surprise.
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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