Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Why is maintaining a space cushion around your vehicle important?
- It gives you time and room to react to hazards — correct answer
- It lets others merge faster
- It looks cool on the road
Why
A cushion of space on all sides is what converts someone else's mistake into a manageable event rather than a collision.
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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