Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Why is it important to spot potential problems early?
- You have more time to react calmly and avoid emergency maneuvers — correct answer
- It gives you a reason to speed up
- It allows you to ignore minor hazards
Why
Early detection turns an emergency into a routine adjustment. Late detection leaves only hard braking and swerving.
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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