Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
What is a sign that you are too tired to drive safely?
- Feeling slightly hungry
- Listening to loud music
- Repeated yawning and difficulty focusing — correct answer
Why
Repeated yawning, drifting, and trouble focusing are the warning signs that come before a microsleep. Treat them as a signal to stop.
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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