Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
You are putting boards or tree branches under the tires to get out of deep mud. You should do it:
- While a passenger keeps the wheels turning slowly
- Only when the vehicle is stopped — correct answer
- Only after the engine is switched off and cooled
Why
The handbook allows boards or branches under the tires in deep mud or snow, and says to do it only when the vehicle is stopped. (Section 8, Stuck in Snow or Mud.)
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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