Topic 6 · Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving (DUI Laws)
What’s the first step if your license is confiscated after a DUI arrest in California?
- You must retake your driving test
- You are banned from driving for life
- You receive a temporary 30-day license — correct answer
Why
The officer issues a 30-day temporary license. Use that window — you have 10 days to request a DMV hearing. (Handbook, Section 9 — DUI Arrests.)
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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