Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Which of the following is a key principle of defensive driving?
- Adapt your driving to current conditions such as weather or traffic — correct answer
- Rely on other drivers to adjust for you
- Use the same driving style regardless of conditions
Why
Conditions decide what is safe: weather, traffic, light and the road surface all change what your car can actually do.
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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