Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Why is eating or drinking while driving risky?
- It takes your hands and attention away from driving — correct answer
- It's only a problem on highways
- It saves time during your commute
Why
It occupies a hand and your attention, and a spill turns into a sudden reflex at exactly the wrong moment.
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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