Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
Who should you exchange information with at the accident scene?
- Other driver(s) and independent witnesses if possible — correct answer
- Only your insurance company
- Only the police
Why
The other drivers, and independent witnesses where you can — their contact details are often decisive when accounts differ.
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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