Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
You must stop at the scene of an accident you are involved in because:
- You need to wash your car
- Hit-and-run is a serious crime — correct answer
- You may get a reward
Why
Leaving is a hit-and-run, and the penalties for it are severe — far worse than for the collision itself. (Handbook, Section 10.)
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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