Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
Which of these is listed among the most common causes of collisions?
- Using the vehicle's air conditioning
- Driving faster or slower than the flow of traffic — correct answer
- Driving with the windows down
Why
The handbook's list is: driver distractions, unsafe speed, improper turns, not following right-of-way rules, ignoring stop signs and signals, driving on the wrong side, and travelling faster or slower than the flow of traffic. (Section 10, Causes of Collisions.)
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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