Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
What is the benefit of planning your route and trip ahead of time?
- Allows you to make more spontaneous decisions
- Reduces distractions and stress during your drive — correct answer
- Increases your chances of getting lost
Why
Knowing where you are going removes the need to look at maps, guess at exits or make last-second lane changes.
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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