Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Why should you avoid driving in a 'pack' on the freeway?
- It saves fuel
- You can speed more easily
- More space means more time to react and avoid collisions — correct answer
Why
In a pack you have nowhere to go and little time to react. Adjust your speed slightly to sit in the open space between groups.
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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