Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
When should you use hazard lights while driving?
- To indicate a normal turn
- While driving at normal speed in traffic
- When stopped on the side of the road or moving very slowly due to a problem — correct answer
Why
Hazards mean 'I am a hazard': use them stopped at the roadside or when moving far slower than traffic because of a problem.
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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