Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Which steering method should you use to recover from a skid or to park?
- Hand-over-hand — correct answer
- One-hand steering
- Hand-to-hand (push/pull)
Why
Use hand-over-hand steering when you turn at low speeds, park, or need to recover from a skid. Hand-to-hand (push/pull) is the method for normal driving. (Handbook, Section 5.)
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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