Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
What should you do when reversing your vehicle?
- Only use the backup camera and mirrors
- Turn and look over your shoulder to check behind and around your car — correct answer
- Rely on your passengers to direct you
Why
Turn and look over your shoulder through the rear window. Mirrors and cameras leave gaps, especially low down where a child would be.
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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