Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Which of these should you do when the road is wet and you approach a sharp curve?
- Accelerate to stabilise the vehicle
- Slow down as you approach and keep slowing through it — correct answer
- Brake hard at the apex of the curve
Why
For sharp curves the handbook asks you to slow as you approach and move through. (Section 8, Slippery Surface Skids.)
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.
More from Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
- You should never start your vehicle:
- Why is eating or drinking while driving risky?
- The Basic Speed Law means you should:
- Before driving down a steep, slippery hill you should:
- If two cars arrive at a 4-way stop at the same time, you should:
- Which of the following is a key principle of defensive driving?