Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
What is the safest way to reverse your vehicle?
- Check all mirrors and look over your shoulder — correct answer
- Reverse quickly to save time
- Use only the rearview camera
Why
Check the mirrors, then turn and look over your shoulder. Cameras and mirrors both leave low blind spots.
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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