Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS):
- May respond to road situations differently than a human driver would — correct answer
- Are exempt from the speed limit while assisting
- Remove the driver's responsibility for the vehicle
Why
The handbook warns that self-driving vehicles and ADAS may react differently from a human driver, so you need to know how the technology in your vehicle behaves. (Section 8, Be Familiar with New Technology.)
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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