Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
When is it safe to reach for something that fell on the floor while driving?
- Never, just leave it until you get home
- While waiting at a red light
- Only when stopped in a safe place — correct answer
Why
Never while moving. Reaching down takes your eyes off the road and pulls you off your steering line; stop somewhere safe first.
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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