Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
You may not carry passengers in the back of a pickup truck unless:
- It is only a short trip
- The passengers are over 18
- It has proper seating and seat belts — correct answer
Why
Riding in an open truck bed is only allowed where there is proper seating with seat belts. An unsecured passenger in a bed has nothing to hold them in a crash.
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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