Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
When approaching a sharp corner or blind turn, the safest action is to:
- Accelerate through the turn for better control
- Slow down so you can stop if something unexpected is around the bend — correct answer
- Sound your horn and proceed at full speed
Why
Slow down before the corner, not in it, so you can stop within the distance you can actually see around the bend.
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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